Sorry gang -- I missed last week! All the travel and visiting caught up with me and now I'm completely in a post-holiday funk. Hope you enjoy this week's links.
A very belated congrats to the new World's 50 Best Restaurants (and especially to local Dubai entries Zuma and La Petite Maison!) as well as the new #1, Osteria Francescana. I'd love to get to any of these exciting places in the next year!
I'm always fascinated what people eat (and love the site Wait But Why).
Kind of the same idea, but another TV-restaurant hybrid -- the Max, from Saved by the Bell.
And finally, the cutest cactus macaron you've ever seen!
One week (and some change) to go with Ramadan -- I hope it is a blessed month for those who are participating. This weekend we're going to the spa tomorrow and I'm off to Abu Dhabi on Saturday to say goodbye to a dear friend starting a new adventure. I'm hoping to get back to some regularly scheduled UAE reviews by the end of next week.
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