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 [...]
Payday, oh payday. Time to put my head down, concentrate intensely, and brave the shops. Much as I can happily amble around any shop selling food in a happy daze for hours on end, the thought of clothes shopping usually fills my stomach with big sharp rocks. Dublin city is an infinitely nicer place than [...]
I fancied some classic fish ‘n’ chips but my beloved Burdocks (man they give huge chip portions) was miles away in the big smoke. Stuck up a mountain and with no option but my local chipper which serves up manky muck, I had to rustle up something myself. My local Supervalu was doing a deal [...]
I’m always dubious when someone tells me they’ve discovered the best Indian restaurant in Ireland. More often than not, it turns out to be very good indeed – but also very, very similar to most Indian food served in Ireland. Seven pieces of identically shaped chicken or lamb, swirling in lots of sauce, and served [...]
I’ve been watching Jamie Oliver’s New European Series – so far I’ve seen him in Morocco, Spain and, most recently, Greece. This episode was all about simple ingredients simply put together. He went spear fishing, met up with some bee keepers and nibbled on some goats cheese with a Greek Orthodox monk. Some of the [...]
I’ve posted before about Let’s Eat In, a takeaway with branches in Blanchardstown, Shankill, and Sandyford. The portion sizes are substantial and many of the dishes will feed two people. Last weekend, I picked up one of their best dishes, the Chickpea Chana Masala (€7). I wasn’t enormously hungry so opted for it as a [...]
I’m a born and bred southside boy, but no stranger to the mean streets of Dublin north. Back in the 70′s and early 80′s – when, like today, money was a scarce commodity – my dad made a weekly trek through ten feet of snow, volcanoes, solar flares, heatwaves, and floods to pick up fruit [...]
Broke and busy, I couldn’t get it together to go away. Instead, I had this great plan to fool myself into thinking I was abroad by having a dish a day from holidays past. I did have two successful meals but a hundred and one things came up and I ended up barely sitting down [...]
Samosa are great party food but they don’t have to be Asian, Indian or even savoury. If you’re looking for a healthy alternative to apple tart, why not give this apple samosa a try. This hand-held dessert will go down well in a crowd and are totally delicious. If you are after something savoury; these [...]
