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• 14Jun 2017

  

  Does Katsuya by Starck offer much beyond its new Dubai location?

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  Katsuya by Starck, the latest independent restaurant to open at Jumeirah Al Naseem promises to deliver a Japanese menu developed by US-based chef owner Katsuya Uechi...

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• 8Feb 2016

  

  Does a new fusion restaurant in Dubai play out well?

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  The pedigree is promising. A new home-grown restaurant opens in Dubai that goes by the appealing name of Play. The chef patron is Reif Othman...

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• 14May 2018

  

  Can east meet west at Morimoto Dubai?

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  When I see that my favourite dish of all time, bouillabaisse, is on the menu at a new restaurant in Dubai by chef Masaharu Morimoto, I am intrigued and excited to see if parity can be...

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• 19Dec 2012

  

  Meat your beef

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  Australian Blackmore Wagyu beef, which from what FooDiva tasted recently at Al Maha is good enough to rival original Wagyu from Kobe in Japan (pre-Fukushima nuclear disaster). Incidentally, Tomo...

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• 27May 2020

  

  Which Dubai restaurant will you visit first?

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  “Which Dubai restaurant will you visit first once you're comfortable venturing out?" To help inspire you, I asked some of this emirate's top restaurateurs, chefs and F&B operators to name their...

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• 30Sep 2020

  

  Last supper requests from the Dubai food media community

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  What would you request as your hypothetical last supper? Alongside desert island dishes, every now and again someone asks me this question. A little morbid...

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• 20Mar 2017

  

  3 Fils: does the food sing as much as the setting?

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  Akmal Anuar was the opening chef of Zengo at Royal Meridien, a Dubai restaurant that suffered from fusion confusion when I reviewed. He subsequently changed the menu, and later departed to resurface with his...

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• 24Apr 2017

  

  23 golden oldie restaurants in Dubai

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  Dubai’s dining scene is fickle with new restaurants opening and closing almost as quickly as it takes to knock up a curry. Having arrived in Dubai nearly 18 years ago, I have 'outlived' many of...

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• 17Jan 2018

  

  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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