Nov 16, 2018 at 4:28pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/center><\/p>\n
He has become a Dubai tourist attraction in his own right<\/h3>\n What started as one video in 2017 has now exploded his celebrity – and people are lapping it up, two years later.<\/p>\n
In a time where dozens of Dubai restaurants are closing down, changing hands or rebranding every month, Nusr-Et Dubai is thriving – thanks to its eccentric namesake.<\/p>\n
Like a visit to the Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall and the Miracle Gardens, it’s a staple of a Dubai visit for some; people seek out a visit to Salt Bae’s famous Dubai restaurant to get a peek at the chef in action.<\/p>\n
Whether you love or hate him, you have to respect the guy – (who has 18.8 million followers on Instagram) and that he knows how to work the internet, the media and celebrities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salt Bae, aka Nusret G\u00f6k\u00e7e, the salty chef and restauranteur in the Four Seasons Jumeirah makes headlines often \u2013 most recently with Franck Ribery for serving up an AED1,000 gold-coated tomahawk steak. Ribery was criticised internationally for the indulgence, which led to him spewing a explicit rant on his social media, riddled with insults at … ","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,52],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/01\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Salt-Bae.png?mtime=20190108094318","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/01\/_featuredImage\/Salt-Bae.png?mtime=20190108094318 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"
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