Ingredients 1 Bagel Cream cheese 1 lemon Smoked salmon Half a red onion Black pepper 1 avocado I don’t know if you’re like me, but I always have bagels when I’m out and about, rather than making my own toppings at home. But I wanted to change that habit with this recipe and come up […]

10 years ago

I’ve only ever been to Capel Street about 5 times in my life and 3 of those trips involved looking for morning pints in the early house Slatterys (yes they have a website but it is woeful and from 1997) after serious sessions with a bunch of new found friends that I’d encountered around the […]

10 years ago

I started this blog to solve a problem for myself…I wasn’t trying enough new places to eat out in and sticking to the same old spots. I solved that problem but then I started noticing a new one and it is something that has been bothering me for years…It is really hard to search for […]

10 years ago

In my day as a chef you used to live or die by the dreaded “restaurant critic”. They’d come in (usually days after a new establishment had opened) and pretty much always be recognizable to the staff due to their larger than life presence. In the kitchen all fucking hell would break lose with the […]

10 years ago

When I think about the Celtic Tiger I think about three things…The tent at the Galway races, Bertie grinning like a mad delusional bastard and Johnny Ronan the bearded property tycoon with a penchant for leggy models. At one stage it seemed young Johnny owned 30% of the commercial property in the world and things […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 1 Mango Orange Juice Handful of strawberries 2 Passion fruit 1 Actimel (or some plain yoghurt) I don’t know about you but I find it a massive pain in the hole trying to eat fruit. So time consuming and so good for you but I can never really be arsed. I also find that […]

10 years ago

We’ve all eaten a lot of bad meals in our lives. Nothing pisses me off more. If you’d paid 50 or 100 quid for a pair of shoes or some clothes and they fell to bits 5 minutes after your purchase you’d return them outraged and demand a refund. Restaurants on the other hand are […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 1 packet of rocket 1 large handful of walnuts 3-4 cooked beetroots 1 large round of goats cheese 2 tbsp of olive oil Black pepper & salt Everyone needs some easy, delicious and healthy recipes in their arsenal that can be whipped together in mere minutes when the munchies come. I love this salad […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Fresh Pasta (I Use Orecchiette But Use Anything You Want) Large Chunk Of Fresh Parmesan 8 Small Tinned Anchovies 3 Cloves Of Garlic 2 Zucchinis (Corgettes) I normally do recipes here that have no more than 7 recipes and only take 20 minutes to cook but I thought I’d take things to another level […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 3 Apples 6 Carrots 1 Knob Of Ginger 1 Large Handful Of Spinach 1 Lemon It’s been a huge weekend of partying for many in Dublin with the Electric Picnic festival so I’ve come up with a little miracle juice to pick all party goes off the floor and get the shit out of […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 4 Sweet Potatoes 2 Onions 2 Normal Potatoes 2 Cloves Garlic Chicken Stock (Or Veg If You Are A Veggie) Coriander Creme Fraiche As much as we would like to believe that there is a small bit of summer coming back the sad reality is that it is probably all gone and we need […]

10 years ago

I tend to stick to themes like a broken record here on the blog. Like the Northside being a culinary wasteland and the serious lack of good seafood on our little island. Another theme is the fact that Portobello is without doubt the new hip area in Dublin that is about to explode in popularity. […]

10 years ago