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Can Sushiyaki compete in Dubai’s crowded Japanese scene?
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Let’s see who's old-school Dubai. Do you remember golden oldie Japengo? With a Japanese and broader Asian menu. The Souk Madinat Jumeirah outpost overlooking the waterway...
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“Yes please” to RSVP
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Al Wasl Road is undergoing a trend with unlicensed, homegrown restaurants aiming to replicate the atmosphere and style of licensed establishments. Everyone else can stop trying now. New Dubai restaurant opening, RSVP has...
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Guess what the food of Orfali Bros Bistro tastes like
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Orfali Bros Bistro is another addition to the ever-growing stable of eateries in Dubai's Wasl 51 complex, and the second non-licensed venue here after Lana Lusa to be reviewed for FooDiva...
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Fujiya Japanese Restaurant: Go. Now
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I know I've discovered a good restaurant when: a) the place is brimming with natives jovially tucking into their food - in this case Japanese b) tables are littered with five menus each - and c) I want to order every single dish.
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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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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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Is Jean-Georges Dining Room worth the price?
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Launched in June at the Four Seasons Resort in Jumeirah to much fanfare and celebrity sightings, Jean-Georges Dubai is US-based French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s first venture in the...
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Out at the other Rib Room
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So, here I am reviewing the Rib Room for FooDiva…"But wait, Man in the White Hat", I hear you thinking (don't worry about my mind-reading powers), "the Rib Room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers has been open since 2011...
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