Christmas dinner review: Fume
Fume describes its self as laidback, serving ‘the type of food your mama would make’. The restaurant is unashamedly hip:...
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Afternoon tea: Skyview bar, Burj Al Arab
Situated on the 27th floor of one of Dubai’s most iconic buildings – the Burj Al Arab – afternoon tea at Skyview bar is a decadent affair. Like everything at the Burj al Arab, there’s a focus on extravagance: there’s a harpist, premium French bubbly and panoramic views of the Arabian gulf and Dubai’s city coastline...
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Five tips for making homemade sushi
Food writer Najoud Al-Jabri from Chef On The Block offers her top five tips for making perfect sushi at home
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Dinner review: Benihana
Benihana is famous for being the first restaurant to bring Teppanyaki-style cooking to the US. The flagship restaurant was set up in New York during the sixties by the charismatic Japanese-American boxer Hiroaki Aoki...
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Brunch review: Asia Asia
Asia Asia describes itself as “inspired by the ancient Spice Route from Asia Minor to the Far East.” The menus and the restaurants weekly offers...
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‘I wish I could dance the way I cook’: Q&A with Izakaya speciality chef Idfan Meirza
Izakaya’s speciality chef Idfan Meirza discusses Japanese-Peruvian food fusion and bringing passion into the kitchen...
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Dinner review: Sakura, Crowne Plaza
The restaurant’s retro interior wouldn’t be out of place in 1970s Tokyo (beige walls, shoji-style room dividers and thick dark wooden paneling)...
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'How to make great sushi' – an interview with chef Nicolas Herbault
BBC Good Food Middle East spoke to executive chef of Sakura, chef Nicolas Herbault about making great sushi and where home cooks go wrong with Japanese cooking...
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Brunch review: 360, Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Perched out at sea, at the end of a long jetty, the restaurant offers panoramic views of the marina by Jumeirah Beach Hotel and probably the best view of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai...
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Ten steps to a healthier diet
Having a healthy diet is an integral part of losing weight. The New Atkins Lifestyle Nutritionist Linda O’Byrne explains how small tweaks to a low carb diet can make a big difference...
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Brunch review: Mint Leaf of London, DIFC, Dubai
Prior to opening in Dubai last summer, Mint Leaf already had two Indian restaurants in the well-heeled areas of Piccadilly and the City financial district in London...
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Dinner review: Junoon, Shangri-La, Sheikh Zayed Road
‘Junoon' means passion in Hindi, and everything from the food, staff and decor backs up that concept to a tee. The Dubai branch is actually a spin off from the original Michelin-starred Junoon in New York...
