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  Solo – where Italian tradition meets modern gastronomy

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  Solo Bistronomia is a new Italian restaurant in Dubai at Raffles Hotel, replacing Fire & Ice, with Dubai veteran chef Corrado Pani at the helm...

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  Meet chef Oliver Glowig

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  German chef Oliver Glowig helms a two-Michelin star restaurant in Rome, Aldrovandi Villa Borghese, which rather unusually won both stars within eight months of opening - an accolade it has consistently maintained since 2011...

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  Boca – when sharing concepts work

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  It’s probably no secret to regular FooDiva readers that I’m no great fan of sharing concept restaurants. Recent reviews here have found me encouraged by the food, but baffled...

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  Frioul Bistro De Luxe – it’s all about the concept

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  Frioul Bistro De Luxe is the new southern Mediterranean French restaurant at Souk Madinat Jumeirah replacing Jambase. It’s also a classic case study in how a confused...

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  Does the Italian cuisine at Alta Badia reach new heights?

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  Alta Badia opened end of last year replacing long-serving Vu’s at Jumeirah Emirates Towers, promising to provide ‘honest Italian cooking’.

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  Love at first bite

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  Dubai; Earlier this year I wrote about one dish worth the drive to Abu Dhabi, well I’ve now eaten one worth rolling out of bed, wherever you are in the world, Mexico included...

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  Don Alfonso 1890 – an (almost) bona fide Italian experience

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  Allow me to take you back to the fall of 2007. I was a university student studying abroad in Rome and without going into all of the (culinary)...

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  Sapori Di Bice – a casual, al fresco Italian restaurant

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  Sapori Di Bice is the first casual Italian restaurant by the Bice family and it sits in Jumeirah’s new al fresco Citywalk mall, where high-end shops and eateries are dotted around...

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  5 diversely different dining spots in Dubai

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  FooDiva should be regaling you with waistline-friendly dining options given new year resolutions and all, but as an occasional believer in portion-control, gene management and exercise – all in moderation of course (my two mantras are Mireille Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat and Dr D’Adamo’s Genotype diet)...

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