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Restaurant reviewing and new homegrown openings
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You may have noticed over the last few years that my guest reviewers and I have very much concentrated on reviewing homegrown restaurants in Dubai for FooDiva. That direction morphed...
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A guide to top Chinese restaurants in Dubai
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As the Covid-19 crisis started to unfold earlier this year, out of all the world's cuisines, Chinese restaurants, were the first to suffer, mostly because of discrimination. There was never any data to...
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Chuan: a case for Chinese restaurants
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Oh the irony. I am frequenting Chinese restaurants more than ever. And going by how quiet these establishments are in Dubai, I am the anomaly. The threat of coronavirus has caused such discrimination amongst the...
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FooDiva’s 28 top restaurants in Dubai (2020)
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What makes you return to a restaurant? Yes the food has to be good – but, for me, efficiency and warmth of service draw me back. We’re talking about the hospitality business...
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Is Chingón too cool for its own good?
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Chingón promises to take Dubai’s dining scene by storm, but the closest it comes, is the actual storm raging outside the Grand Millennium Hotel in Business Bay. Chingón, which is slang for 'cool', is the latest modern Mexican...
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To pop into Kayto or not?
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Promoting a new Dubai restaurant as a six-month pop-up is, likely, a clever marketing ploy to entice diners quickly and often - before changing the concept to lure them back in again. With that in mind, I half-expect an outdoor-only venue solely operating for the winter...
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3BK: what on earth is an upscale multisensory global dining experience?
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“Upscale multisensory global dining experience”. Words that strike fear through my stomach as another Dubai restaurant – 3BK - attempts to find a niche in one of the most competitive food...
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Vamos to Bebemos
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The Garhoud district of Dubai appears to be undergoing a culinary renaissance. Who remembers the glorious French restaurant, Café Chic at the Meridien Dubai Airport Hotel, that was so à la minute for its time? Well, sadly that shut shop...
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Can Opa smash it?
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Another Greek restaurant in Dubai. Another Greek restaurant review? That's my thinking as we trudge towards another ‘authentic’ experience, but in the same way that the plain elevator in the Fairmont Dubai on Sheikh Zayed opens to a mesmerising...
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