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Dubai’s first social dining awards arrive, #RestaurantBuzzAwards
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Dubai is brimming with restaurant awards, but do we have any social dining awards? By that, we mean, restaurant awards based around...
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Win Entertainer Dubai Fine Dining apps and a FooDiva Dine Around experience – brought to you by the Entertainer
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I remember when the first...
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Em Sherif – a succulent, yet frivolous feast
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Em Sherif is Lebanese chef Mireille Hayek’s first restaurant in Dubai, a licensed concept imported from Beirut. Conveniently nestled at the foot of The Address Downtown...
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China Grill – can food be both chic and comforting?
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I think it says a lot about a dining experience when as you leave a restaurant your head runs wild contemplating a return visit and what you may order. That is exactly how I...
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A new series of secret pop-up dinners in the UAE
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It looks like one of my 2015 dining predictions is coming true with pop-ups and supper clubs a key trend here in the UAE. Even major hotel chains are jumping on the bandwagon...
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Boca – when sharing concepts work
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It’s probably no secret to regular FooDiva readers that I’m no great fan of sharing concept restaurants. Recent reviews here have found me encouraged by the food, but baffled...
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Meet the UAE’s first smokehouse – Perry & Blackwelder
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The UAE has its first smokehouse. Yes we have Fümé with a handful of smoked dishes - but Dubai's Perry & Blackwelder is a new casual American...
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Top 10 restaurant and food trends for 2015 – UAE
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New research by Euromonitor International shows there are currently 6,021 F&B outlets in the UAE, with another staggering 19,000 expected to open by 2019. I hope...
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No.57 café – worth the wait?
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There has been much hype and excitement surrounding the long, hotly anticipated opening of No.57 café here in Abu Dhabi. As an avid Instagram follower of its sister...
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