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Is a table worth bagging at the new Hakkasan Dubai?
Share your commentsI tried three times over the last month to book a table at modern Cantonese restaurant import Hakkasan, which recently relocated from Jumeirah Emirates Towers to Atlantis The Palm Dubai. On all three...
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Does the Mexican food at Luchador match the view?
2 commentsI have discovered a new way of dining out on a weekend in Dubai. I arrive at my chosen restaurant for an early cocktail, around 5.30pm pre-‘sunset’. I order one starter with a cocktail, a second appetiser with a glass of wine. And so on with main courses and dessert. Out by 9pm. I am coining this...
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Is Little Miss India hit or miss?
4 commentsMy experience with Indian restaurants in Dubai are hit and miss. I love punchy flavour, but I can’t, or rather my stomach can’t tolerate high doses of chilli spice. Digestion issues aside, I feel that, a little like truffle, extreme spice...
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A maiden dining journey that is all style and no substance
16 commentsA new homegrown Chinese restaurant, Maiden Shanghai at the Viceroy Palm Jumeirah, is a classic example of a Dubai restaurant that is all style and no substance. It officially opened on the...
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Is Ají hot on flavour and service?
2 commentsHow times are changing. Dubai can finally boast a beach and seafront location with licensed restaurants outside a hotel environment. Club Vista Mare on Palm Jumeirah developed by Nakheel sits on the eastern trunk...
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Out at the other Rib Room
14 commentsSo, here I am reviewing the Rib Room for FooDiva…"But wait, Man in the White Hat", I hear you thinking (don't worry about my mind-reading powers), "the Rib Room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers has been open since 2011...
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Time to taste the Australian bush in Dubai
10 commentsKangaroo, emu, lemon aspen, eucalyptus, rosella, paperbark, lemon myrtle, wattle seeds, macadamia nuts. I could go on, and you could be forgiven for thinking I am hot...
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Win a cut of West 14th – competition by Oceana Beach Club
22 commentsI often mention West 14th as the most affordable licensed steakhouse in Dubai, and its latest offer provides proof. The in-house butcher entices...
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Social by Heinz Beck at Waldorf Astoria – does it differentiate?
4 commentsIn a city like Dubai, where a new hotel or restaurant opening is as commonplace as roadside construction, one must truly...
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