Guest review of Maze, London
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Guest Review: Drunch, London
Read moreReviewed by Mez A moments boredom on my way back from work last week resulted in me quickly making plans for a post Eid day brunch with the ever obliging cousins. We threw around a few ideas and by the process of elimination, we decided on Drunch for brunch. A stone’s throw away from Bond…
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Foodie Gifts for Eid
Read moreEid is coming soon! If you haven’t bought a gift yet for the foodie in your life, here are our top picks. 1) Halal Gems Gift Card The first Halal Gems Gift Card is available now. Limited numbers available, redeemable at five special restaurants across London. Get yours before they run out. More details here.…
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Enter our Gift Card competitions
Read moreHalal Gems have teamed up with Stax Diner to give away a £40 gift card. To enter the competition all you have to do is: On Instagram: 1) Repost the image above of our gift card ad on your own Instagram page. 2) Tag @halalgems and #HalalGemsGiveaway in the caption. On Twitter: 1) Retweet this…
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Chef Stories: Norman Musa
Read moreTo read more articles like this, download Halal Gems Magazine here. If you yourself were a food dish, what would you be and why? Nasi Lemak – this is one of the best dishes that represents multi- ethnic Malaysia and which reflects my mission in promoting Malaysian food to the world. The famous dish is…
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Guest Review: Tom & Serg, Dubai
Read moreReviewed by Maysaa To read more articles like this, download Halal Gems Magazine here. Tucked away in the dusty part of Al Quoz area is an innovative and aesthetically pleasing warehouse-turned café called Tom and Serg. It’s true, the parking could be better (but given the location; come on its Dubai!) and the signage could…
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For the Love of Food: Duke of Delhi
Read moreTo read more articles like this, download Halal Gems Magazine here. ZENA BUTT What do chocolate, elephants and Bombay mix have in common? This morning I found myself in the company of a Duke who explained everything. But let me backtrack. I’m a British Asian. This means I add a dash of masala to my…
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5 Questions with Henry Hargreaves
Read moreTo read more articles like this, download Halal Gems Magazine here. Fatema Zehra Bandali Photographer Henry Hargreaves tastes the rainbow by creating edible multi-coloured versions of classic dishes in his series ‘Food of the Rainbow’. Whilst we interact with food several times a day, we rarely note it further than something to eat. Hargreaves is…
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Where Food & Art Collide
Read moreTo read more articles like this, download Halal Gems Magazine here. FATEMA ZEHRA BANDALI As kids, most of us were told not to play with our food. Fatema Zehra introduces the ‘Art of Food’ and talks to food artists Henry Hargreaves and Bompas & Parr, who have taken playing with food to new heights. Food…