Category: Fast Food

  • Nobody Calls Me Chick King, Except Maybe the Colonel…

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    Jean
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    By Snack Box Not one to shy away from a new challenge, Snack Box made his way to South Anne St to visit Chick King, a new franchise chain of royal poultry manufacturers, owned by the Abrakebabra group. Whether it’s high calibre or not, you always have to hand it to any restaurant or takeaway…

  • Quick and cheap curries in Dublin city

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    I found myself needing to eat something quick in town two days last week.  Being strapped for time and fond of curries, I thought I’d try both times for something quick from a food court. Food courts used to mean a few depressing fast food stands (KFC, some weird baked potato place) circled around some…

  • The grottiest fast food?

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    I think most of us will agree that fast food can be delicious and satisfying in the right place at the right time. Such as Rick’s Burgers on Dame St in Dublin, at 3am after a scatter of pints.  However, there is some fast food that makes the skin crawl, which no amount of pints…

  • Grab and Go

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    Passing through the Ilac Centre with the lovely photographer Sue Jefferson, I was horrified to see this: I’m that weirdo who used to stand outside the Grab and Go on Dame St. loudly protesting about hot food from vending machines. I thought I’d seen them off, but clearly not. This is very very very cheap…

  • Fast Food Bonanza

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    Every single paper seems to be reporting the news that fast food sales are showing a dramatic increase.  But we don’t want to give even more free advertising to the purveyors of crummy pizzas. Instead I’m linking to this delightful recession-themed cocktail that some American internet geniuses have come up with – the McNuggetini!

  • Leo Burdock’s, Ireland’s Original Chipper

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    peter
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    Everyone says that they know the best chipper in Ireland. But unless they tell you that it’s Leo Burdock’s, they’re talking a load of potato waffle. Ireland’s oldest chipper was here long before the likes of Borza and Macari. It’s gloriously unhealthy and a really consistently reliable treat. I really don’t see the point of…

  • The Chicken Hut, Limerick

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    Our friend Billy Mag Fhloinn sent a great review of Chicken Hut in Limerick: The Chicken Hut, 31 O Connell St., Limerick is renowned around Munster and beyond. It is, at the core, a very basic take away, but the food is top class, and the value is great. As you might expect, its main…

  • ‘Alternative Pizza’ for €4.99

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    I’ve often wondered why you can’t buy pizzas with wholemeal flour bases.  I supposed that there wasn’t enough demand for them, and that I’m the only person who is naive enough to think that substituting white flour for wholemeal will turn pizza into a healtheir treat.  The only place in Dublin that I’ve ever seen…