October 7, 2008
Food of World Fesival took place in Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, South Dublin, last weekend.
Roasted pigs, homemade (fantastic) breads, homemade crisps, and a lot of ethnic food (from Lebanon, Germany, Japan, etc).
No beer :(, just sodas and fresh juices. Excellent sunday:). Eat the rest of this entry »
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October 1, 2008
I just came back from Paris, last week, after seven days of food tasting on the streets of the French capital. Despite the extremely numerous on-street small sales points, with sandwiches or pancakes (crepes), there are a lot of good tasting french restaurants. And you have a chance to get into a not-so-expensive place.
The first objective: foie gras
We’ve tasted it in two places - 12 euro for two slices in the first one, 20 euro in the second, but this one was at 100 metres distance to the Sacre Coeur Cathedral. As you might know, foie gras is always served better, and tastes better, with toast.
We even grabbed a small foie gras jar for home:) Eat the rest of this entry »
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September 10, 2008
Probably one of the best Greek restaurants I ever ate in, and I’ve been in Greece several times! It is located in the centre of Malahide village, at the top floor of a two storey building.
Our table (4 adults, one child):
Tzatziki (Greek yoghurt mixed with grated cucumber, fresh garlic and mint, served with pita bread) - 5,50 euro (excellent); Eat the rest of this entry »
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Paulaner Oktoberfest Dublin takes place on George’s Dock until 19th of October. I’ve been there on 10th and I like it. The Paulaner beer (€5,50) is excellent (if you don’t know yet Paulaner, go and taste it!), the German sausages (€5, bratwurst, krakauer, etc) are heavenly, the waitress are so friendly and Bavarian look-alike. Too bad that the menu is just in German, but I guess you are familiar already with terms like Bratwurst or Sauerkraut (cabbage). Eat the rest of this entry »
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