Here are FIVE reasons why we love Section-B: 1. Section-B was created by Mansour Gadhi and five of his friends (Fahad, Mohammed, Mostafa, Faisal and Baraa) who shared a passion for timeless top-quality burgers. In 2013, they began inviting friends to a weekly Friday get together. “We would try out…
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Monaco is one of those places that I’d imagine most of you readers know rather well. I certainly thought I did, but – after a recent visit at the invitation of SBM – I realised there was still much for me to learn. For example, did you know that Monaco…
1. Flamingo Room is the brainchild of Natasha Sideris, a South African of Greek descent whose rapidly growing group now owns 25 restaurants and cafés, including 17 in South Africa and eight in Dubai (six Tashas Cafés, a Greek taverna called Avli, Galaxy Bar, and its most successful concept –…
Noma has been all about delving into unchartered culinary territory ever since it opened in 2003. Founded by Chef René Redzepi, who was then a 25-year-old alumnus of El Bulli and The French Laundry, the restaurant would go on to win two Michelin stars, be voted the best restaurant in…
One of Dubai’s greatest low profile culinary gems dares to modernise traditional Indian cuisine with flavour-bursting food that is creatively prepared and imaginatively executed. 1 We love an insider’s secret and Trèsind has all the halmarks of one, as it’s neither pretentious nor contrived and it’s hidden away in plain sight…
Going with the name Under, which also means “wonder” in Norwegian, this is Europe’s first subaquatic restaurant and it finally opened its doors near Båly, a village on the south coast of Norway. It was designed by the architecture firm Snøhetta (who gained international acclaim for their work on the…
Dubai is notorious for its pulsating dining scene, and the recently opened Gaia in DIFC is one more extraordinary place to indulge in gastronomical pleasure. It’s the latest brainchild of homegrown chef Izu Ani, serving up Greek-Mediterranean fusion cuisine in a slick, neo-classical setting of muted colours, smooth concrete greys,…
Let’s start by setting the scene. You’re in Japan and in front of you is a plate of carefully cut sashimi, laced with all the trimmings: soy sauce, chilli, the works. It looks fairly innocent, right? Wrong, this is a deadly delicacy. The fish in question is fugu and it’s…
Barring the remote chance you actually find room for two at the ten-seat triple-Michelin starred Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo, the second best sushi meal in the world can be had in the West Village of NYC at Sushi Nakazawa. Sushi Master Daisuke Nakazawa, actually spent 11 years at Jiro, working…
Massimo Bottura is no ordinary chef. As anyone who has watched him tell scared-looking contestants on MasterChef that he wants “to eat their emotions on a plate” will know, he approaches things differently. Over the course of an exhausting hour with the fast-talking Italian, our conversation constantly swoops off at…