Our own lovely Maria Crispy has already reviewed Tante Zoe’s lunch offer here, but I just want to second her recommendation: I went there with two friends on Easter Monday and we got great food in lovely surroundings for a very good price indeed.  The Jambalaya is very nice, if a little short on chilli, [...]

I tried out Tante Zoe’s “Credit Crunch Lunch“on Saturday with a friend. The Cajun/Creole restaurant is located on Crow St in Temple Bar, and they’re offering a selection of main courses for €8.50. We had both heard good things from other people, though I’ve also read a few fairly ambivalent reviews, so it was with [...]

I needed to make something spicy and satisfying this weekend that would also stretch to feeding a few friends, and thought a gumbo might work well.  Gumbo is a catch-all phrase like stew, it can mean a wide variety of spicy Cajun style stews.  I made one with chicken, prawns and spicy sausage, and it [...]