The Fat Expat: Events

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

A Taste of Dubai

A four day foodie's love-in kicks off at Dubai Media City tonight, called A Taste of Dubai 2008. Running from 7-10pm tonight and tomorrow and then with afternoon and evening sessions on Friday and Saturday, the event features celebrity guests (including, for some reason, Gary Rhodes) doing demos and tutorials and a number of 'Gastro Features' as well as food stations that feature the output of 16 Dubai restaurants and something like 65 chefs rolling out their signature dishes. There's a food market as well.

The Festiva l is the local version of the Taste of... events run by Channel 4 TV in the UK and is backed by the company that organises those gigs - something like 130,000 people going to last years' events. This year they're doing them all around the world - the idea seems to have worked, Edward!

Tickets are available on the door at 150, 225 and 250 Dhs. If this looks like your kind of thing, then why not pop along? If you want to know more, the website link's posted above.

FOOD! GLORIOUS FOOD!

More delicious devilment than you can shake a cocktail stick at! Yes, it's the blog that makes you go nomnomnomonom!

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PHOTOGRAPHY
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CUPS?
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FEEDING THE FAT EXPAT

Alexander
Alexander's life long fascination with food has sustained him three times a day for 46 years. It's been a long, hard road paved with chocolate and red wine...

HalfManHalfBeer
HMHB's deep interest in food started with a girl, as all good things do, and with the realisation that girls love a man who can cook. Its been all downhill since then.

Slimseun
Slimseun is a semi-retired ship`s master, now living and doing consulting work in Brazil. He enjoys cooking and reviewing restaurants. He has lived in the U.S, Japan and Brazil since going to sea at age 16. South African by nationality. living in Coqueiral de Aracruz in the state of Espirito Santo in Brazil.

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PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING

At times this blog might refer to things that some people would rather not think about. Like the fact that animals die so that we can eat meat. Or that chicken breasts come off chickens, not foam plastic trays. Or that when we eat, the inevitable consequence is that we poo. If you can't live with that degree of reality, then this is probably not the blog for you. Whatever, we're not apologising. This is real life baby.