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  The Fish House: a restaurant with a twist

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  The Fish House does exactly what it says on the tin, or in today’s world, the tin is social media. A contemporary fish restaurant is championing locally sourced seafood where possible, with a cooking style that has just enough of a twist to make the food intriguing. Don't expect your average Lebanese-style...

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  Is Ninive a restaurant or a shisha spot?

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  I find it off-putting when restaurants are described as shisha spots. Shisha, as does any smoking, ruins the palate and taste buds – so why would I choose to dine there? The opening of a new home-grown Middle Eastern restaurant with a twist in Dubai is too good an opportunity to miss though, so I...

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  Bleu Blanc by David Myers: should the gypsy chef have travelled to Dubai?

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  Even though imported 'celebrity chef' restaurant concepts are fast diminishing in Dubai, a few are opening up including David Myers', aka the gypsy chef's two restaurants Basta and Bleu Blanc at the Renaissance Downtown hotel in Business Bay...

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  Is Drift here to stay?

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  “That’s Dubai, eh…,” responds a manager to my statement that the menu at new chic Dubai beach club, Drift at One & Only Royal Mirage is overpriced. Well he does ask how our meal has fared. Allow me to paint a...

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  FooDiva’s 28 favourite Dubai restaurants (2018)

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  For the third consecutive year, here is my annual FooDiva round-up of favourite restaurants in Dubai in response to the question I am always asked. I have favourites, firstly...

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  Masti: the first licensed restaurant at La Mer

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  The new al fresco Meraas development in Dubai, La Mer, has opened its first licensed restaurant. Masti, which translates to ‘fun and mischief’, is another new ‘Indian restaurant’ for...

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  Is BB Social Dining just another DIFC restaurant?

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  It’s hard to get excited by yet another restaurant opening in DIFC, in particular because of some closures, but that changed when I heard Alex Stumpf (head chef at Peyote) was...

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  Is Little Miss India hit or miss?

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  My experience with Indian restaurants in Dubai are hit and miss. I love punchy flavour, but I can’t, or rather my stomach can’t tolerate high doses of chilli spice. Digestion issues aside, I feel that, a little like truffle, extreme spice...

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  Kohantei: Dubai’s first Japanese kaiseki restaurant

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  Dubai has its first traditional Japanese restaurant, Kohantei at Dubai Opera, that embraces ‘omotenashi’ hospitality through a formal multi-course ‘kaiseki’ menu focused on beef from Japan...

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