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The Dubai Guzzler: February 2010
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Saturday, 27 February 2010. Black cod, bluefin and Greenpeace: Nobu speaks (part II). The Nobu interview continues. We've chewed the fat about black cod and Nobu's many imitators, so now it's time to get down to the nitty gritty. JB: Do you worry this type of ‘contemporary Japanese’ restaurant might go out of fashion? NM: Well, people are still coming to Nobu-style restaurants. Why? And you don’t think people will get bored of it? It’s your fault! You kno...
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The Dubai Guzzler: The Lost Interviews, No.2: Ainsley Harriott
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Friday, 1 June 2012. The Lost Interviews, No.2: Ainsley Harriott. Another 'forgotten interview' from 2008. Tell us about your involvement with the festival of Taste. Do you see yourself more as a performer or as a chef? I think both. I’ve just done the programme Who Do You Think You Are. You uncovered some uncomfortable truths about your family history. How did that experience affect your life? That’s very positive, but there was also the negative s...
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The Dubai Guzzler: April 2010
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Tuesday, 20 April 2010. Justified ancients of momo. Almost everyone in Dubai has access to the food that reminds them of home. One thing that always surprises me, however, is the shocking lack of Nepalese food. It’s like: Where are you from, sir? Oh, the Galapagos Islands? Darwin burgers this way. And you, sir? Forget it mate, the airport’s over there. To meet up with the other volunteers in my group. The restaurant was in a stately building, once the...
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The Dubai Guzzler: January 2010
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Saturday, 30 January 2010. This place is full of Chinese people. That’s a good sign. Both of the above statements are true of China Sea. This legendary restaurant opposite the clock tower roundabout on Deira’s Maktoum Street attracts a steady stream of Chinese customers, who are no doubt grateful for its authenticity, not to mention its faithfully rendered Chinese food. It reads exactly as follows:. Buffet has more than hundred ingredients, the changes in...
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The Dubai Guzzler: May 2010
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Wednesday, 19 May 2010. Al Rawabi milk's gotta lotta bottle. To say that it’s unconventional is like suggesting Gary Glitter might make a poor Godparent. It stands out from anything on the milk shelves like some kind of cubist sculpture, the sort of thing Picasso might have had knocking around his fridge. Such is its post-modern strangeness, it wouldn't look at all out of place on a roundabout in Fujairah. Sunday, 9 May 2010. Simple and no fuss. Yes, it&#...
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The Dubai Guzzler: February 2012
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Monday, 6 February 2012. The Lost Interviews, No. 1: Jean-Christophe Novelli. In a short series of 'forgotten interviews' that never saw the light of day, here's one from 2008. Tell me about the Novelli Academy. How did you get into such severe financial trouble in the late 1990s? How badly will the global economic crisis affect restaurants? What did you learn from working with Keith Floyd in the ‘80s? To be criticised is one thing, but it has to be const...
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The Dubai Guzzler: October 2010
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Saturday, 30 October 2010. Gordon Ramsay (in Dubai) - The C-word. No, it's not that. C-word, in case you were wondering. But neither is it 'cooking', 'cuisine' or 'caramelised sugar'. It's cars, of course. Because what else would Gordon Ramsay do on his first visit to his Dubai restaurant in two years but screech around the local race-track in a fast sports car? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Custard Pie - Dubai food blog. A Life Worth Eating.
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The Dubai Guzzler: February 2011
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Thursday, 17 February 2011. The excerpt below is nothing if not passionate, but it was also very prescient - the following year, Adria's El Bulli restaurant was knocked off the top spot of the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list by Noma, a restaurant that's dedicated to the use of natural, locally sourced ingredients. Take it away, Santi. Tuesday, 1 February 2011. Benihana vs. Blogger: a kerfuffle in Kuwait. 8220;Waiter, where's my pie crust?
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The Dubai Guzzler: December 2010
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Monday, 20 December 2010. Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo - the eighth wonder of the world. Welcome to Tsukiji, the world's greatest fish market. Although market is probably the wrong word - this place is nothing short of a wonder (next to Tsukiji, Machu Picchu is a mound of bricks on a hill, etc). Pull on some shoes that you no longer love, and come wade through the fish guts, as we tour the myriad bonkers sights of Tsukiji. Eels do it in blood-sullied water.
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The Dubai Guzzler: March 2010
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The city's unofficial food and restaurant digest. Wednesday, 31 March 2010. Ember - will it light your fire? Ember, The Address Dubai Mall. It’s perhaps emblematic of our times that there’s a hotel in Dubai’s biggest shopping mall. My lucky companion opted for the foie gras, a hearty lobe indeed, seared and set across three slices of smoked duck, accompanied by a duck consomme, figs and a handsome ball of cabbage - rolled pleasingly into a perfect sphere not unlike a bumper Brussels sprout - stuffed with...
