Devina's food adventures
"Hi, my name is Devina. I've grown up in Dubai and I'm here to find out more about the city I've lived in for nearly three decades."That almost sounds like I'm at a support meeting, and in a way, maybe that's what it means to me. That quote is one of many variations of me …
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That empty plate up there is a metaphor for my blog posts. From now on, if you pop over to this website looking for reviews of restaurants in the UAE, you won't find any. An empty plate, as it were. But I don't plan to starve. Not one bit. As of July 1, 2013, I'll …
I've grown up in Dubai - in the part that is now called "Old Dubai" (Karama, Bur Dubai, Deira etc). Not many new expats venture forth past the glitzy lights of "new Dubai" (Dubai Marina, Jumeirah Beach Residences, south Sheikh Zayed Road etc), but there are many treasures to be found in the areas near, …
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This is another one of those short PSAs: if you're craving affordable Vietnamese food, try Hanoi in JLT. Pictured above is one of my favourite dishes, the summer rolls. Other favourites in a gallery below: I truly love the food for being fresh, and absolutely delicious. Special shout out to the iced coffee: it's perfection …
"I have to take you to this cool Uzbek restaurant," I was told nearly a year ago. One evening, I was hungry, it was late and I was in the Marina. Off I was taken to Gulnaz. And I've been going there regularly ever since. You can choose to sit outside, or in one of …
[2017 EDIT: I believe this restaurant is now closed; leaving the post up] I like burgers. Maybe I shouldn't, because they love me in all the wrong places...but I do. I might have made mistakes in the past about where I eat them, but through those mistakes I now know what I do not like. …
Readers who have stayed with me throughout the years may remember my falafel trek? After trudging around Deira and Bur Dubai the last time, I think I've found something closer to home that I'm madly in love with: Foul W Hummus. It started when fellow food blogger Didi told me about it over a year …
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