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Savour an ethnic food safari in Dubai
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It’s so easy to live a life of decadent dining in Dubai, but what about uncovering all the teeny ethnic eats and unsung heroes hidden away in this town’s older neighbourhoods?
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Chez Sushi for lunch..BookMunch for cake
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I am back again. Thankfully, this time it's not raining. Clear blue skies and a sunny day. I am at Al Wasl Square, this fab new...ish Dubai neighbourhood. First port of call for lunch is a...
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The world’s most expensive pizza, or just Dubai’s?
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A tweet pings from @CubicleMeathead asking if I have tried Third Avenue Café at Dubai Mall. Well as coincidence would have it, I am in the midst of a shopping spree there and...
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Pantry Café and a new Dubai neighbourhood
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Dubai; Meandering around the new Al Wasl Square development on a drizzly Saturday (yep it does rain and we do walk on occasion here), we pass so many new eateries, some with the hoarding still up.
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Wheeler’s of St James docks into Dubai
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"I own the global brand, the oldest fish brand in the world. I was part of Forte when the hostile takeover with Granada happened, so I ended up buying it because the brand may have died and that would have been very sad," said Marco Pierre White when...
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A steakhouse in the world’s tallest hotel
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I am slowly but surely working my way through the restaurants at the world’s tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Dubai on the Sheikh Zayed. Out of the six currently open, FooDiva's starting with the highest...
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Meet food editor, writer and coach Dianne Jacob, plus perfecting pizza
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I am not sure if I was more nervous soaking up Dianne Jacob’s words of wisdom in her writing workshop or whilst interviewing her in London. After all she is an award-winning...
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Tomo tomorrow?
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Ask any Japanese diner in Dubai and they will rave about Chef Chitoshi Takahashi’s cuisine, as I do. Well after over three decades, he has left Kisaku at the Khaleej Palace hotel and is now ensconced in his new home...
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Café Baroque and a new year’s resolution
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Dubai; I don't know about you but I never bother to make new year's resolutions anymore as I either forget or break them. When faced with...
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