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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid tours Dubai's high-tech desert farm Bustanica

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid tours Dubai’s high-tech desert farm Bustanica

Dh150 million facility is capable of producing more than 1,000 tonnes of leafy greens each year

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday toured a high-tech desert farm that is playing a vital Read more

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Dubai restaurant Folly to host five guest chefs for new dining series

Folly & Friends will feature one-off dishes that have been created in collaboration with other cooks

Vietnamese pho soup, Bulgarian kachamak and karak ice cream.

Sample these and other diverse dishes at Souk Madinat Jumeirah between September 21 and Read more

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The MICHELIN Guide Arrives in Abu Dhabi

  • The MICHELIN Guide continues its expansion in the Middle East region
  • Michelin will unveil the inaugural MICHELIN Guide Abu Dhabi 2023 edition in November 2022

#MICHELINGuideAbuDhabi

Abu Dhabi,the capital and largest Emirate of the United Arab Emirates, is a Read more

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Reif Othman

Reif Othman: UAE chefs should broaden their horizons

Othman was speaking before a trip to Denmark for a collaborative dinner

Over the past 13 years, chef and restaurateur Reif Othman has focused on raising the profile of Asian cuisine in the UAE. The chef who started his Read more

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Comment: Are hotel staff getting enough holiday?

Gates Hospitality founder Naim Maadad explains the benefits of letting staff escape. Read more
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Art in Dubai

Art in Dubai: Going green, the future of dining

The city's diverse culinary landscape is making strides in becoming environmentally responsible — making a difference to staff, customers, and the wider world around them. Read more
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How Faisal Nasser and Khaled Alsaadi are breaking ground for Emirati chefs

The friends and collaborators are carving out a niche in the UAE’s gastronomic scene. Read more
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UAE’s F&B businesses feel pinch of higher costs – but how much can they pass onto consumers?

Restaurants and cafes pass on some costs onto consumers, but more could be coming

UAE’s restaurant owners and F&B operators will still have a challenge with rising costs – and not just on food prices alone.

“When you consider Read more

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Sheikha Al Eissa

Dubai: Meet the next generation of Emirati women chefs

Female-owned restaurants are adding to the city’s thriving gastronomy scene.

Restaurants owned by Emirati women are celebrating huge successes in Dubai, adding to the city’s thriving gastronomy scene and blazing a trail for the next generation of local chefs, Read more

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Janie Andrich and Craig Andrich use their phones to look up a digital menu via a QR code on the table in San Pedro Brewing Company on Friday, May 29, 2020, in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles. Restaurants were allowed to open their dining rooms with restrictions today. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Why QR-code menus are still around

Of all the pandemic-inspired business adoptions, perhaps none is as reviled as the QR-code menus. And yet, it persists.

Early in the pandemic, restaurants ditched physical menus and instead revived a long-sidelined technology, the quick response code. Read more

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