For this week’s Sunday lunch we had a chicken from SuperValu that cost a whopping €2.79! All Supervalu chickens were half price this weekend and upto today (Tues 24th) the offer still stands. That’s not all, along with the chicken were six free tomatoes, one free red pepper and one free green pepper. How good [...]
Archive > February 2009
Amicus Restaurant / Cafe, Douglas
Douglas Village in Cork is bustling on a Saturday night with loads of reasonably priced places to eat like Barry’s and Eco. Last Saturday we opted for Amicus, where the old Citrus had been in the East Village. We arrived at eight and given a table in the middle of the very busy restaurant. A [...]
Affligem Blond Ale
While the big brands still take most of the off sales in Ireland there is an ever increasing selection of fringe and specialist beers available on the shelves. Some are distributed independently while the big breweries also run their own lines. As part of their International Beer selection Heineken Ireland (based in Cork) are distributing [...]
Parma Ham, Goats Cheese and Sun Dried Tomato Salad
Feb 5th 2009: I’ve updated this to include the wine recommendation below. Apologies for the rehash of an old post but I thought Lar had a great idea to match wines with recipes from different food blogs. It’s a fun way to navigate the different food blogs out there. Jan 14th 2009: Work has been [...]
Irish Blog Awards 2009
I am delighted to make the Irish Blog Awards Long List of nominees for the best food/drink blog kindly sponsored by Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board). Its a great thrill and I’ve found some great new sites thanks to the list. Here they are, go and check them out: Italian Foodies iFoods.tv Littlebird Eats [...]
Quick Chicken Curry
We go through phases at home where we cook a lot of curries and then don’t do any for ages. Maybe its time to get back into it while the weather is still nice and cold. Here is a curry recipe I learned from a friend a few months back. It takes about 5mins to [...]
