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Moombai & Co: where Parsi cuisine mingles with Mumbai street food
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Around the ninth century, when Parsis left their home in Iran and travelled to India, the shores of Gujarat were their first port of call. The leader of the group sent a messenger to the king seeking...
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#DealDiva: Dubai dining deals for October and beyond
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What compelling dining deals do we have in Dubai this month and beyond? Just a reminder this regular round-up is focused on evening and...
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#DealDiva: Dubai and Abu Dhabi dining deals for September
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Eating out in the UAE across licensed restaurants is becoming prohibitively expensive, so from feedback you’ve given me across FooDiva’s social media...
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Does Le Petit Belge serve a true taste of Belgium?
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It doesn’t even cross my mind to book a table at a new casual Belgian restaurant in Dubai. On a Friday evening nearing 7.30pm (over Ramadan), Le Petit Belge at the Pullman Hotel in JLT is buzzing. Had...
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Top 12 private dining rooms in Dubai
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Whether planning a special occasion, an intimate dinner, or for a really large group where you want to avoid a disorderly, multi-table sprawl, sometimes the main restaurant...
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23 golden oldie restaurants in Dubai
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Dubai’s dining scene is fickle with new restaurants opening and closing almost as quickly as it takes to knock up a curry. Having arrived in Dubai nearly 18 years ago, I have 'outlived' many of...
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Rockfish: location, location and only location
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Rockfish, a "Mediterranean seafood" restaurant in the new Jumeirah Al Naseem is a classic example of a restaurant in Dubai that relies solely on a dashing location to attract mainly tourists. The setting is a little set back...
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FooDiva’s 30 favourite Dubai restaurants (2017)
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The number one question I am always asked when I explain what I do, is simply - “what is your favourite restaurant?” It’s very hard to single out one sole restaurant in Dubai as I have...
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FooDiva’s 35 favourite Dubai restaurants
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I am asked to name my favourite restaurant in Dubai as often as I don my diva heels. And yes I do have one restaurant that tops my dining bucket list, but with so many excellent haunts here, it would be unfair to just single...
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