{"id":8,"date":"2012-10-28T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T10:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2016-12-18T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T10:59:08","slug":"my-opinions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/my-opinions","title":{"rendered":"My Opinions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a bit of a &#8220;foodie&#8221; I enjoy trying new restaurants. Sadly this doesn&#8217;t happen as often as it could these days, thanks to some employment challenges my end. Nevertheless I will share with you here names of places I think are worth a try (as well as those that are worth a miss) and any new wine discoveries I make.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully if you try my recommendations they will be good for you too, but I can&#8217;t make any promises obviously.<\/p>\n<p>Bon Appetit!<\/p>\n<p><em>p.s. If you would prefer to leave this kind of thing to the professionals then I urge you to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/foodiva.net\/\" target=\"new\">fooDiva&#8217;s blog<\/a>, she does a wonderful job of reviewing restaurants, and other interesting places, around Dubai.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eateries worth a visit<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk\/restaurants\/restaurant.php?id=dubai\" target=\"new\">Gaucho<\/a>, DIFC. <em>Fabulous for Argentinian Steak and wine (October 2011)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairmont.com\" target=\"new\">Spectrum on One<\/a>; Fairmont Dubai. <em>Fantastic for Brunch (June 2011)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wafi.com\/searchdetails.aspx?id=374&amp;LangType=2057\" target=\"new\">Medzo<\/a>; Wafi<\/li>\n<li>Le Succ\u00e8s; Motorcity. <em>Nope this <del datetime=\"2013-07-18T07:33:30+00:00\">has now changed hands<\/del> is now closed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crumbselysee.com\/\" target=\"new\">Crumbs Bakery<\/a> gets the new vote<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dubaigolf.com\/emirates-golf-club\/indulge\/le-classique.aspx\" target=\"new\">Le Classique<\/a>; Emirates Golf Club<\/li>\n<li>Al Fresco; Crowne Plaza (SZR)<\/li>\n<li>Karam Beirut; MoE<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaresortshotels.com\" target=\"new\">Bateaux Dubai<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Al Safadi; Abu Dhabi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jumeirah.com\/en\/search\/?quicksearchquery=segreto\" target=\"new\">Segreto<\/a>; Madinat Souk<\/li>\n<li>Rivington Grill; Souk al Bahar<\/li>\n<li>Casa Mia; Le Meridien<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vapiano.de\/locations\/index.php?lang=ae&amp;sub=aedu1\" target=\"new\">Vapiano<\/a>; DMC<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ichotelsgroup.com\/h\/d\/cp\/1\/en\/hotel\/DUBFC\/dining\" target=\"new\">Belgian Beer Cafe<\/a>; Crowne Plaza, DFC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dubai.grand.hyatt.com\/hyatt\/hotels\/entertainment\/restaurants\/index.jsp\" target=\"new\">Andiamo!<\/a>; Grand Hyatt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwoodhotels.com\/sheraton\/property\/dining\/index.html?propertyID=408\" target=\"new\">Vivaldi<\/a>; Sheraton Dubai Creek<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jumeirah.com\/en\/search\/?quicksearchquery=villa+beach\" target=\"new\">Villa Beach<\/a>; Jumeirah Beach Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Tagine; the One&amp;Only Royal Mirage<\/li>\n<li>Il Rustico; <del datetime=\"2013-01-17T09:20:56+00:00\">Rydges<\/del> Chelsea Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Sumo Sushi; Town Centre Jumeirah<\/li>\n<li>Wafi Gourmet; Wafi Mall<\/li>\n<li>Ozzie Legends; <del datetime=\"2013-01-17T09:20:56+00:00\">Rydges<\/del> Chelsea Hotel<\/li>\n<li>The Hilton Jumeirah Beach for breakfast and brunch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and those worth a miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shakespeare Cafe<\/li>\n<li><del datetime=\"2013-01-17T09:20:56+00:00\">Zyng Asian Grill anywhere<\/del> (no longer in existence) <\/li>\n<li>Barasti Bar (for food)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wine finds<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cuvee Sabourin, Cab Sauv (2010)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sthallett.com.au\/\" target=\"new\">St Hallett<\/a>, Barossa Shiraz<\/li>\n<li>Wild Rock, Infamous Goose Sauvignon Blanc<\/li>\n<li>Sichel, Bordeaux (2005)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandalford.com\/Estate-Reserve\/View-all-products.html\" target=\"new\">Sandalford<\/a>, Shiraz (2004)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latunella.it\/\" target=\"new\">La Tunella<\/a>, Merlot (2006)<\/li>\n<li>Cesari, Merlot<\/li>\n<li>Villa Antinori, Toscana (2004)<\/li>\n<li>Penfolds Barossa Valley, Old Vine, Bin 138<\/li>\n<li>Jacobs Creek, Shiraz\/Cab<\/li>\n<li>Fat Bastard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a bit of a &#8220;foodie&#8221; I enjoy trying new restaurants. Sadly this doesn&#8217;t happen as often as it could these days, thanks to some employment challenges my end. Nevertheless I will share with you here names of places I think are worth a try (as well as those that are worth a miss) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catinthedunes.com\/Dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}