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• 23Jan 2014

  

  Toko docks in Dubai

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  Are the powers that be at Vida Downtown Dubai recreating a mini DIFC restaurant scene? First La Serre to rival La Petite Maison, and now Toko, a contemporary Japanese restaurant concept imported from Sydney to mimic Zuma perhaps?...

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• 28Feb 2023

  

  Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2023 guide

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  The eighth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai is here. 38 homegrown, independently operated, locally developed concepts have made the cut...

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• 11Jan 2021

  

  FooDiva’s top Dubai restaurants: a 2021 guide

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  On the back of my new editorial policy to only profile homegrown restaurants, this year’s FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai proudly celebrates SOLELY independent...

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• 30Jun 2020

  

  Travel the world this summer with these Dubai restaurants

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  Thanks to ever-changing travel protocol and a drop in disposable income, many residents are choosing to stay put this summer. To appease that longing for a...

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• 16Apr 2020

  

  A guide to licensed Dubai restaurants delivering

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  For the first time in Dubai with the COVID-19 crisis in full swing, high-end licensed restaurants are adapting their business models and pivoting to delivery. Some of these announcements are shared on...

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• 10Jul 2024

  

  Is chef Akmal Anuar’s new restaurant more osteria or ‘funkcoolio’?

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  If you don’t know chef Akmal Anuar, then you should. He’s the ex-chef patron of 3 Fils, a game-changing concept that, arguably, kickstarted the Dubai trend for independent, chef...

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• 4Mar 2013

  

  Chez Sushi for lunch..BookMunch for cake

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  I am back again. Thankfully, this time it's not raining. Clear blue skies and a sunny day. I am at Al Wasl Square, this fab new...ish Dubai neighbourhood. First port of call for lunch is a...

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• 2Sep 2013

  

  From Retro to Tang to Watatsumi

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  Back in 1999 when I first move to Dubai, a restaurant opens by the name of Retro with damn good classic French cuisine in a modern setting. A few years later in...

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• 27Jan 2020

  

  FooDiva’s 28 top restaurants in Dubai (2020)

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  What makes you return to a restaurant? Yes the food has to be good – but, for me, efficiency and warmth of service draw me back. We’re talking about the hospitality business...

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