Devina's food adventures
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 …
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. What I definitely do not want is a dried patty of unidentifiable origin …
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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This is one of those short, random, tiny posts that is akin to a public service alert. One that just wants to let you know about something. I was alerted to this place on Jumeirah Beach Road by @MaliZomg who said there was a karak place in the area, right after Ijaza Cafeteria. Okay then. …
It was dark. Pitch black really. And there I was, wandering around the streets of Thamel, Kathmandu, trying desperately to find the café called Snowman based on a line from my Lonely Planet guide. I don't have the guide any more, but here's what it says online: "...this is one of those rare Kathmandu hang-outs …
