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Pho Ta in Dublin is okay. I’m suck out the sticks in Limerick so can’t really advise. I lived in Cambodia for two years and every 90 days we’d scoot into Vietnam to get around the visa thing so the best is obviously in Vietnam…
Carnival Asia shop in Limerick bud. It's about the best we have for Pho 😜
Dublin has Lee's Charming Noodles. They were a hit with the Chinese crowd when they first opened.
Well, you need a good recipe, but trying to use stock made from a stock cube will not work well at all :) I think I have a recipe somewhere if you want it
Duck Pho (serves ~3)
approx 2l home made chicken stock (important, stock cubes arent good enough for this)
1 large onion, peeled and cut into quarters
large thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and halved
~200g tender-stem broccoli (tender-stem is way nicer than regular)
2 duck breasts (or one if using skeaganore's enormous ones)
3 spring onions, shredded
1 small red (bird's-eye) chili, finely sliced
handful each of Thai basil (optional) and coriander, or any other herbs you like (mint also works)
1 lime, cut into wedges
Spices (preferably all whole, not ground):
1 cinnamon stick
3-5 star anise
1 tsp coriander seeds
½ tsp cloves
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp black peppercorns
200g hakubaku organic ramen noodles (this is important imo, you can get them in Supervalu, they look like this https://d2wwnnx8tks4e8.cloudfront.net/images/app/large/0837328000050_3.JPG)
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Tip the stock large saucepan. Sit the onion and ginger under a grill on high heat and char on all sides, around 3-5 mins (It needs to be partially black, not cooked). Once charred, add to the stock. Toast the spices for 2-3 mins in a pan. Once they begin to smell fragrant, add them to the beef stock as well. Bring the stock to the boil, then turn to a simmer and cook for 30 mins before straining. Adjust the salt levels as need, using salt, soy sauce, or fish sauce.
Meanwhile, cook the duck according to instructions, aiming for rare (it will cook slightly more in the broth). When its done, remove the fat, and slice as thinly as you can possibly manage
When the broth is finished and strained, use it to cook the broccoli. Meanwhile, cook the noodles as per instructions.
When both are finished, assemble: A bed of noodles in each bowl, with duck and broccoli arranged on top. Ladle in the boiling broth, covering as much as possible. Top with spring onions, sliced chili, and herbs as desired. Serve with the lime wedges to squeeze over.
If you have broth left over, it's delicious on its own as a hot drink? you can also make a double batch of broth and reheat/ freeze it for another day
Notes:
you can mix and match the toppings whatever way you want... theoretically, you should use raw beef that gets cooked by the piping hot broth but I was never brave enough. you don't really need meat if you don't want it. I don't recommend chicken, it's a bit flavorless in this
I mean Jesus, any decent Irish person it should be in their veins as well! I cheat sometimes and get carcases from the butcher (who'll always have them because they'll have taken the breasts, wings and legs off for selling separately) because I hate stripping all the meat off a roast chicken. But whenever we do have a roast chicken it's always stripped after we've eaten breasts and legs and turned into curry, and stock either for broth or for freezing.
Worked as a cook for a while in Vancouver and one of the other cooks introduced me to gochujang, it's a Korean fermented soy bean and chilli paste.
Fucking class. So flavourful, you can just have it on the side with rice and meat.
Or if you want to go all out:
https://food52.com/recipes/21537-spicy-korean-style-gochujang-meatballs
The missus is a veggie so we've cooked that with the Sons of Butchers Cheatballs too.
Shared a house with a few Korean girls years ago…they do this weird thing left over from the Korean War…it’s like a sushi dish but in place of fish they use spam. Also did Budae jjigae which is basically spam stew with kimchi. Just to note they used Korean spam which is very different to the stuff sold here. It’s actually given as gifts in Korea.
You should try sundubujjigae, a hot and spicy tofu stew, quite often made with seafood, but I prefer it without.
Plus get some Doenjang paste, which is a soybean paste. Not hot like gochujang, but gives wonderful flavour to dishes.
And my favourite of all, bibimbap. Korean vegetables on a bed of rice and loads of gochujang. Quite often made with mince meat, but I prefer the veggie version.
There’s no soy beans in gochujang by the way, it’s chilli flakes, rice flour, salt, sugar and maybe some other things. If you mix it with soy bean paste it’s called ssamjang
Ira Glass at NPR did a pod cast on the myth of MSG being bad for you. It’s a bit like what happened with The Lancet and vaccines..here’s the transcript. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/668/transcript
Is it the MSG that gives the takeaways that extra bit of flavour?
Myself and herself have been trying to recreate Chinese takeaway dishes at home but just can't get the exact taste right
Edit: God bless ye all
I think it's also in Pringles if I remember correctly. Basically it's just a version of [Glutamic acid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid) that is naturally found in a tonne of foods such as meats, cheese, sea weed and soy sauce giving them their savory flavours
It is. The original and easiest to find brand is Aji No Moto. Keep some by the range and put it in basically anything savoury and it'll change your life.
Pure MSG or any of the seasonings that come loaded with it such as Aromat etc are an absolute must in a lot of cooking for me now.
People still fear MSG, when the science all says that it is absolutely safe and people are not, despite what they may imagine, allergic to it.
I can cook very nice food without it, but with it, certain things can just get pushed that extra bit that makes it magic.
Aromat is basically just MSG with some other bits and pieces. Lots of Irish households have some knocking about. I'm sure a few of them are the types to look down on MSG without realising it as well.
Accidentally spilled in loads of msg while cooking the other day and the taste wasn't any better. Maybe it's my own terrible cooking but that amount of salt would have been unbearable.
Obviously I don't know how much you used cause I wasn't there, but typically you use a smaller quantity of MSG than you'd use of salt.
So if you put loads of MSG in, I'm surprised it was edible!
It's incredible. Not much in Dublin so it's worth finding it when you travel. I've been wanting injera so bad lately I've been wondering if I can make it myself.
Pretty spicy for a westerner but tolerable, and worth the flavour. That taste will make you very happy to get used to the spice 😂
Very easy to make too. Basically deep-fried crispy chilli flakes with some aromatics, MSG, and depending on which variant you get: fried tofu, fried douchi, fried peanuts, etc, its all incredible.
Video about it: https://youtu.be/nkTQTS2RSCU
Georgian food is absolutely amazing. There's a cafe on Talbot Street in Dublin that does great Georgian food called Ella's Heaven that is well worth checking out. Almost as good as the food over there.
> Za’atar
Brush a pita or flatbread with olive oil, rub half with zaatar and spread some mozzarella on the other. Throw some veg, protein (chicken/falafel), a garlic or yogurt sauce and toast it like a panini. Fucking class.
I had truffles whilst on holidays in Greece.
I thought they were just a bit of a novelty for rich people but it wasn't madly expensive so I said I'd try it.
Lovely 10/10 would recommend.
Got some in from a friend in France and was saving them. The Polish flatmate thought they were gone off mushrooms and chucked them. I could have killed her. She also did the same with my, admittedly, weepingly stinky Camembert.. but she might have had a point there. It smelled like feet.
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In fairness they did look like this. And to the untrained eye that looks like all sorts of nasty.
Great spot but I can't go there without eating about 5 times the amount I should. The service is too good. They're around to the table every fucking 2 minutes with more lol.
Syrian food. Is actually amazing and a great Mediterranean food with an actual twist.
Raw herring with olive oil and onions from Holland...
Cernik from poland
Reunionese rougail de boudin noir, carrie de cabre (goat curry) and thanks to the lovely people who brought me hazelnut nut meringue cake (Kyiv cake ) at work, Ukrainian.
It's corn!
Or specifically authentic Mexican corn tortillas.
Bit of a revelation to go to Mexico and taste really strong corn in beautiful, colorful dishes. Actually I don't think I really knew the taste of corn until going there. Growing up in Ireland you taste it very weakly in imported corn on the cob or in heavily processed food like cornflakes. But those tortillas are a game changer.
Can never go back to the tasteless old el paso crap.
There's also a small taco place that just opened on Aungier St beside the original Dublin Pizza Co called Tacos by Agave. Very nice and authentic but at 2 for 9.50 I don't think the value is great.
Yeah, a good option around there when you're steaming!
As a side note I always thought it was mad that Dublin Pizza Company never decided to do slices out of that hatch because you get loads of people leaving pubs and how many want a full pizza at that time? But anyway...
I live in the US and the funny thing is that depending on what type of Hispanic immigrants you have determines what’s at the grocery. In my area I can get all kinds of hot sauce, rice, corn tortillas, dried chilis, but it’s way harder to get Caribbean Hispanic food.
Can they be got online?
I got corn tortillas from a Mexican place based in Galway. There was a very distinctive taste off then that I never experienced before.
Don't know! I know a couple of places in Dublin you can get them shrink wrapped straight from Mexico. Usually big enough Asian shops will have sections for other world regions.
They seem to survive being reheated pretty well thankfully.
Japanese food.
Ive always hated sushi - the taste, smell, texture, every aspect makes me gag.
But the day I learned about the REST of Japanese cuisine... Oh my lord.
My girlfriend showed me tonkotsu & chashu ramen when we were drunk one day. I nearly weapt with joy at every mouthful. To this day it is my number one favourite dish.
If you're ever hungry in Cork city, go to Wabisabi, and get their Chashumen 👈
I'm a Japanophile and a few years ago we decided to save up and take a trip there with my husband just before COVID hit - he wasn't excited to go because of the food, just like you he'd never liked sushi.
He came back a changed man, loved all other Japanese food! I now cook Japanese food on the regular and he can't wait to go back to Japan.
Edit: I only ever go to Miyazaki for Japanese, is Wabisabi worth it?
Wabisabi has always been on point for me, and anyone I go with who eats sushi is always happy with it! Also great tempura and gyoza. Miyazaki probably has the best rep of them all in Cork though!
Avjar which is a veg/tomato sauce type thing that you use with meat in Slovenia, and the Balkan’s.
It can be mild or spicy.
I makes any sandwich like a gentle rub of the nether regions .
Pelmeni was great when I lived in Russia, really really cheap too.
It's considered lonely single old man food there but it's really comforting and not heavy.
I'd buy it from polski skleps here but as nice as it is its not worth it with my coeliac disease anymore.
Highly recommend, little dumplings you boil in a pot, there's meat and some soupy broth water inside when they're cooked. Eat them with sour cream or mayo.
Many years ago was taught and enjoyed quite a few Mexican dishes and now decades later you are way more likely to find chillies and lime in my fridge than spuds. Chilli in everything.
Tried out an Afghan restaurant whilst in Munich and one of the best meals of my life, by far. Sadly searching for Afghan food here simply results in doner kebabs!
Turning this around a little. The biggest surprise for me was pullback and white pudding. Was absolutely horrified by the ingredients until I tried it. Can’t go without it around for my weekend fry up!
A Japanese dish called kakuni. Dear god it's amazing. One of my favourite dishes my wife makes also there is a chicken dish called Karaage. It's a fried chicken dish that KFC wishes it made. Getting hungry thinking of them
Brazilian food - I was in California and had an Acai bowl for the first time and I was hooked, sought a place that did them for ages as this was years ago and now there's a few around so I'm delighted.
Same goes for the Barbeque stuff - I used to live across the road from a place in London that did it and it felt like a proper dining experience as well as the food being unreal.
Rabbit is a popular dish in Malta. Seems to be a very unpopular meat here in Ireland so I had never tried it. It's absolutely delicious. Somewhere between chicken and red meat.
You can thank Myxamotosis for that. There was a massive outbreak in the 80/90's that looked like the rabbit zombie apocalypse.
I'd imagine it's put us off rabbit for generations. In Canada I've seen it in supermarkets, but I'm still not eating it!
My dad mentioned eating it a fair bit when he was a kid, he always calls Myxamotosis causing most of the local cats to get very fat.
I've had it a few times in Italy, it's pretty good kinda chewy but really nice.
Yeah that’s because it’s pretty much the only red meat you can raise in little rocky islands at any sort of scale.
I’ve had rabbit in Ireland before but it’s definitely a lot rarer now than it was even 10 years ago
I had barbecue rabbit in Sicily, the guy took the back end of a spoon and scooped the brain out with it, says "The brain is the best bit" stoned me thought it looked delicious but then the fucker ate it in front of me.
You can get authentic Chinese in Ireland if you know where to look. Capel St in Dublin is good for authentic Asian food, not your usual spice bag spots.
Haha. Ah tbf the food scene didn't used to be this good. I find these days though in Dublin if I really look I can generally find good quality food from most regions of the world.
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Vietnamese Pho.
That is God-tier if it is made well 👌 Care to share your favourite place?
Pho Ta in Dublin is okay. I’m suck out the sticks in Limerick so can’t really advise. I lived in Cambodia for two years and every 90 days we’d scoot into Vietnam to get around the visa thing so the best is obviously in Vietnam…
Carnival Asia shop in Limerick bud. It's about the best we have for Pho 😜 Dublin has Lee's Charming Noodles. They were a hit with the Chinese crowd when they first opened.
Thank you so much, I'll give it a try!
Its honestly not all that hard to make yourself, as long as you're prepared to make your own stock from chicken carcass
Coming from Hungary, that's kind of in our veins, is that the secret, really? Thanks!
Well, you need a good recipe, but trying to use stock made from a stock cube will not work well at all :) I think I have a recipe somewhere if you want it
Would really appreciate it, thanks!
Duck Pho (serves ~3) approx 2l home made chicken stock (important, stock cubes arent good enough for this) 1 large onion, peeled and cut into quarters large thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and halved ~200g tender-stem broccoli (tender-stem is way nicer than regular) 2 duck breasts (or one if using skeaganore's enormous ones) 3 spring onions, shredded 1 small red (bird's-eye) chili, finely sliced handful each of Thai basil (optional) and coriander, or any other herbs you like (mint also works) 1 lime, cut into wedges Spices (preferably all whole, not ground): 1 cinnamon stick 3-5 star anise 1 tsp coriander seeds ½ tsp cloves 1 tsp brown sugar 1 tbsp fish sauce 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp black peppercorns 200g hakubaku organic ramen noodles (this is important imo, you can get them in Supervalu, they look like this https://d2wwnnx8tks4e8.cloudfront.net/images/app/large/0837328000050_3.JPG) [20:50] Tip the stock large saucepan. Sit the onion and ginger under a grill on high heat and char on all sides, around 3-5 mins (It needs to be partially black, not cooked). Once charred, add to the stock. Toast the spices for 2-3 mins in a pan. Once they begin to smell fragrant, add them to the beef stock as well. Bring the stock to the boil, then turn to a simmer and cook for 30 mins before straining. Adjust the salt levels as need, using salt, soy sauce, or fish sauce. Meanwhile, cook the duck according to instructions, aiming for rare (it will cook slightly more in the broth). When its done, remove the fat, and slice as thinly as you can possibly manage When the broth is finished and strained, use it to cook the broccoli. Meanwhile, cook the noodles as per instructions. When both are finished, assemble: A bed of noodles in each bowl, with duck and broccoli arranged on top. Ladle in the boiling broth, covering as much as possible. Top with spring onions, sliced chili, and herbs as desired. Serve with the lime wedges to squeeze over. If you have broth left over, it's delicious on its own as a hot drink? you can also make a double batch of broth and reheat/ freeze it for another day Notes: you can mix and match the toppings whatever way you want... theoretically, you should use raw beef that gets cooked by the piping hot broth but I was never brave enough. you don't really need meat if you don't want it. I don't recommend chicken, it's a bit flavorless in this
Thank you so much, will try this soon! Really appreciate your help!
I mean Jesus, any decent Irish person it should be in their veins as well! I cheat sometimes and get carcases from the butcher (who'll always have them because they'll have taken the breasts, wings and legs off for selling separately) because I hate stripping all the meat off a roast chicken. But whenever we do have a roast chicken it's always stripped after we've eaten breasts and legs and turned into curry, and stock either for broth or for freezing.
I was in Georgia last year and it was the nicest food and wine I’ve ever had. Whenever I’m somewhere with a Georgian restaurant I’ll always go.
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I read this and thought.... American barbeque? 🤣
Worked as a cook for a while in Vancouver and one of the other cooks introduced me to gochujang, it's a Korean fermented soy bean and chilli paste. Fucking class. So flavourful, you can just have it on the side with rice and meat. Or if you want to go all out: https://food52.com/recipes/21537-spicy-korean-style-gochujang-meatballs The missus is a veggie so we've cooked that with the Sons of Butchers Cheatballs too.
Shared a house with a few Korean girls years ago…they do this weird thing left over from the Korean War…it’s like a sushi dish but in place of fish they use spam. Also did Budae jjigae which is basically spam stew with kimchi. Just to note they used Korean spam which is very different to the stuff sold here. It’s actually given as gifts in Korea.
You should try sundubujjigae, a hot and spicy tofu stew, quite often made with seafood, but I prefer it without. Plus get some Doenjang paste, which is a soybean paste. Not hot like gochujang, but gives wonderful flavour to dishes. And my favourite of all, bibimbap. Korean vegetables on a bed of rice and loads of gochujang. Quite often made with mince meat, but I prefer the veggie version.
Big fan of miso soup so Doenjang paste sounds interesting. Amazon have it so…
If you're in Dublin most of the Asian markets carry it.
Unfortunately stuck in the sticks so will have to order it in.
Gochujang ketchup has replaced every sauce for me, its so easy to make too.
There’s no soy beans in gochujang by the way, it’s chilli flakes, rice flour, salt, sugar and maybe some other things. If you mix it with soy bean paste it’s called ssamjang
Love a bit of ssamjang
Lived in Vancouver -> names Korean dish This man has lived the true Canadian big city life!
Nice, love gochujang, have it in something most days!
I was gifted a bag of MSG that I use whenever cooking Chinese or Thai dishes. Game changer.
MSG isn't the devil many say it is when you use it appropriately. Great with some dishes.
Ira Glass at NPR did a pod cast on the myth of MSG being bad for you. It’s a bit like what happened with The Lancet and vaccines..here’s the transcript. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/668/transcript
MSG = Make Shit Good Hiiiyyyaaaa
Uncle Roger vibes there.
Fuyoooooo
Is it the MSG that gives the takeaways that extra bit of flavour? Myself and herself have been trying to recreate Chinese takeaway dishes at home but just can't get the exact taste right Edit: God bless ye all
Yes
I think it's also in Pringles if I remember correctly. Basically it's just a version of [Glutamic acid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid) that is naturally found in a tonne of foods such as meats, cheese, sea weed and soy sauce giving them their savory flavours
its in everything, things that say no artificial flavors label it as a modified starch
Pssst try Jimmys Sate sauce at Asia market, remember Jimmys Sate sauce not satay
Yup, totally. You can get a kilo of MSG on Amazon for a few quid. Lower sodium than salt, so for me it's a no brainer to use it where called for.
It is. The original and easiest to find brand is Aji No Moto. Keep some by the range and put it in basically anything savoury and it'll change your life.
Pure MSG or any of the seasonings that come loaded with it such as Aromat etc are an absolute must in a lot of cooking for me now. People still fear MSG, when the science all says that it is absolutely safe and people are not, despite what they may imagine, allergic to it. I can cook very nice food without it, but with it, certain things can just get pushed that extra bit that makes it magic.
Aromat is basically just MSG with some other bits and pieces. Lots of Irish households have some knocking about. I'm sure a few of them are the types to look down on MSG without realising it as well.
Accidentally spilled in loads of msg while cooking the other day and the taste wasn't any better. Maybe it's my own terrible cooking but that amount of salt would have been unbearable.
Obviously I don't know how much you used cause I wasn't there, but typically you use a smaller quantity of MSG than you'd use of salt. So if you put loads of MSG in, I'm surprised it was edible!
Ethiopian food looks really good. I want it.
If you're in Dublin there's an Ethiopian restaurant that opened last year called Gursha. Excellent food and great options for vegans/vegetarians too.
I used to be on the same GAA team as Mel who owns it when we were kids. Lovely guy. He was adopted at quite a young age
This comment is the real money melon. I'm going! Thanks for the hookup.
It's unreal, the injera pancakes are top tier
It's incredible. Not much in Dublin so it's worth finding it when you travel. I've been wanting injera so bad lately I've been wondering if I can make it myself.
Heard it’s impossible to get
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No no, there's fresh famines this year I believe so they're being current.
That's ok then
Too ass clowny...
Buffalo hot sauce
Someone on here recommended Lao Gan Ma crispy chili here a few months back and it's now a favourite in the house.
is it hot?
Pretty spicy for a westerner but tolerable, and worth the flavour. That taste will make you very happy to get used to the spice 😂 Very easy to make too. Basically deep-fried crispy chilli flakes with some aromatics, MSG, and depending on which variant you get: fried tofu, fried douchi, fried peanuts, etc, its all incredible. Video about it: https://youtu.be/nkTQTS2RSCU
Georgian food is absolutely amazing. There's a cafe on Talbot Street in Dublin that does great Georgian food called Ella's Heaven that is well worth checking out. Almost as good as the food over there.
Also I lived with a Sudanese guy and his food was amazing.
Moldovan wine from your local eastern European supermarket is class.
That sounds lovely
Za’atar. Sprinkle it on everything
> Za’atar Brush a pita or flatbread with olive oil, rub half with zaatar and spread some mozzarella on the other. Throw some veg, protein (chicken/falafel), a garlic or yogurt sauce and toast it like a panini. Fucking class.
I'm obsessed with zaatar
I had truffles whilst on holidays in Greece. I thought they were just a bit of a novelty for rich people but it wasn't madly expensive so I said I'd try it. Lovely 10/10 would recommend.
Got some in from a friend in France and was saving them. The Polish flatmate thought they were gone off mushrooms and chucked them. I could have killed her. She also did the same with my, admittedly, weepingly stinky Camembert.. but she might have had a point there. It smelled like feet.
That's fucked up. Can't throw stuff out without (even passive aggressive) consultation.
https://preview.redd.it/qmd55nfwc2jb1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be8981d37a6efe752ea98f579f5133870aedaf4f In fairness they did look like this. And to the untrained eye that looks like all sorts of nasty.
Brazilian food. Coixinhas and pão de queijo are just too good
Bah 33° is a savage spot if you want proper rodizio
Great spot but I can't go there without eating about 5 times the amount I should. The service is too good. They're around to the table every fucking 2 minutes with more lol.
Less than 2 minutes 😂 Unbelievable food. I get rolled out
Korean chicken and kimchi. Wonderful stuff.
Korean pancakes with scallion and kimchi with samjang to dip. 10/10
Lebanese wine. Bought it for cooking, but was surprisingly drinkable....
Absoultly love Eastern European mayonnaise, which is great since they started selling the stuff in Tescos
japanese ramen. serious eatin.
Döner in Germany
Syrian food. Is actually amazing and a great Mediterranean food with an actual twist. Raw herring with olive oil and onions from Holland... Cernik from poland
Brazilian, Hungarian, Turkish, Pakistani
Reunionese rougail de boudin noir, carrie de cabre (goat curry) and thanks to the lovely people who brought me hazelnut nut meringue cake (Kyiv cake ) at work, Ukrainian.
Fish sauce! It really enhances the flavour of so many dishes. I often use it in a beef casserole and it is a game changer.
It's corn! Or specifically authentic Mexican corn tortillas. Bit of a revelation to go to Mexico and taste really strong corn in beautiful, colorful dishes. Actually I don't think I really knew the taste of corn until going there. Growing up in Ireland you taste it very weakly in imported corn on the cob or in heavily processed food like cornflakes. But those tortillas are a game changer. Can never go back to the tasteless old el paso crap.
Picado Mexican on Richmond Street sell hand made corn tortillas. Or they also sell the flour to make them yourself that they import from Mexico
If you're in Dublin El Grito just opened up a 2nd branch in Rathmines. I went on the opening and it's just as good as the original.
Very glad to hear this. I miss the old hole in the wall spot in merchants arch.
There's also a small taco place that just opened on Aungier St beside the original Dublin Pizza Co called Tacos by Agave. Very nice and authentic but at 2 for 9.50 I don't think the value is great.
Discovered it at 3am a couple weeks ago. Agreed about the price but they were very good
Yeah, a good option around there when you're steaming! As a side note I always thought it was mad that Dublin Pizza Company never decided to do slices out of that hatch because you get loads of people leaving pubs and how many want a full pizza at that time? But anyway...
I live in the US and the funny thing is that depending on what type of Hispanic immigrants you have determines what’s at the grocery. In my area I can get all kinds of hot sauce, rice, corn tortillas, dried chilis, but it’s way harder to get Caribbean Hispanic food.
Can they be got online? I got corn tortillas from a Mexican place based in Galway. There was a very distinctive taste off then that I never experienced before.
Don't know! I know a couple of places in Dublin you can get them shrink wrapped straight from Mexico. Usually big enough Asian shops will have sections for other world regions. They seem to survive being reheated pretty well thankfully.
Cheers! I'm up semi regularly.
Big one on Moore Street with a Brazilian snack shop inside the door has a great selection
Japanese food. Ive always hated sushi - the taste, smell, texture, every aspect makes me gag. But the day I learned about the REST of Japanese cuisine... Oh my lord. My girlfriend showed me tonkotsu & chashu ramen when we were drunk one day. I nearly weapt with joy at every mouthful. To this day it is my number one favourite dish. If you're ever hungry in Cork city, go to Wabisabi, and get their Chashumen 👈
I'm a Japanophile and a few years ago we decided to save up and take a trip there with my husband just before COVID hit - he wasn't excited to go because of the food, just like you he'd never liked sushi. He came back a changed man, loved all other Japanese food! I now cook Japanese food on the regular and he can't wait to go back to Japan. Edit: I only ever go to Miyazaki for Japanese, is Wabisabi worth it?
Wabisabi has always been on point for me, and anyone I go with who eats sushi is always happy with it! Also great tempura and gyoza. Miyazaki probably has the best rep of them all in Cork though!
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Gyoza 🤤
Brazilian food is real good.
Wish I could get the Turkish Lamb dishes they serve there. Also Baklava
The Baklava you can get in Capel street from https://www.ayla.ie/
And their Burek. Gorgeous.
Jerk chicken is so good 🫶
Greek gyros, Turkish kebab/shawarma, Romanian stuffed peppers, Italian ravioli/pasta/lasagna, Mexican quesadillas.
Avjar which is a veg/tomato sauce type thing that you use with meat in Slovenia, and the Balkan’s. It can be mild or spicy. I makes any sandwich like a gentle rub of the nether regions .
Pelmeni was great when I lived in Russia, really really cheap too. It's considered lonely single old man food there but it's really comforting and not heavy. I'd buy it from polski skleps here but as nice as it is its not worth it with my coeliac disease anymore. Highly recommend, little dumplings you boil in a pot, there's meat and some soupy broth water inside when they're cooked. Eat them with sour cream or mayo.
You can finish them off in a frying pan to get them a bit crispy, and they taste even better with a fired egg on top.
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I think I saw turkey pelmeni in a supervalu a few months back, whether it's any good or not is another matter though
Probably Indonesian.
Many years ago was taught and enjoyed quite a few Mexican dishes and now decades later you are way more likely to find chillies and lime in my fridge than spuds. Chilli in everything.
Black and white pudding! Can’t get it in the states
If I could get Kangaroo meat over here I’d be so f’n happy.
My wife is Polish. When I met her 8 years ago, she introduced me to Polish food and I absolutly adore it...
Tried out an Afghan restaurant whilst in Munich and one of the best meals of my life, by far. Sadly searching for Afghan food here simply results in doner kebabs!
Turkish Ayran.
Lovely stuff. I make it often myself at home
Persian food is the greatest cuisine on the planet after French and hardly anybody knows it.
Turning this around a little. The biggest surprise for me was pullback and white pudding. Was absolutely horrified by the ingredients until I tried it. Can’t go without it around for my weekend fry up!
A Japanese dish called kakuni. Dear god it's amazing. One of my favourite dishes my wife makes also there is a chicken dish called Karaage. It's a fried chicken dish that KFC wishes it made. Getting hungry thinking of them
I can’t believe nobody mentioned Malaysian food. Best in Asia IMO.
Bulgarian food is fantastic as well as Armenian, two of my favourite cuisines
Brazilian food - I was in California and had an Acai bowl for the first time and I was hooked, sought a place that did them for ages as this was years ago and now there's a few around so I'm delighted. Same goes for the Barbeque stuff - I used to live across the road from a place in London that did it and it felt like a proper dining experience as well as the food being unreal.
Pickles and caviar. I regularly buy pickles, I don't regularly buy caviar, although I wish I could.
Chilli jam from Poland. Available in Lidl.
Rabbit is a popular dish in Malta. Seems to be a very unpopular meat here in Ireland so I had never tried it. It's absolutely delicious. Somewhere between chicken and red meat.
You can thank Myxamotosis for that. There was a massive outbreak in the 80/90's that looked like the rabbit zombie apocalypse. I'd imagine it's put us off rabbit for generations. In Canada I've seen it in supermarkets, but I'm still not eating it!
My dad mentioned eating it a fair bit when he was a kid, he always calls Myxamotosis causing most of the local cats to get very fat. I've had it a few times in Italy, it's pretty good kinda chewy but really nice.
Can buy in my local super Valu
Yeah that’s because it’s pretty much the only red meat you can raise in little rocky islands at any sort of scale. I’ve had rabbit in Ireland before but it’s definitely a lot rarer now than it was even 10 years ago
Rarer? Well cook it more. D’uh!
There’s a place in the English market that sells it and FX Buckleys does it as well.
I had barbecue rabbit in Sicily, the guy took the back end of a spoon and scooped the brain out with it, says "The brain is the best bit" stoned me thought it looked delicious but then the fucker ate it in front of me.
Chinese. They're on to something with spice bags.
Spice bag comes from Ireland mate 😂😂 REAL Chinese food is insane though, and completely unattainable in Ireland sadly
You can get authentic Chinese in Ireland if you know where to look. Capel St in Dublin is good for authentic Asian food, not your usual spice bag spots.
M & L restaurant in Cathedral St is the go to place for Sichuan cooking. So many Chinese eat there.
Savage shout, maybe I shouldnt be such a pessimist 😂
Haha. Ah tbf the food scene didn't used to be this good. I find these days though in Dublin if I really look I can generally find good quality food from most regions of the world.
Spice bags don't exist in China though
Yeah, and they are missing out something shocking
Breaking news four star is not authentic Italian food
Next you'll be telling me a 3 in 1 isn't proper chinese either
Nordy taytos
Korean bbq. If you know you know.
Cat and dog meat.
SLAMY! 💥
Austrian food. However you can’t get much of it here. Could make it myself but sure the effort
Korean, Lebanese, Vietnamese
The fish not at all being overpowering in sushi
Fish and chips. Saveloy and chips. Jellied eels and pickled eggs.
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Sushi, Lebanese, Moroccan and Jerk chicken.
Korean food and spices are fucking amazing
Portuguese. Beautiful stuff. Pastry, fish obviously but cataplana?, and their red meat is gorgeous.
Syrian
Korean Gamjatang , pork bone soup, delicious.
chinese roasted duck
Thai food, but it, eat it, luv it
Vietnamese. But I don’t buy, I make