The recently opened Aji restaurant at The Palm Jumeirah’s Club Vista Mare has already become something of a hotbed for celebrities, both local and those just passing through.
Footballer Nicolas Anelka was recently seen checking out the restaurant’s Peruvian-Japanese fusion dishes, and on February 2 Jamaican rapper and dancehall star Sean Paul joined the restaurant’s celebrity guest list.
The rapper was in Dubai ahead of his RedFestDXB gig the same night, and feasted on the restaurant’s signature Nikkei dishes ahead of his show.
Sources close to the star assured us that he did not think the restaurant's sticky rice was at all Like Glue.
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