Are you reading this on the sofa? Have you been on the sofa so long that you are starting to become part of the sofa? Are you in a roast vegetable-induced vegetative state? For many of us this is the lost time of Christmas, the food coma limbo, the mulled wine-fueled timewarp which swallows up […]

10 years ago

Ingredients FOR THE BLUE CHEESE SAUCE: 450g blue cheese 200ml mayonnaise 1 garlic clove, crushed Juice of ½ lemon 250ml sour cream 50ml milk, if required FOR THE CHICKEN: 1 roast chicken, cooled and with all the meat removed from the bone, skin discarded 450g cream cheese 2 tsp celery salt or toasted celery […]

10 years ago

Ingredients FOR THE CAKE 300g good quality dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces 300g butter, cubed 210g self-raising flour 150g plain flour 3 tsp baking powder 300g light muscovado sugar 300g caster sugar 40g cocoa powder 6 large free-range eggs, separated ½ tbsp vanilla extract 100ml buttermilk 1 tbsp instant coffee granules 125ml […]

10 years ago

It stands to reason at any dinner party that the table should be the centre of attention – second only to the food itself. Oh, and maybe the guests. But we’ve all been to enough dinner parties (or at least seen enough episodes of Come Dine With Me) to know that this is all too […]

10 years ago

We’re all still in a bit of a hoop from Paddy’s Weekend, and alcohol is probably the last thing on your mind.. However, there are some quality international musicians and DJs in Dublin for the weekend, so if you did decide that your bank balance can stretch to one night out this weekend before payday […]

10 years ago

The Meeting House popped up in the place of Eden last December, and it’s been steadily building a great following since. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until last night that I got the chance to check it out, having heard great things for the past while. With a banging hangover from extended St. Patrick’s Day celebrations over […]

10 years ago

It’s not like Bray has been in need of dramatic intervention in the area of casual dining. Platform Pizza has a reputation as one of the most difficult places in the Greater Dublin area in which to get a seat, while The Big Dog’s Galley beside the rebooted Harbour Bar serves burgers and chips that […]

10 years ago

If you’re familiar with the name of this website, then you’re probably aware that we kinda have a thing for Dublin. So we’d like to take a moment and consider just what makes this city so damn great. Here are 49 things about this city that make us go YES! 1. When the weather is […]

10 years ago

You’ve probably heard poutine being mentioned quite a lot recently; it seems everyone has gone a bit mental for what could be a very Irish dish, if the Canadians hadn’t come up with it first…. What is it? Poutine: basically a fancy plate of chips, with cheese curds and a light gravy. In some places […]

10 years ago

We do some of the best burgers in the world on this little island – but let’s face it. You won’t be able to die happily until you’ve worked your way through this list. 1. The Pornburger This isn’t a restaurant, but rather a website set up by one man with an obsession with creating […]

10 years ago

Last weekend, we ran a piece on Lovin Dublin about eight habits that restaurants need to cut out in order to vastly improve the customer experience. It was written from a consumer point of view, but several members of the services industry got in touch with reasons – some more valid than others – as […]

10 years ago

Let’s face it: nobody does indulgent food quite like the American. And when it comes to the most important meal of the day, never mind bacon, pancakes and steak – instead it’s all about this staggering array of cereals that generally contain about 8,000% of you daily recommended sugar intake. Here are 27 examples where […]

10 years ago