Christmas and New Year are over, there’s no real excuse to celebrate until St. Paddy’s. Grumble grumble. But wait – not so! This weekend, I fully embraced Chinese New Year and cooked up a traditional New Year’s feast which was inexpensive, healthy and very delicious. I’m already planning Mardi Gras in February; any excuse to [...]

There’ll be a lot about Chinese New Year on CheapEats this week. This coming Thursday, Aldi will have a number of great products to match Lidl’s Chinese New Promotion, including: Asian Cooking Oils – €1.69 SnackRite Prawn/ Spicy Crackers – €0.99 Coconut Milk – €0.69 Asia Specialties Stir-fry sauce – €0.89 Fortune Cookies – €1.99 [...]

Dunnes, Superquinn, M&S and now Lidl. It’s Chinese New Year, and this German discounter seems like one of the cheapest places to stock up on soy sauce, coconut milk, curry pastes, cooking sauces, and Chinese ready meals. Although Aldi may have offers in and around the same price, Lidl’s Asian range is cheaper than the [...]

M&S are offering a free bottle of wine with their Chinese Favourites for Two takeaway meal box, which costs €14.99. The box contains ready-made spring rolls, beef with black bean sauce, sticky ribs and more. I’ve never tried their takeaway boxes, but Peter says they’re even better than a lot of takeaways, and they’re much [...]

Much as I hate to heap more misery upon the beleagured Superquinn group, I did promise I’d compare their Chinese New Year offers with those of the Asian Markets. These are from the Oriental Emporium on Middle Abbey St in Dublin, and should form the basis of a Chinese/ Thai storecupboard. I think most ethnic [...]