Category: Reviews
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Review: The Real Bone Broth Food Stall
Marlay Park is one of the best public parks in the whole of south Dublin. Easily accessible from the city centre (where I live), just off the M50, and close to both the west and east parts of south county Dublin, it has a popular weekend food market with plenty of eating choices. There’s also…
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BBQ Dublin: Pitt Bros vs Bison Bar
Holy smokes! A decent BBQ restaurant has been high up the wishlist for many years, and now Dublin has four: the Bison Bar on Wellington Quay, Pitt Bros on George’s Street, the Aussie BBQ on Richmond Street (I’ve yet to pull some pork from the Aussie BBQ but, based on this review from Niall Harbison…
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Review: Worscht, George's Street Arcade, Dublin
We nipped into the newly opened Worscht in George’s St Arcade recently after a day of helping to renovate my sister’s new city centre office. We were starving and felt we deserved something totally lecker (that’s ‘delicious’ auf Deutsch) and what could be better than a big ol’ sausie. I LOVE sausages so I was…
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Review: Umi Falafel, Dame St
Much as deep-frying the humble potato turns it into the glorious chip, deep-frying wads of chickpeas and herbs turn them into falafel, a fantastic spectacular wonder food. It’s possible to get decent falafel in a few places around Dublin, but I always felt they weren’t getting the respect they deserve. So I was really pleased…
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Luncheonette in NCAD, Thomas St
Luncheonette is a new cafe in the basement canteen of the National College of Art and Design on Thomas St, and it’s a gem. I won’t pretend to write an objective review as it’s been set up by a friend of mine, but I hope my many years of guffing off about food here have…
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Lunch in Baan Thai, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Ballsbridge, in the heart of Dublin 4, is an affluent area with fancy houses, and thousands of office workers looking for lunch every Monday to Friday. But until relatively recent times, it was crying out for as much as a decent sandwich. Roly’s Cafe and Bistro is a prominent option, but there’s a much better…
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Lunch at Chez Max: CHEESE MAX!
Chez Max is a French restaurant in Dublin with branches on Baggot St and Palace St beside Dublin Castle. I took my little girl there once and she referred to it afterwards as ‘Cheese Max’, which I think is one of the most apt mispronunciations ever. I recently went to their Baggot St restaurant for…
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Review: Marble City Bar, Kilkenny (plus: any cheap eats in Kilkenny?)
Twitter is only brilliant, did you know that? It’s great for jokes, for inspiration, for taking the piss out of the RTE Guide, for seeing what your heros are thinking about at random given moments, and for getting tips and recommendations on all kinds of stuff. Twitter is great for when you need a maddeningly…
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What are you eating this summer? Neon's Chu Chee Curry
Here’s a quick recommendation from my favourite local takeaway, Neon on Camden Street. The Chu Chee curry. F**k yeah. Cheap? Meh, not particularly, takeaways are rarely cheap. But this curry – extra hot, with vegetables, lime leaves, hot chilli paste, and your choice of chicken, beef, tiger prawns and tofu – was a stark and…
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Review: Bunsen, Wexford Street
With two very hungover heads on us, Jim and I made our way into town recently to check out Bunsen, the new burger joint on Wexford St that everyone’s been raving about on social media since early June. Bunsen’s menu is very small, so small, in fact, that it fits on a business card-sized menu.…