• Brunch review: Blue Marlin Ibiza -UAE

    Brunch review: Blue Marlin Ibiza -UAE

    Most commonly known as a successful party spot, Blue Marlin Ibiza – UAE takes things down a notch on Saturdays. Boasting a chilled out, Mediterranean atmosphere, the beach club makes you feel much further from Dubai than it actually is – a great daycation escape...

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  • Brunch review: Palazzo Versace Dubai

    Brunch review: Palazzo Versace Dubai

    The hotel’s Friday brunch is based in Giardino restaurant on the ground floor. During the week, it doubles as the hotel’s all day dining venue – for which there are some tell tale signs – there’s self-serve counters and luminescent bright lighting...

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  • Dinner review: Benihana

    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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  • Dinner review: Sho Cho

    Dinner review: Sho Cho

    Sho Cho is an undeniably hip seafront Japanese restaurant and lounge in Jumeirah. It’s no passing fad either: the restaurant has been on the same spot in Dubai Marine Beach Resort for nearly 20 years...

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  • Atul Kochhar on achieving two Michelin stars and why he hates molecular gastronomy

    Atul Kochhar on achieving two Michelin stars and why he hates molecular gastronomy

    Atul Kochhar’s restaurant Tamarind was the first Indian venue to achieve a Michelin star in the world in 2001, whilst his second restaurant Benares followed with its own Michelin star in 2007. He now owns seven restaurants around the world, including Rang Mahal in Dubai. Kochhar talks to BBC Good Food Middle East about cooking Tandoori without an oven and why he hates molecular gastronomy...

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