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A peek into last night’s invitation-only dinner for some of my annual newsletter subscribers 🙏🏼💙 Cinderella definitely didn’t make it back home by midnight.

🇪🇸 A Spanish seafood dinner fiesta @laninadubai with menu crafted by chefs @cheftim420 and @ricardofgm16 😋

🥂 My favourite Champagne @ruinart Blanc de Blancs and a Spanish wine pairing presented by sommelier @maison.margarita 🍷🍾

💛 The greatest of company. 12 guests. Nine nationalities.

#UAERestaurantsUnite
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For the love of our homegrown restaurant talent 💕 The second in a five-part series of #DiningDuets pairing chef @lilyhoavf of @vietnamesefoodies with five different Dubai-based chefs over ticketed dinners at their restaurants.



A peek here into the second experience last night. Chef Lily cooking with chef Jhovani Manalo @kitchen.hobo at @3.fils A sharing-style menu of Vietnamese and Japanese favourites, as well as one-off exclusive dishes. The duck sausages are back. #iykyk 😜



Save the date for the next Dining Duets experience on the 16th January. Restaurant venue and booking details coming soon 😋 #UAERestaurantsUnite
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Last night’s sold-out #FourChefsDinner. 95 amazing guests. An Iberian, aka Portuguese-Spanish culinary theme 🇵🇹🇪🇸 14 dishes. Four wines, Champagne included. And a beautiful balmy breeze that enveloped Tagomago. You know it’s a good night when you have to ask guests to leave at 1am 💛😂

Much love and full stomachs all down to👇🏼

💃🏻 Our host venue @tagomagodubai on Palm Jumeirah with a magical, al fresco setting.
💃🏻 Host chef Iker Zapata @ikerze of Tagomago on canapés aka Basque pintxos.
💃🏻 Chef Ricardo Gonçalves @ricardofgm16 of @laninadubai serving Portuguese starters aka petiscos.
💃🏻 Chef Helio Lino @heliodxb of @lanalusadxb on Portuguese main courses.
💃🏻 Pastry chef Carmen Rueda Hernandez @chefcarmenrueda6 of @brixjourney on surprise desserts.

💃🏻 @veuveclicquot Rosé Champagne, Portuguese and Spanish fine wines from @mmidubai 🥂🍷 Wine Academy Trainer Melina Aguirre Jaén @sommmelina from Spanish-speaking Panama presented the pairing.
💃🏻 A Sangria nightcap to a backdrop of Spanish flamenco music.
💃🏻 @monvisowater kept us hydrated, as always 🙏🏼

#UAERestaurantsUnite 🇵🇹🇪🇸🥂🍷💃🏻
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You know I love bringing together our homegrown chef talent 💕 So here’s a little something I have been working on, behind-the-scenes. The first in a five-part series of #DiningDuets pairing chef @lilyhoavf of @vietnamesefoodies with five different Dubai-based chefs over ticketed dinners at their restaurants.



A peek here into the first experience last night. Chef Lily cooking with chef @reifo.kee at Hoe Lee Kow @hlkbyreif A sharing-style menu of Vietnamese and Korean favourites, as well as one-off exclusive dishes. The duck sausages are back. IYKYK 😜



Save the date for the next Dining Duets experience on the 27th November. Restaurant venue and booking details coming soon 😋 #UAERestaurantsUnite
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Why celebrate three chefs only when you can have four? 😜 Four talented chef musketeers will cook up a fiesta at a one-night-only #FourChefsDinner. Three weeks today on the 29th October. An Iberian, aka Portuguese-Spanish culinary theme 🇵🇹🇪🇸

For the first time, I have allocated a few tickets for folks here on social media. See link in stories and bio for booking 🔗

What can you expect?

🇪🇸 Our host venue is @tagomagodubai on Palm Jumeirah’s eastern shoreline with a magical, al fresco setting.
🇵🇹 The evening kicks off with @veuveclicquot Rosé Champagne and canapés, pintxo-style, followed by a three-course dinner with multiple sharing dishes.

Each of the following chefs serve a different course:
🇪🇸 Host chef Iker Zapata @ikerze of Tagomago welcomes you with canapés aka Basque pintxos.
🇵🇹 Chef Ricardo Gonçalves @ricardofgm16 of @laninadubai serves Portuguese starters aka petiscos.
🇵🇹 Chef Helio Lino @heliodxb of @lanalusadxb on Portuguese main courses.
🇪🇸 Pastry chef Carmen Rueda Hernandez @chefcarmenrueda6 of @brixjourney on Spanish-inspired desserts.

🇵🇹 All courses are paired with Portuguese and Spanish fine wines, as well as Champagne from @mmidubai 🥂🍷 Wine Academy Trainer Melina Aguirre Jaén @sommmelina who hails from Spanish-speaking Panama, presents the pairing.
🇪🇸 The evening starts promptly at 6.30pm on 29th October 2024 and ends at approximately 10pm.
🇵🇹 A complimentary cocktail nightcap will be offered to a backdrop of Spanish flamenco music.
🇪🇸 All thanks to our key partner @monvisowater for keeping us hydrated.

#UAERestaurantsUnite 🥂🍷💃🏻
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Hooked on quality 😜🎣 The launch of Dubai’s first boutique and artisanal fishmonger @thefishmongeruae by @primegourmetdxb 🦐🦞🦪🍣🦀

Now open at Town Centre, Jumeirah 1. Show this post for a 10% discount with FOODIVA10 promo code. Valid until 30th November.

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