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Lola Taberna Española for pork, glorious pork
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Discovering a Dubai restaurant with a licence to cook pork is like searching for a diamond in the desert. So a new independent Spanish tapas restaurant that reveals a menu with 19 out of 57...
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FooDiva’s top Dubai restaurants: a 2021 guide
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On the back of my new editorial policy to only profile homegrown restaurants, this year’s FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai proudly celebrates SOLELY independent...
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Does Grove Road reimagine the classics?
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The latest concept by the Bystro team, Grove Road at The Pointe West on Palm Jumeirah promises Melbourne-inspired, fresh, flavourful and fuss-free fare with full views of the world's largest...
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The Pangolin: it’s not all in the name
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The Pangolin. This scaly anteater, which looks like a giant moving artichoke, has purported trafficking links to the origins of Covid-19. It also happens to be Sergio Lopez’ (ex-Tom & Serg) new dining...
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Restaurant reviewing and new homegrown openings
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You may have noticed over the last few years that my guest reviewers and I have very much concentrated on reviewing homegrown restaurants in Dubai for FooDiva. That direction morphed...
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Last supper requests from the Dubai food media community
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What would you request as your hypothetical last supper? Alongside desert island dishes, every now and again someone asks me this question. A little morbid...
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A guide to top Chinese restaurants in Dubai
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As the Covid-19 crisis started to unfold earlier this year, out of all the world's cuisines, Chinese restaurants, were the first to suffer, mostly because of discrimination. There was never any data to...
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Travel the world this summer with these Dubai restaurants
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Thanks to ever-changing travel protocol and a drop in disposable income, many residents are choosing to stay put this summer. To appease that longing for a...
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Dining out after the Covid-19 lockdown. Plus a few tips.
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I’ll let you in to a little secret. The first few days of our Dubai restaurant lockdown were a welcome relief for me. I no longer HAD to dine out. Given prior, I...
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