Popping The Next Food Baby: The Frying Pan Diaries
Hi there. You know I’ve stopped blogging, no breaking news there. It’s not because I don’t love writing, I still
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The Samosa Skeptic
Make rolls with meat, if wished, with thin sheets of bread whose ends you need to seal. Or, a piece
Should Every Restaurant Perfume Their Biryani with Rosewater?
I have finally tasted a biryani that is worth talking about. Not because it’s the best biryani I’ve ever had
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For the love of Fattet Magdous.
If you’re having one of those days where you want to bolt out of the office, grab the first available
Dubai’s Priceless Iftar Buffet
The only Iftar buffet that captures the spirit of Ramadan is the one found across many humble parts of the old city. No, you won’t find
A Trail of Crumbs: Diving into Traditional Bread Baskets across Dubai
Be it the pillowy pita or the raggedy injera, breaking bread across the many ethnic communities in Dubai is an
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A Trail of Four Markets – a Friday market hop across Old and New Dubai
The Friday brunch experience to try in 2015 is not the one in a sterile overpriced hotel, but rather the buffet of
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When sorrow over Safa Park strikes, distract yourself with this food trail.
After being in the food tour business for two years, I don’t know what on earth I’ve been doing writing
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Nigerian cow’s tail, fishy cookies, camel meatballs and other food moments to celebrate.
Since my last post on greasy comfort-laden strips of Turkish doner, I’ve had a couple of memorable food discoveries that
Layali’s Tonbik Shawarma: The greasy zenith of Turkish comfort food in Naif.
The first time I sunk my teeth into the Tonbik Shawarma, the saucy swirl of condiments and crunchy cabbage and
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Tahtah Malleh – Preserved fish and rice made by the gifted hands of an Emirati mother.
In Emirati lingo, Malleh means preserved fish – from the word ‘Milh’ or salt. It was the natural way of
Help keep the new Taiwanese ‘Honey Ice Cream Dessert Shop’ alive.
28/10/2014: The sinister niggling feeling in my heart played out folks, this place has shut down. A real tragedy that we won’t
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