{"id":1421,"date":"2019-02-26T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2019-02-27T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:46:25","slug":"vogue-arabia-february-2019-looking-for-mediterranean-food-with-middle-eastern-flair-weve-got-just-the-restaurant-for-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/?p=1421&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"VOGUE ARABIA FEBRUARY 2019: \u00abLooking For Mediterranean Food With Middle Eastern Flair? We\u2019ve Got Just The Restaurant For You\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The mirrored entrance to Mix restaurant at the newly opened Emerald Palace Kempinski in\u00a0Dubai<\/a>\u00a0is somewhat unnerving \u2013 there\u2019s nothing like being confronted by 100 versions of yourself to induce fear ahead of meeting one of the world\u2019s most decorated chefs. But when I spot Alain Ducasse across the vast restaurant space, the afternoon sun flooding through the floor-to-ceiling windows, he looks fresh and happy and I\u2019m put at ease. It\u2019s no mean feat. Ducasse has been at his new restaurant-cum-nightspot since 7am \u2013 this after staying up past midnight at its launch party the night before. \u201cI just choose not to be tired,\u201d shares the chef, who was the first to own three restaurants carrying three Michelin stars each in three cities (London<\/a>,\u00a0Monaco<\/a>, and\u00a0New York<\/a>). It would appear that as well as being a chef extraordinaire, Alain Ducasse is also somewhat of a philosopher.<\/p>\n

We sit down for lunch at a high table with a full view of the action in the kitchen. He looks right at home, though Ducasse doesn\u2019t work often in the kitchen these days. \u201cIt gives me time to talk to people like you,\u201d he smiles. What he means is, time to court media, network, and meet those who help keep the wheels turning.<\/p>\n

Ducasse, who has written around 30 cookbooks, is hands-on with all his projects. He worked closely with architect Manuel Clavel to create the new, three-tiered space, which includes a rooftop Chef \u2019s Table, a gold private dining area with exquisite views of the city skyline, a vast white and mirrored main restaurant with terraces, and a moody lounge. \u201cThe idea is to give people the option to choose the experience they want,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

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READ MORE:\u00a0ARTICLE OF VOGUE The mirrored entrance to Mix restaurant at the newly opened Emerald Palace Kempinski in\u00a0Dubai\u00a0is somewhat unnerving \u2013 there\u2019s nothing like being confronted by 100 versions of yourself to induce fear ahead of meeting one of the world\u2019s most decorated chefs. But when I spot Alain Ducasse across the vast restaurant space,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lookcomposites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/descarga.png?fit=750%2C562","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa0lgb-mV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1318,"url":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/?p=1318&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":1421,"position":0},"title":"TIMEOUTDUBAI.COM, DECEMBER 2018: \"Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse launches a restaurant in Dubai\"","date":"25 enero, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Michelin-starred\u00a0chef\u00a0Alain Ducasse has opened up a restaurant in the UAE for the first time, and we can't wait to try it. miX by Alain Ducasse is now open at\u00a0Emerald Palace Kempinski Dubai\u00a0on Palm Jumeirah and\u00a0Time Out Dubai\u2019s been for a look around the massive space. And as you can see\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abNews\u00bb","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.lookcomposites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.png?fit=880%2C231&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lookcomposites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}