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“Yes please” to RSVP
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Al Wasl Road is undergoing a trend with unlicensed, homegrown restaurants aiming to replicate the atmosphere and style of licensed establishments. Everyone else can stop trying now. New Dubai restaurant opening, RSVP has...
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Le Frenchy: is good food alone enough to make me return?
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If you like 'French' fare with a side order of loud R&B tunes, and don’t mind dining in an empty restaurant, then by all means, pay new Dubai opening, Le Frenchy...
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Does Carine bring the French riviera to Dubai?
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Does one have to understand art to appreciate it or can one just look at a masterpiece and say – wow? How about assessing culinary artwork? Likely some familiarity with the quality of...
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Bleu Blanc by David Myers: should the gypsy chef have travelled to Dubai?
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Even though imported 'celebrity chef' restaurant concepts are fast diminishing in Dubai, a few are opening up including David Myers', aka the gypsy chef's two restaurants Basta and Bleu Blanc at the Renaissance Downtown hotel in Business Bay...
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Is Le Cirque a classy New York restaurant import?
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It’s a date night and restaurant review all rolled into one – a first for me. My destination is New York French restaurant import Le Cirque, which opened its doors at the Ritz-Carlton DIFC last month. With just one...
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Is a restaurant the right next step for Chez Charles?
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Charles Boghos first launched a gourmet grocer’s website five years ago, followed by a catering service and now a licensed French restaurant, all in Dubai – a natural progression for a man with a keen interest in food, but can...
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Will luck strike for La Môme?
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Remember Forty Four Bistro in the Warwick hotel? Well, the Belgian owner closed it down and has opened a French restaurant, La Môme, just across the Sheikh Zayed, on the 49th floor of the Nassima Royal hotel, replacing Tre...
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Is Couqley an authentic French restaurant in Dubai?
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Dubai 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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Is Forty Four Bistro worth a meal?
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A French acquaintance mentions that a Belgian-owned French bistro has opened in the Warwick hotel on the Sheikh Zayed. And it's not one I have heard of. I do love reviewing restaurants that open quietly without...
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