Dinner review: Benihana
Benihana is famous for being the first restaurant to bring Teppanyaki-style cooking to the US. The flagship restaurant was set up in New York during the sixties by the charismatic Japanese-American boxer Hiroaki Aoki...
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An insider’s look at Japanese food: Q&A with Sho Cho’s head chef
Sho Cho’s head chef Jomar Reyes spoke to BBC Good Food Middle East about the most important skills needed to make Japanese food, and advice he would have given to his younger self…
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Dinner review: Sho Cho
Sho Cho is an undeniably hip seafront Japanese restaurant and lounge in Jumeirah. It’s no passing fad either: the restaurant has been on the same spot in Dubai Marine Beach Resort for nearly 20 years...
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Brunch review: Asia Asia
Asia Asia describes itself as “inspired by the ancient Spice Route from Asia Minor to the Far East.” The menus and the restaurants weekly offers...
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‘How to make the perfect miso soup and maki sushi’: Q&A with Asia Asia’s head chef Eric Jung
Eric Jung, head chef of Asia Asia speaks to BBC Good Food Middle East about how home cooks can improve their Japanese cooking skills...
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Dinner review: Izakaya, JW Marriott Marquis
In Japan, an ‘izakaya’ is a Japanese drinking establishment that also serves food – a sort of Asian equivalent to the West’s gastro pub. At the JW Marriott, this has certainly not been overlooked...
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‘I wish I could dance the way I cook’: Q&A with Izakaya speciality chef Idfan Meirza
Izakaya’s speciality chef Idfan Meirza discusses Japanese-Peruvian food fusion and bringing passion into the kitchen...
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Exciting Japanese food trends and tips: Q&A with Kyo’s executive chef
Executive chef Gregory Goulot from Kyo restaurant in Dubai spoke to BBC Good Food Middle East about exciting new Japanese food trends, and his tips to improving home cooked Japanese food...
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Dinner review: Kyo, Palm Jumeriah
Kyo is perched right at the beginning of the Golden Mile Galleria shopping complex, on Palm Jumeirah, but it is by no means your standard mall café...
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Dinner review: Sakura, Crowne Plaza
The restaurant’s retro interior wouldn’t be out of place in 1970s Tokyo (beige walls, shoji-style room dividers and thick dark wooden paneling)...
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'How to make great sushi' – an interview with chef Nicolas Herbault
BBC Good Food Middle East spoke to executive chef of Sakura, chef Nicolas Herbault about making great sushi and where home cooks go wrong with Japanese cooking...
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Brunch review: 360, Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Perched out at sea, at the end of a long jetty, the restaurant offers panoramic views of the marina by Jumeirah Beach Hotel and probably the best view of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai...
