This low key Indian restaurant has been in existence for the past seven years, so the waiter told me. How come I never dined there, never noticed it come to that? I was pointed in the direction of Bistro Spice only recently, via a discussion on my website as to our ‘Favourite Irish Restaurant’. One ...
Restaurant ReviewsI suppose it was bound to happen. Given that the downturn of the financial climate has escalated dramatically it was only a matter of time before the knock-on effect reached the hospitality industry. Alas, Cooke’s Café, in its various guises, so long a feature on the corner of Clarendon Street and Castle Market, appears to ...
Restaurant ReviewsRecently I found myself at Gordon Ramsay at the Ritz Carlton Powerscourt – is this the world’s longest restaurant title? – sampling, over a leisurely lunch, a selection of magnificent champagnes from the house of Roederer (though not, alas, the Cristal, beloved of Russki billionaires and Yankee rappers). Lunch was taken at the Chef’s Table ...
FoodJust had this from SQ OVER 50 Italian wines reduced to €5.00 at Superquinn, this weekend only “From Thursday 18th to Sunday 21stSeptember shoppers will be able to stock up on their favourite Italian wines* at up to 80% off the normal retail price, with a further 5% off when they purchase any six bottles. ...
Wine & DrinkAnyone going to the Olympics has surely got to be a tad fearful about dining out in Beijing? I’m not talking about athletes — I’m sure they’ll be happy with the usual diet of carbs or protein — but the normal punter, there to cheer on their favourite runner or synchronised swimmer, could be put ...
Restaurant ReviewsIt has got to be one of the most congenial locations for a restaurant. Chez Max is pitched hard up against the gates of Dublin Castle and the relative absence of traffic lends credence to the proprietor’s evident intent to transport you back to an earlier age. Curiously enough, he’s actually called Max. It’s twenty ...
Restaurant ReviewsI’ve just had charge of my grandchildren (aged 8 and 10) for a fortnight. Between Dublin and God’s Own County, I’ve been running a sort of mini summer camp, every unforgiving minute, to quote Rudyard Kipling, filled with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, maybe seventy. What with teaching chess, guitar, and cookery; playing football, ...
Restaurant ReviewsNot everyone wants to trek into town to dine. The appeal of nipping into a restaurant for a bite and being able to walk home afterwards is pretty obvious. Dining in your neighbourhood restaurant on a regular basis confers the benefit of a developing camaraderie between the restaurant and its customers. Of course, as soon ...
Restaurant ReviewsIn 1973 the illusion that Eng-er-land was a footballing super power still held sway. Of course they had won the World Cup in 1966 and reached the quarter finals in 1970 after an epic match with Brazil. And the exit from that 1970 tournament was surely a fluke, losing to West Germany after going two-nil ...
Restaurant ReviewsDax is named for a town in Southern France, a hotbed of le rugby and the alma mater of Olivier Meisonnave who owns and runs the Pembroke Street basement restaurant of the same name. Olivier looks like and, indeed, has the bearing of a rugby player. Not your actual Anglo-Saxon-Celtic sweat’n’grunt type, you understand, all ...
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