Far from the Gulf May. Dubai. The air vibrates, thick, as if the desert had decided to swallow the whole Dubai. Jumeirah Wasl 51. Far from the gentle breeze of the Persian…
Dubai
FZN: The Empire of Restraint
The Closed Door There’s a doorbell. Just a doorbell. In Dubai – a city that advertises everything in gold leaf and fifteen-metre-high letters – Björn Frantzén hid his restaurant behind an unmarked…
Atlantis The Palm: When myth meets reality
The Paradox of reality For years, I kept a cautious distance from Dubai. I saw it as a theatre of excess, a postcard of glittering skyscrapers and fabricated backdrops. But cities, like…
Studio Frantzén: The Democracy of Rigour
Between Stockholm and the Desert The world becomes more intriguing when seen through the eyes of a child. The sparkle in little Francisca’s gaze, as she earnestly describes the grandeur of things…
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal — Cooking History, Serving Surprise
There aren’t many restaurants that welcome you with a panoramic lift where a waterfall spills in slow motion — like a lush spoiler of what awaits above. But here we are, at…
Leonardo
Seeing a restaurant inside a museum is something we are all used to, but if, suddenly, the idea was to put a museum inside a restaurant? So thought the minds behind the…
Park Hyatt Dubai
In my mind, Dubai was like a science fiction movie, where I would feel a part of a world from 2100! I thought of it as a bustling, chaotic and crazy city,…
Zuma Dubai
Trendy, trendy, trendy! Many are the restaurants where “to see and be seen” are the motto, few or none are able to keep the high standards of Zuma – there are more than…
Din Tai Fung Dubai
Din Tai Fung is well known for those who like gastronomy, famous for its xiao long bao and all the dim sum classics, handmade in each of their stores. Nowadays, this little Taiwanese restaurant,…