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The world’s most expensive pizza, or just Dubai’s?
31 commentsA 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
24 commentsDubai; 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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Shall I share a secret?
9 commentsFooDiva's gonna have to let you in on this little secret...Dubai FINALLY has its very own supper club. Now am not talking the racy Amsterdam import Supperclub which opens at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray any day now, but...
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Wheeler’s of St James docks into Dubai
20 comments"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
13 commentsI 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
20 commentsI 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?
25 commentsAsk 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
13 commentsDubai; 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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Nice Náis Italian Kitchen
12 commentsFinding authentic Italian food in Dubai is as hard to come by as a white truffle in Alba this season. Sadly this is one cuisine that’s become a victim of globalisation with restaurants here trying to please too many palates. Italian cuisine is so diverse...
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