I give you the ninth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai. A record number of 45 homegrown, locally developed concepts have made the cut.

My annual Dubai restaurant guide celebrates its tenth edition, so with this milestone, change is afoot. The restaurants featured are those that I choose to frequent socially, some more often than ...

Gaggan Anand’s new restaurant in Bangkok. Plus a culinary travel guide to Bangkok, Thailand. FooDiva.

The satirically-named Fat Uncle, located conveniently in a dining hotbed on Al Wasl Road is a new Dubai restaurant by an Emirati-owned company, with executive chef Alper Uzundurukan (ex-Maine).

The next FooDiva dining experience is a #FourChefsDinner on 29th October 2024 celebrating an Iberian (Portuguese-Spanish) culinary theme. Fancy joining our mailing list for advance notice of this ...

Discovering a Dubai restaurant with a licence to cook pork is like searching for a diamond in the desert. So a new independent Spanish tapas restaurant that reveals a menu with 19 out of 57 savoury ...

Are you visiting Dubai and would like to know where to eat? Or you’re a resident who may benefit from some restaurant recommendations - as may your visitors. A bespoke foodie itinerary perhaps?

Remember the ‘Where Chefs Eat’ doorstopper tome? Well I’ve always wanted to apply a similar news angle here in Dubai. So, inspired by this ingenious guidebook, I am launching a new monthly column ...

I knew my cover would be blown. An open-plan kitchen with the chef patron on the pass in full view is a dead giveaway. However, I insist on paying the bill – hence you’re reading this review.

The hostess escorts us to our semi-banquette table, sandwiched so tightly between two tables, LPM-style, we can hear every word of the neighbouring conversation. I request another table for two ...

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, locally developed concepts.

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 sadly shut shop nearly a ...