There is a Swahili saying that translates to ‘try out food at your neighbours’ before you declare your mother a top cook’. Over Easter holidays I visited Dubai. To say I was impressed by the place is an understatement. On our way back from the desert safari, we were seated with a gentleman who looked in his 40s from Kenya who was also visiting. So we started talking and before we knew it, we were comparing countries, mainly Kenya and UAE.