Hey folks, I’m putting together an article on Dublin’s best value meals for a different publication. Some of the places I plan to name include The Exchequer, Hilan, Fallon and Byrne, Le Bon Crubeen, Early birds in Shanahan’s and Chapter One, lunch in One Pico, The Hop House, Green 19, Cafe Bliss, The Larder, burritos in Pablo Picante’s, Burritos and Blues, and Boojum. [...]

Steak, chips, and salad for €13. Bangers and mash for a tenner. Three glasses of red for €16.50. Why, it can only be Le Bon Crubeen on Talbot Street. It’s easily one of the best cheap eats in Dublin, and a very pleasant place to dine too. Geordie Sue and I ate there recently. It [...]

I get a lot of press releases. Here’s one I thought deserved some attention. SuperValu recently announced a grand plan to reduce the cost of an average weekly shopping basket from €132 per week to €102. Price cuts and promotions form the backbone of the Spend Less campaign, with the focus on everyday items like cereal, [...]

Here’s one of the better offers we’ve come across lately. As part of its Wine Festival, Tesco is selling Tattinger Champagne for just €25 – it’s normally €59.99. Plenty of other good wine deals, especially on bottles of bubbly, and it runs until October 4. Thanks to Aoife Sherwin for the tip-off.

Our pal Rosemary MacCabe, Irish Times journalist and fashion blogger, is looking for your advice. Thanks for the post Rosemary! Hi there! Seeing as I’ve stopped writing my own blog, I thought I’d send you a wee rant from an experience I had recently, because I genuinely want to know what people would think. So what [...]

Summer is a time of salad. But it’s also a time of ice cream, meaty barbeques, fish and chips by the beach, and cream with everything. Aldi recently sent me samples of their Killeigh Farm Luxury Irish Low Fat Frozen Yogurt. I’ve always questioned the logic of frozen yoghurt – is it just a lower fat [...]

I just yelled at a family member for getting the Christmas food in Tesco. I practically accused her of a crime against Christmas. It’s because (a) Christmas organisation is somewhat stressful as well as fun, leading to my outburst of grumbling and (b) Aldi and Lidl are cheaper, better, and less evil. I tend to [...]

Now I’ve had a good old bleat about Gourmet Burger Kitchen, allow me to draw your attention to their eye-poppingly amazing, totally incredible, yes-no-need-to-blink-it’s-true offer: buy any two burgers or salads and receive the one of lesser value for free. FREE. Yes. Free. It’s one of the best offers I’ve seen for ages. It’s valid [...]

Gourmet burgers. Already, before I finish this sentence, one of two things is happening: 1. You’re suddenly feeling hungry, and juicy, or 2. You’re discovering that you have something called hackles, watching with a sense of distant horror as they rise, spluttering at the indecency of something so prosaic as a burger – a burger! [...]

Update: The ice cream is only €2.29, not €2.99. My bad. That’s purdy good value. Tried and tested on a jury of our peers: Aldi’s new ice-cream range. And the result – more reasons to love Aldi. Coming in three flavours – Madagascan vanilla, caramel fudge, and the pièce de résistance, triple chocolate – each [...]