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Ting Irie: is everything all right?
3 commentsI have been waiting for a new home-grown Jamaican restaurant concept, Ting Irie, to get its alcohol licence, but nearly four months into opening, it’s sadly for some, still, booze-free. So...
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Top 4 wines under AED100 (column 2)
5 commentsAs you read my second wine column for FooDiva (here's the first one if you missed it), many of you will be back to the daily grind with work, school runs and emails piling up. It’s time to...
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Miss Lily’s? Yes I already do
2 commentsI am struggling to leave this new restaurant in Dubai. I first find myself at the bar where I down a cocktail. I then head to the dining room for a heartwarming meal, only to find...
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Top 4 wines under AED100
4 commentsWe start a new season with a new bi-monthly wine column on FooDiva written by Luca Gagliardi, one of Dubai’s most seasoned sommeliers, who I have known since his early days here at Gordon Ramsay’s Verre in...
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It’s more than just meat and fish
2 commentsWhether you prefer mezze, tapas, pintxo, cicchetti or petisco, the concept of small dishes served sharing style is the same across southern Europe. And that’s what a new casual Mediterranean
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Does Ramusake offer an honest Japanese izakaya experience?
2 commentsImagine waking up to an alternate reality, where you are living in Tokyo and at the end of a long working day, you head to a local tavern to meet...
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Totora: it’s all about that waitress
13 commentsI am dining in a new Peruvian restaurant in Dubai (yes another one) at DIFC (yes…again). There’s no sign of any Peruvian waiters or Spanish-speaking staff for that matter...
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Is Couqley an authentic French restaurant in Dubai?
5 commentsDubai has a new up and coming licensed dining scene. Home to popular Greek restaurant Mythos, lively Southern American eatery Nola and...
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The Maharaja’s dungeon that is Jodhpur: make or break?
3 commentsHow often have you stepped into a dimly lit restaurant and walked down a winding staircase giving you an uncomfortable feeling that you are...
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