Winner of Michelin Guide Young Chef of The Year Award 2022 and Gault & Millau Future Great 2022, Chef Solemann Haddad started making waves a mere six months into opening the doors to Moonrise Dubai. Situated in what can only be described …
My friends Zoe Bowker, Jade Worsely and I picked Tan Cha (located at the JW Marriott Marquis) as our latest choice for a girls’ night out. It cannot be stressed enough how often we are underwhelmed by overhyped new restaurant openings, and …
As a first-time tourist or fresh-off-the-boat denizen in Dubai, Atlantis The Palm Jumeirah will most definitely be on your list of ‘must-see’ places in Dubai. We were no exception to that rule and I still vividly remember our excitement as we saw …
Bundt Cakes are so pretty to look at, and instantly transform any basic sponge or pound cake recipe into a spectacular centerpiece. After trying many recipes, I’ve landed (through plenty of tweaks, trials and errors), the perfect recipe for the most moist …
Matcha and almond biscotti. But first, let’s start at the beginning. And in case you end up completely smitten by the tableware and jar in these pictures, they’re all from Crate and Barrel! Originally associated with the Tuscan region of Italy, biscotti …
Palazzo Versace Dubai is one of my most frequently visited and favorite properties in Dubai. I’ve enjoyed numerous meals there, have also previously enjoyed a staycation there (which you can read more about here), and I’ve built ever so many incredibly pleasant …
I love a spa day as much as the next person, but as descriptive as I can get about the treatments I receive and the pressure applied by the masseuse, I must admit that the differences that really stand out between various …
I love galettes. They taste as good as pie, are so much easier to make and in my opinion they’re the best use of butter. The butter I had on hand was European butter. Ratatouille is the most French home-cooked dish I …
Burrata Salad is so easy to make, it doesn’t even really warrant it’s own blog post, but despite it being (quite possibly) the most common menu item in the Dubai restaurant (and cafe!) sphere, you’d be surprised how many chefs still manage …
The dream team behind La Cantine, Ninive, Lana Lusa (and most recently Twiggy) have now graced us with a (quite quintessentially Dubai) Japanese establishment that pays homage to a cross between a 1920s Osaka speakeasy and jazz club, celebrating the cultural clash …
After the resounding (online and offline) success of my All Valrhona Triple Chocolate Fudge Brownies, of course I had to stir the pot and try a version with matcha and try making Matcha White Chocolate Blondies. Common baking sense should’ve prevailed and …
If you spend any time on food social media, chances are that you’ve come across Carolina Gelen’s trending Candied Orange and Cardamom Olive Oil Cake. So many people are making it and it’s sad to see that not everyone is crediting her …
A few weeks ago, I made about 4 batches of brownies in a single week, in an effort to perfect that chewy, fudgey, chocolatey texture and crinkly top that I love and seek in a brownie. There are so many ways to …
Most of us are no strangers to sushi and a lot of us absolutely love it. But how much do we really know about these little bundles of perfection? Here are some fun facts about the history of sushi: The original, obsolete …
Labneh is a great alternative for cream cheese, and since I had to create a recipe for a client specifically with Labneh, I decided to make something like a cheesecake, but with Labneh instead, and of course I had to incorporate some …