Although I’m trying to be as keto (low carb) as possible, sometimes a girl’s gotta eat. And sometimes, if I plan my schedule correctly, I can kill two birds with one stone. Case in point, a trip to the newly opened Urth Caffe at CityWalk Dubai for a review (why the extra ‘f’ in cafe, I will never know), while at the same time treating a new contact to a lovely breakfast. Until I was canceled on, most unprofessionally, the hour before. (For the record, in my world, ‘I don’t have the car’ is not a valid excuse in a city with heaps of taxis, Careem, and Uber.) I digress. Thus, not wanting to cancel on an arranged PR meal (I rarely, if ever, flake once something has been arranged), I put out a call to a few friends in the area but was unable to find a partner for my…
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]]>Knowing myself, I was both frustrated and delighted by Past Courtney’s decision to make plans for breakfast on Boxing Day. Fortunately, due to a wildly disappointing Christmas Day brunch at Traiteur (spoiler alert: it was a total cash grab with no holiday food whatsoever), we woke up hungry and ready to eat. Our visit to Izu Brasserie forced us out of the house and, as I followed my preference for not dealing with traffic, it was easier to try City Walk on a weekday when most people were traveling outside the country. With perfect winter weather, Hubs and I decided to sit outside under one of the covered tables (which was more than Traiteur could offer #iamnotbitter). A note to those trying to find the entrance, the restaurant is best accessed from the main boulevard, on the ground level of LE BLV / Marais (rather than wandering through the store,…
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]]>Having been disappointed by a recently opened restaurant (as well as an unnamed fine dining establishment that’s been open for years), I was a bit wary accepting an invite to another just opened venue. However, from the moment I was greeted, it was clear that my evening at Graze was going to be a special one. Without a menu to go on, I wasn’t sure what to expect (how does one actually define a ‘Gastro Grill’), nor did I know what specifically would be on the menu (nothing is currently posted on the website). It’s pretty rare for me to go somewhere and not have an idea of what’s going to be available, but sometimes we have to live life on the edge, don’t we? What I excepted were some decent proteins and a relatively casual experience. What was delivered was an altogether elevated meal with some amazing cuts and outstanding…
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