I’ve spent almost a decade in Dubai – the longest stint in any city after Kolkata, the city where I was born. Possessive about Dubai, I try to convince every guest that we have had, about the virtues and beauty that lay beyond the glitzy shopping malls or the swanky cars. For example, the desert in a star-lit night or Bastakia – the art alleys running amidst the traditional houses with its’ alluring wind-towers. Getting lost in the hidden galleries is my favourite past-time!
Dubai is my adopted home currently and most of the food posts have been juxtaposed against my Kolkata nostalgia or my living experiences in the UAE. Culture, history, recipes, food stories and nostalgia unfold amidst the urban backdrop of Dubai, in most of my writings. Hence, sometimes I’ve not been able to demarcate between Dubai and Kolkata posts. Do click on this link for all the Recipes, Food Reviews, Food Events and Travel Banters that are there in the blog. And here, for all posts that fall under the category of Dubai and the UAE.
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5 Dubai posts - My pick!
♦ Things To Do In Dubai | Like A Tourist In My Own City
♦ The Diary Of A Dubai Resident | As Home Turns Into An Inn!
♦ Locavorism, Friday Market | Tok Palong/Sour Spinach Chutney
♦ Semaiya Kheer/Vermicelli Pudding, Eid in Dubai | Eid Mubarak!
♦ Lafayette Gourmet’s Festive Menu | Christmas Is In The Air!
Media Mentions in Dubai/UAE
♦ Featured In Ahlan! Gourmet, February 2013 | My Ode To Phulko Luchi!
♦ BBC GoodFood ME, August 2012 | ‘Meet the Blogger‘
♦ My Dubai My City, December 2012 | UAE National Day… Bengali Aam Pana
♦ On Dubai One & Noor Dubai TV, August 2012 | Making Rasgulla Macapuno
Disclaimer: I hope you enjoy reading the posts with lot of visuals. While you enjoy seeing them please don’t use them as some of them have been taken from our personal albums just to make your reading experience more pleasurable. You can see more pictures of my travel and food journey here
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The World Awaits, for me to wander. ‘It’s a new world – it’s a new start/ It’s alive with the beating of young hearts… Here I am…’ Artist: Bryan Adams from the Movie ‘Spirit’. That is the idea behind the title of the Parent Category under which all the posts are listed and photos are cataloged.
Following are the various places in the world that I have visited:
Tracking My Footprints
Following are the UNESCO World Heritage Sites that I have visited:
- In India
- In Asia (outside India)
- In Europe
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shimmeshine
May 5, 2012
Just 2 years here, and me too becoming possessive about Dubai
May be because of the openness it offers, a stark opposite to what India offers……
A very well written article with articles within…..kudos !!
IshitaUnblogged
May 5, 2012
I know what you mean. But I guess if you are not possessive about the place you are living in you’ll never enjoy your life. This is a content listing for my Dubai posts – glad you like it:)
asiamgrowingup
May 21, 2012
woooooooooooooow!
It is a unbelievable blog post.
IshitaUnblogged
May 21, 2012
Thank you so much…. I love your blog as well:)
nimesh
October 10, 2012
i dont have words to describe…………………………….amazinggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!
IshitaUnblogged
October 11, 2012
Thank you Nimesh! Would love to get the Chef’s feedback on the food pages as well:)
Global Nomadic Bedouin
November 21, 2012
nice blog..very informative but you have only described the Glitzy side of Dubai. What about the Darkside of Dubai eh?
IshitaUnblogged
November 21, 2012
Very good point. Well there is an article ‘Like a tourist in my own city’ where I’ve tried to make a point that Dubai is not only about shopping and all that is glitz. like How many dark sides of a city do we get to see or ‘want’ to see as a tourist? Since this is a Travel and Culinary Blog I’ve been sticking to these aspects only. Have been meaning to write on other aspects – but that doesn’t really fit my blog so much. Do you have any writings that you might want me to read about?