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  Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2024 guide

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  I give you the ninth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai. A record number of 45 homegrown, locally developed concepts have made the cut...

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  How does the new Okku compare to the original?

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  The original Okku that opened in 2009 became Dubai’s first independent, homegrown, licensed restaurant concept. Remember the wild disco brunch and Sunday L.O.V.E. promo? Those heady, old-school times are...

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  A bientôt Chez Wam

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  I knew my cover would be blown. An open-plan kitchen with the chef patron on the pass in full view is a dead giveaway. However, I insist on paying the bill – hence you’re reading this review. Otherwise, what a waste of both my time and the restaurant’s...

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  Gaggan Anand’s new restaurant. Plus a culinary travel guide to Bangkok.

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  I first met maverick chef Gaggan Anand six years ago in Dubai, when I interviewed him at a pop-up here. His irreverence and wit were refreshing, and his...

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  My Little Pink Lifestyle Book. A FooDiva Guide.

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  I turned 50 in April. And I realised that I have lived in Dubai for just under half of my life, moving here nearly 24 years ago. 27th August 1999, to be precise. Thanks to dining out for a living...

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  Best practice food sustainability

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  What does the term food sustainability really mean? On the back of recent visits to a resort that fully champions sustainability across all areas of the operation, I decided to do some digging, and...

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  Bungalo34: a restaurant, not a beach club

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  When Natasha Sideris, the founder and CEO of The Tashas Group, first mentioned that she was developing a new homegrown, independent restaurant in Dubai, Bungalo34, at Nikki Beach Resort, she...

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  Culinary travel guide to South Africa: Cape Town and the Winelands

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  I recently returned to South Africa after my first visit 17 long years ago. A trip postponed by a year thanks to Omicron border closures. Thankfully, despite...

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  Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2023 guide

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  The eighth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai is here. 38 homegrown, independently operated, locally developed concepts have made the cut...

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