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  Service versus food at L’Amo Bistro Del Mare

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  Hot on the heels of the Michelin Dubai guide announcement with its fervent focus on the quality of food, I wonder how L’Amo Bistro Del Mare would fare under the steely guidelines of a...

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  Can Indya by Vineet bring street food to a restaurant setting?

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  Whose mum cooks the most delicious chicken curry? Do the golgappas, those small hollow crisp puris with a savoury filling and tangy tamarind syrup, on the streets of Kolkata taste better...

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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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  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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  Does Carine bring the French riviera to Dubai?

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  Does one have to understand art to appreciate it or can one just look at a masterpiece and say – wow? How about assessing culinary artwork? Likely some familiarity with the quality of...

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  Luigia Dubai: a pizzeria where quality AND quantity rule

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  A new licensed Italian restaurant in Dubai boasts a menu with 33 pizzas, and that excludes five calzone dishes. Couple that with feedback from foodie friends raving about the pizza is...

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  Meet chef Thomas Keller

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  Chef Thomas Keller has no intention of bringing his three-Michelin starred US restaurants The French Laundry and Per Se, or his one-star Bouchon Bistro to the UAE due to lack of access to fresh ingredients...

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  Does Rüya successfully reimagine Turkish cuisine?

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  Set on a waterfront terrace in Grosvenor House, Rüya is an elegant Turkish restaurant and lounge recently opened in Dubai Marina. The menu is playful, paying homage to what Rüya calls traditional Anatolian cuisine...

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  Fish Beach Taverna: what’s the catch?

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  When gorgeous photos of a new Dubai restaurant, Fish Beach Taverna, located at Le Meridien Mina Al Seyahi start to appear on my Instagram feed, I can't help but get excited about what promises to be an "Aegean" culinary...

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