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Zeta – is it solely location, location, location?
14 commentsThe hospitality industry’s long-standing mantra 'location, location, location’ (which incidentally some argue is now passé) is one portion of the dining experience that...
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Toko docks in Dubai
12 commentsAre the powers that be at Vida Downtown Dubai recreating a mini DIFC restaurant scene? First La Serre to rival La Petite Maison, and now Toko, a contemporary Japanese restaurant concept imported from Sydney to mimic Zuma perhaps?...
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How does Far-Eastern Umai at Oberoi Dubai fare?
14 commentsOn a high, literally, from cocktails at Dubai’s new sexy rooftop bar Iris, we head downstairs for dinner with two restaurants in mind. First, Ananta, the Oberoi’s Indian but it’s eerily quiet with no sense of place. Surely...
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From Retro to Tang to Watatsumi
11 commentsBack in 1999 when I first move to Dubai, a restaurant opens by the name of Retro with damn good classic French cuisine in a modern setting. A few years later in...
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Chez Sushi for lunch..BookMunch for cake
20 commentsI am back again. Thankfully, this time it's not raining. Clear blue skies and a sunny day. I am at Al Wasl Square, this fab new...ish Dubai neighbourhood. First port of call for lunch is a...
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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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An interview with Chef Nobu in Dubai
17 commentsDubai; Sauntering into Nobu at Atlantis, I find the chef himself, Nobu(yuki) Matsuhisa standing behind his sushi counter grinning shyly as the camera clicks away for a publicity shoot.
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