We got a query via Twitter recently about tasting menus in Dublin – do we know any websites that list them?  We didn’t know of any websites, but as helpful chaps who jump on any chance to think and talk about food, we decided to get a list together ourselves.  Many helpful Twitterers gave their [...]

Despite the general perception of takeaways as a cheap night in, you can often end up paying way over the odds for the food.  If curries start at over €10, as they do in many Thai and Indian takeways, the cost even for one side and delivery adds up to quite a lot.  Of course [...]

In Dublin, it’s easy to find cheap Chinese, Korean, Indian, Vietnamese, and even Japanese eats. Thai food remains, by and large, relatively expensive. This shows no sign of changing. Sadly, one of the nicest Thai restaurants around, Camile in Rathmines, have put up their prices and taken away their free ice cream machine. The €5 kids [...]

My oldest friend in the world and mother of my gorgeous god-daughter Abbie, Lisa Fair, gets in touch with this reliable recommendation. I’m hearing good things from other locals: Popped into Carrickmines at the weekend to do some shopping, but the cold drove us into the mall where we found heaven in a new little [...]

I know, I know.  We were stupid to go to Johnnie Fox’s in the first place. It’s a tourist trap, everyone knows it’s a tourist trap, and you get what you deserve if you go somewhere like that. However, our experience in Johnnie Fox’s was so bad that I just have to post about it.  [...]