We normally take a trip with the kids on Saturday morning to O’Sullivan’s (otherwise known as John O’s or Sully’s) in Douglas. A corner-stone of the village since 1955 it’s been recently refurbished and is now a bright and airy 21st Century pub/cafe, it even has free wifi for the web nerds. Since I’ve started [...]
Archive > September 2008
Tom Yum Gai (Spicy Chicken Soup)
You see this on a lot of Thai menus, as with every other dish served in Asian restaurants the recipe differs from house to house so there’s no set way of doing this. I’ve been cooking it as a starter or snack for a while now but eventually figured that if you add noodles to [...]
Butternut Squash Muffins with Frosty Lemon Topping
Jamie Oliver has been living in my Sky+ box for the last few months, not the fat-lipped Cockney Cherub himself but his “Jamie At Home” TV show. It must have been the start of the summer when I saw him make Butternut Squash muffins and thought “Hey, they might be nice! The kids will [...]
Fried Halloumi Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes, Pine Nuts and Balsamic Dressing
Before autumn truly takes hold (did it ever let go in Ireland?) here is a tasty salad that you can mess around with and get to your own liking. Again, it’s quick and easy for a starter or side or lunch or the dog if things get bad. Enjoy.
Fried Halloumi with Sun Dried Tomatoes [...]
Hardys Arrival Cabernet Sauvignon
I don’t like to do long wine reviews, primarily because I can’t! Although I drink a fair bit of wine at home my vocabulary is pretty limited: nice; not nice; drinkable; dry; fruity; feck. I need to take a night class. In any event there are some excellent Irish wine blogs out there (sourgrapes.ie, [...]
Smoked Salmon
I have been eating Smoked Salmon on a regular basis for many years, then, about this time last year I saw an article on salmon farming methods and it put me right off. I am now of the impression that farmed salmon is pretty much the equivalent of battery hens and no longer buy [...]
