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  A FooDiva dining bucket list: 26 top Dubai restaurants (2019)

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  For the last four years, I have shared an annual guide of my favourite restaurants in Dubai. I am doing so once again, but this time with the title of “FooDiva's top Dubai restaurants." These are not just my faves, but...

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  Meet chef Alain Ducasse at his first restaurant in Dubai

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  The legend that is chef Alain Ducasse has landed in Dubai. Softly spoken. Calm. Collected. And slightly reticent. His publicist acts as a translator when we meet over an 8am coffee and...

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  Hell’s Kitchen Dubai: dining hell or not?

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  I wasn’t looking forward to lunch at Gordon Ramsay’s latest Dubai restaurant opening, Hell’s Kitchen at Caesars Palace Bluewaters island. In my mind I had painted a picture of dining hell – a garish, kitsch Las Vegas concept...

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  Is a table worth bagging at the new Hakkasan Dubai?

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  I 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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  Ammos: slick service devoid of overt upselling

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  Overt upselling in a restaurant (or anywhere for that matter) is a tremendous turn off. No one likes to smell the sell. The diner has wisened up and can spot when a waiter tries to upsell a more...

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  Win #FeastWeek lunches and dinners: competition by Fairmont The Palm

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  Who doesn’t love a bargain dining deal? Fairmont The Palm launches its very own restaurant week, #FeastWeek from 9th to 15th November across its newly revamped strip...

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  Le Frenchy: is good food alone enough to make me return?

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  If you like 'French' fare with a side order of loud R&B tunes, and don’t mind dining in an empty restaurant, then by all means, pay new Dubai opening, Le Frenchy...

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  Modi Georgian Restaurant: a new cuisine for Dubai

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  Dubai now boasts its first licensed Georgian restaurant, and, arguably, the first establishment here dedicated to this rich and fragrant cuisine. We have had the odd café serving food from across the...

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  La Carnita Dubai: do first impressions always count?

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  When I call a new casual Mexican restaurant just open in Dubai, La Carnita, on a Friday, for an evening reservation, the hostess advises that only a 7 to 9pm slot is available. A booking strategy or is...

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