What to think of when visiting your friends abroad?
January 26, 2020
The cool season is finally here and once again the streets are full of people. This is also the time of the year that those of us living down here
I love all the fancy new teas from Asia, but it has taken surprisingly long for them to make it to Dubai. In Dubai Marina/JBR there are no real bubble…
I absolutely love hotpot, and since Little Lamb opened at JBR I have been a regular, so I consider myself a bit of a Little Lamb hot pot veteran. I…
I’ve always been an early riser, but during the pandemic, it’s been even more pronounced, probably because there haven’t been a lot of late dinners and nights out to keep…
The cool season is finally here and once again the streets are full of people. This is also the time of the year that those of us living down here
Wednesday, I was invited to an event at Eeten which is a new cafe in Dubai Marina Mall. At the event, we could try different dishes from the menu, so
When we decided to start eating more vegetables and less meat, we also started doing our grocery shopping at Kibsons, because they have a really good selection of vegan and
So I signed up for the meal plan at Soul Santé, and every day at 9am, a guy comes by with the three vegan meals for the day. During the
Last Wednesday, I was invited to the opening event at StudioRepublik, which is a new gym in Dubai. As a matter of fact, calling in a gym would be quite
J and I live in the same building but for some reason we haven’t seen each other for more than two months. Not ok! So tonight, we decided to go
Today I had lunch at Soul Santé, which is a vegan cafe that showed up on GoogleMaps, when I was searching for vegetarian food in Dubai Marina. The café is
On New Year’s Eve we had dinner at JB’s Gastropub. The restaurant was just across the street from the beach on JBR, so a couple of minutes before 12, we
Happy New Year! For the first time in years, Poul was not working and we were both in Dubai, so we decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve at JB’s Gastropub
My last lunch in 2019 was at Cafe Isan in JLT. The cute little Thai restaurant has just moved to a new location on the SZR-side of JLT, but the
People from all over the world come to Dubai to live and work, and many of the city’s expats are young, single and ready to mingle. Though in spite of
Yesterday we ordered home delivery from Bareburger which is a New York burger chain that has become widely popular in Dubai. We wanted to try their vegan burgers which are
Christmas 2019 has come to an end and hopefully we all get a chance to sit down, relax and put our feet up before New Year’s Eve kicks in. This
Last Friday, I was invited to a menu tasting at Nara Pan Asian in JLT. We arrived in the quiet hour between afternoon brunch and evening brunch, so there were
Today, it’s my birthday so we went to have breakfast at Bistro des Arts, which is my favorite place for breakfast in Dubai Marina. I love everything on their breakfast
Last Saturday, I met with Pia(@expiatriatewife) for brunch at Wild & The Moon, which is one of the few 100% plant-based restaurants in Dubai. I am very interested in vegetarian
Yesterday, I met with Danish friend Marianne for lunch at Bounty Beets, which is the new restaurant that took over where Gourmet by Kcal left off at Le Méridien Mina
Yesterday, I was invited to the launch of the new ladies’ night at the Italian restaurant Matto. We started with a round of Aperol, that came with pasta straws and
Café Belge is located inside The Ritz-Carlton DIFC, and on their Tuesday ladies’ nights, just being a woman entitles you to 5 drinks and 2 oysters, so this was an
Here are my favorite restaurants in Dubai right now:
When Trine was in Dubai, we met with Pia, Peter and Meg for Korean BBQ Brunch at Namu. I had dined at Namu before, so I knew that their Korean
The summer has loosened its hot and humid grip on Dubai and the rooftop season has slowly kicked off again. Level 43 is the rooftop bar at Four Points by
I was invited to try out Welli & Wine – I did not pay for food and drinks myself Yesterday, I was invited to Verve Brasserie to try their new
When Trine was visiting, she wanted to do a ladies’ night, so we booked a table at Cavalli Club Monday evening. For 149AED ladies get a three-course dinner and open