The Michelin Guide unveiled its 2023 list for Dubai on Tuesday, naming restaurants who've retained or earned its much-coveted star along with a clutch of special awards.
The guide awarded one star to 11 restaurants, two stars to three restaurants and chose 17 venues as part of its Bib Gourmand category.
Three restaurants were given a Michelin Green Star, including home-grown Lowe, which was the only restaurant named in the green category last year. It is joined by two other restaurants this year – Boca and Teible.
First revealed in 2020 and introduced in the guide the following year, there are now more than 300 restaurants around the world with the Michelin Green Star.
But what is a Michelin Green Star?
The special accolade is given to restaurants “at the forefront of the industry when it comes to sustainability practices,” according to the guide's website.
“They hold themselves accountable for both their ethical and environmental standards, and work with sustainable producers and suppliers to avoid waste and reduce or even remove plastic and other non-recyclable materials from their supply chain.”
This could manifest in many different ways, such as restaurants only sourcing vegetables and other ingredients from local farms, or using recyclable materials in packaging and other aspects of operations.
It could also be as simple as working directly with farmers or fishermen, or as innovative as employing methods such as vertical farming or no-dig gardens.
Green star recipients can also involved in charitable and educational projects related to the environment.
Although there is no specific requirement for restaurants vying for the star, Michelin inspectors consider factors such as the provenance of ingredients, the use of seasonal produce, overall environmental footprint, waste disposal, and recycling and resource management.
Lowe
Located at the KOA Canvas community in Dubai's Al Barari, this restaurant has made headlines for using leftovers in delivering experimental and quality dishes.
Its “Waste Not” menu offers an eight to 10-course meal made from would-be waste products that were saved over the previous month. The restaurant also changes its menu regularly, as it highly depends on the seasonality of ingredients.
“We are also building our own kitchen garden. We aim for zero waste and have a nose-to-tail ethos,” says chef Kate Christou, as quoted by the Michelin Guide.
Proudly home-grown, Lowe has an open kitchen concept that features a charcoal grill, a rotisserie and a wood-fired oven.
The venue specialises in rustic, accessible, relaxed dining, offering dishes such as smoked organic beef tartare with crisp artichokes and soured onion; black pepper miso aubergine with tofu cream; and slow roasted lamb shoulder with sumac onion salad.
Open Wednesday and Thursday 6pm-11pm; Friday-Saturday 8am-4pm and 6pm-11pm; Sunday 8am-4pm; Koa Canvas, Al Barari, Wadi Al Safa 3; 04 320 1890
Boca
The restaurant in the Dubai International Financial District offers modern European cuisine with a strong Spanish influence.
Boca has a sustainability manifesto which outlines in detail its approach to eco-friendly dining. Its practices are informed by the idea that the UAE is “far from being a barren land”, says Omar Shibab, the restaurant's founder and chief sustainability officer.
“The Hajar mountains of the north are biologically rich habitats, while the central region’s oases are home to modern hydroponic, organic, and traditional farms, and the bounty from the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean is plentiful,” he says.
Boca works with local farmers and fishermen for its ingredients, and actively audits its kitchen and bar operations to ensure sustainable practices are observed. It runs on 100 per cent renewable energy and publishes carbon emissions reports to remain accountable.
In terms of dishes, the menu is inspired by Spain. There are cold and hot tapas, and for mains, diners can order a black garlic risotto, smoked duck and orochiette pasta, seared halibut sourced from the Gulf of Oman and gnocchi with braised beef short rib.
Open daily, noon-3am; Gate Village 6, Dubai International Financial Centre; 04 323 1833
Teible
Sustainability, seasonality, simplicity and locality are the four pillars of Teible, located within the Jameel Arts Centre.
On its website, it describes itself not just as a restaurant, but a platform for diners to lean more about locally grown ingredients in the UAE. Teible sources 85 to 90 per cent of its ingredients from local sources, and the menu changes three times a year.
Teible made headlines for turning food waste and leftovers into usable gourmet products, such as sauces, oils and even kombucha.
The restaurant is currently on its fourth seasonal menu, which include dishes such as koji corn, fermented hummus, garum beef tartare and prawn mamak. The venue was designed to reflect Teible's simplistic approach to dining, incorporating modest furniture, floor-to-ceiling windows and other minimalistic undertones.
Open Wednesday-Monday, 10am-6pm and 7pm-10pm; Jameel Arts Centre, Jaddaf Waterfront; 04 243 6683
AI traffic lights to ease congestion at seven points to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Street
The seven points are:
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In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
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Salah in numbers
€39 million: Liverpool agreed a fee, including add-ons, in the region of €39m (nearly Dh176m) to sign Salah from Roma last year. The exchange rate at the time meant that cost the Reds £34.3m - a bargain given his performances since.
13: The 25-year-old player was not a complete stranger to the Premier League when he arrived at Liverpool this summer. However, during his previous stint at Chelsea, he made just 13 Premier League appearances, seven of which were off the bench, and scored only twice.
57: It was in the 57th minute of his Liverpool bow when Salah opened his account for the Reds in the 3-3 draw with Watford back in August. The Egyptian prodded the ball over the line from close range after latching onto Roberto Firmino's attempted lob.
7: Salah's best scoring streak of the season occurred between an FA Cup tie against West Brom on January 27 and a Premier League win over Newcastle on March 3. He scored for seven games running in all competitions and struck twice against Tottenham.
3: This season Salah became the first player in Premier League history to win the player of the month award three times during a term. He was voted as the division's best player in November, February and March.
40: Salah joined Roger Hunt and Ian Rush as the only players in Liverpool's history to have scored 40 times in a single season when he headed home against Bournemouth at Anfield earlier this month.
30: The goal against Bournemouth ensured the Egyptian achieved another milestone in becoming the first African player to score 30 times across one Premier League campaign.
8: As well as his fine form in England, Salah has also scored eight times in the tournament phase of this season's Champions League. Only Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, with 15 to his credit, has found the net more often in the group stages and knockout rounds of Europe's premier club competition.
Golden Shoe top five (as of March 1):
Harry Kane, Tottenham, Premier League, 24 goals, 48 points
Edinson Cavani, PSG, Ligue 1, 24 goals, 48 points
Ciro Immobile, Lazio, Serie A, 23 goals, 46 points
Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, Premier League, 23 goals, 46 points
Lionel Messi, Barcelona, La Liga, 22 goals, 44 points
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Publisher: EA Sports
Consoles: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S
Rating: 3/5
Wednesday's results
Finland 3-0 Armenia
Faroes Islands 1-0 Malta
Sweden 1-1 Spain
Gibraltar 2-3 Georgia
Romania 1-1 Norway
Greece 2-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Liechtenstein 0-5 Italy
Switzerland 2-0 Rep of Ireland
Israel 3-1 Latvia
THURSDAY'S FIXTURES
4pm Maratha Arabians v Northern Warriors
6.15pm Deccan Gladiators v Pune Devils
8.30pm Delhi Bulls v Bangla Tigers
The Bio
Favourite vegetable: “I really like the taste of the beetroot, the potatoes and the eggplant we are producing.”
Holiday destination: “I like Paris very much, it’s a city very close to my heart.”
Book: “Das Kapital, by Karl Marx. I am not a communist, but there are a lot of lessons for the capitalist system, if you let it get out of control, and humanity.”
Musician: “I like very much Fairuz, the Lebanese singer, and the other is Umm Kulthum. Fairuz is for listening to in the morning, Umm Kulthum for the night.”
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Formula Middle East Calendar (Formula Regional and Formula 4)
Round 1: January 17-19, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 2: January 22-23, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 3: February 7-9, Dubai Autodrome – Dubai
Round 4: February 14-16, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 5: February 25-27, Jeddah Corniche Circuit – Saudi Arabia
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Transmission: 8-speed dual-clutch automatic
Fuel consumption: 11.2L/100km
On sale: Now, deliveries expected later in 2025
Price: expected to start at Dh1,432,000
Saturday's results
Brighton 1-1 Leicester City
Everton 1-0 Cardiff City
Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace
Watford 0-3 Liverpool
West Ham United 0-4 Manchester City
Slow loris biog
From: Lonely Loris is a Sunda slow loris, one of nine species of the animal native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore
Status: Critically endangered, and listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list due to growing demand in the global exotic pet trade. It is one of the most popular primate species found at Indonesian pet markets
Likes: Sleeping, which they do for up to 18 hours a day. When they are awake, they like to eat fruit, insects, small birds and reptiles and some types of vegetation
Dislikes: Sunlight. Being a nocturnal animal, the slow loris wakes around sunset and is active throughout the night
Superpowers: His dangerous elbows. The slow loris’s doe eyes may make it look cute, but it is also deadly. The only known venomous primate, it hisses and clasps its paws and can produce a venom from its elbow that can cause anaphylactic shock and even death in humans
In numbers: China in Dubai
The number of Chinese people living in Dubai: An estimated 200,000
Number of Chinese people in International City: Almost 50,000
Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2018/19: 120,000
Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2010: 20,000
Percentage increase in visitors in eight years: 500 per cent
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