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Dubai’s Best Restaurants: A Guide
The definitive guide on where to eat in Dubai and what to have by someone who eats, a lot.
 • Liam Collens
Bread is not a course, so please stop serving it as one.
Bread is only ever a side dish, no matter what you do it.
 • Liam Collens
Eat Like a Local in Cairo: The Best Street Food, Cafes and Restaurants As Recommended by Locals
Forget the guides, this is where locals in Cairo really go to eat. Discover Cairo’s best street food and more, from shawerma buns to koshary, with…
 • Liam Collens
Translating Trèsind Studio
On writing the book "The Rise of Indian Food. Recipes Reimagined by Trèsind Studio."
 • Liam Collens
Honesty is not the problem. It's not even the start.
Food cognoscenti eat their own kind. Again.
 • Liam Collens
Osip, Bruton: restaurant review. “The food is lost-for-words good.”
Osip steps into its better self with confidence and aplomb, going from local-produce champion to a world-class restaurant in waiting, but one thing…
 • Liam Collens
Something for the Weekend #14
Italy as a tonic for 2025. Lido 84 has still got it. MOOD MUSIC. The Cullinan first impressions. Dinner, revisited. A collection of writings, and a…
 • Liam Collens
Something for the Weekend #15
Hello from monsoon-drenched Thalassery in Northern Kerala where the skies belch rain, the tuktuks are fearless, the food is delightful and the people…
 • Liam Collens
Something For The Weekend #Lucky13
Chef’s Table loses its luster. Reeling from the 2025 Michelin Guide Dubai. Some stonking good Substack reads. I’m off to Veneto!
 • Liam Collens
Potong, Bangkok: restaurant review. "No One Should Cook Duck This Well"
Potong is Chef Pam’s ode to her family and heritage; skilfully cooked, wrapped in class and served with charm. The storyteller all families would want.
 • Liam Collens
My Favourite Restaurants in Piemonte
From Barolo to Gavi, hazelnuts to white truffle, plus the bucolic views buttressed by mountains and sea, Piemonte’s restaurants have it all—but THESE…
 • Liam Collens
Al Naqa Lao Kebab House, Neighbourhood Food Hall, Dubai
It’s the Bib Gourmand that Dubai deserves, but may never get.
 • Liam Collens
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