• Food lessons

    Food lessons

    With obesity and health issues on the rise, it’s important to instill good eating habits in children from a young age – not just at home, but in school too. With a new Dubai school launching a campaign to promote good food habits in their students, in partnership with celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, we take a look at what needs to be done to educate children on eating well.

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  • Soho Bar & Grill

    Soho Bar & Grill

    What’s it like: Located in the charming, fairy light-adorned alfresco haven that is Century Village, this achingly hip restaurant recreates a little slice of New York in Dubai. With exposed concrete walls and pillars made from packing crates, the interiors…

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  • Rhodes 44, St Regis Abu Dhabi

    Rhodes 44, St Regis Abu Dhabi

    What’s it like: The first thing I noticed when I walked into the restaurant was the chairs. They looked very familiar – the Baroque-style white chairs with bright pink and orange backs are very similar to celebrity chef Gary Rhodes’…

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  • Do we need more than 5- a -day?

    Do we need more than 5- a -day?

    One of the most positive and consistent health messages we hear is to eat at least five portions of fruit and veg a day – yet most of us don’t. Nutritional therapist Kerry Torrens suggests ways to reach your target, and explains why we should aim even higher.

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  • Rhodes Twenty10, Le Royal Meridien Dubai

    Rhodes Twenty10, Le Royal Meridien Dubai

    What’s it like: It’s all too easy for Dubai restaurants to over-kill on bling, but this one manages to strike that perfect balance between understated subtlety and glamour, with its sparkling crystal chandeliers, shiny chrome staircase leading to the upstairs…

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  • Cravin’ Cajun, Novotel Al Barsha

    Cravin’ Cajun, Novotel Al Barsha

    What it’s like: A refreshing new addition to the Dubai dining scene, this restaurant not only introduces a new and relatively lesser known cuisine to local punters (I mean, do we really need another fine dining Italian restaurant here?), but…

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  • The Picnic Brunch at Al Badia Golf Club

    The Picnic Brunch at Al Badia Golf Club

    What’s it like: Undoubtedly one of the most refreshingly unique brunches in town, this family-friendly, alfresco brunch is set on the lush putting green of the golf club, overlooking the ninth hole and a gushing waterfall. As you enter, you…

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