Life in Dublin - food

Vangelis

Okay!

As a student I need to keep myself healthy food-wise. I want to buy fresh fish.. where do I go? I want to buy all other kinds of food and vegetables.. where do I go?

I want it to be cheap, but healthy. Food that will give energy to my machinery!

And how much does a normal person spend on food a whole year? If someone could give me a reasonable estimate, 'twould be good for my budget!

Vangelis

snorlax

cheap fresh fish? try your local river! there's loads of mussels on the rocks at seapoint...and if you've a piece of rasher you can get crabs althought they're not pleasent to cook. boiled seaweed is nice and can be used as a refreshing bath if your into that.

seriously hire a plot of land near your house and grow vegetables. potatoes are among the best crop but take all the nutrients from the soil so you'll have to use mannure or something to replenish it.
our local county council had a scheme like that and it was about 50pounds a year for a plot 1/2 an acre. apples are really good and you can get crates of them if you know how to haggle at the smithfield market.

Agent Smith

euro-saver menu is your only way.

milkshake and a burger, €2

you would find it hard to find somewhere for lunch apart from that on a tenner a week

NewOxfordReview

Alanya's beside the Foggy Dew do the most amazing "kebab" style food in Dublin. A chicken schawarma for €6.95 is worth every penny. Much nicer than the same kind of food from Zaytoon or Athena or anywhere else.

Coady's on Dame Street do two slices of pizza with a small drink for €5.00 for students after 2pm everyday. You need to ask for the student deal.

John

NewOxfordReview wrote:

Alanya's beside the Foggy Dew do the most amazing "kebab" style food in Dublin. A chicken schawarma for €6.95 is worth every penny. Much nicer than the same kind of food from Zaytoon or Athena or anywhere else.

Iskanders would be my kababerie of choice.

Agent Smith

ahh yes, Iskanders....



food of the gods....


am i right ronny?

NewOxfordReview

Iskander's food is very satisfying, particularly late at night. But an Alanya's can be enjoyed and appreciated without being tired, hungry and drunk.

John

NewOxfordReview wrote:

Iskander's food is very satisfying, particularly late at night. But an Alanya's can be enjoyed and appreciated without being tired, hungry and drunk.

Iskanders is the anytime breakfast

Chardee MacDennis

zaytoon's produce the finest kebabs in all the land....

Crash

NewOxfordReview wrote:

Alanya's beside the Foggy Dew do the most amazing "kebab" style food in Dublin. A chicken schawarma for €6.95 is worth every penny. Much nicer than the same kind of food from Zaytoon or Athena or anywhere else.

Coady's on Dame Street do two slices of pizza with a small drink for €5.00 for students after 2pm everyday. You need to ask for the student deal.

You know, i'd wondered about what that place was like - been kinda paranoid because generally any food place that occupied that building was always kinda **** - might have to give it a shot one of these days.

NewOxfordReview

"Call me al", Alanya's schawarmas are superior to those in Zaytoon. I promise.

Running Bing

lol how did a discussion on healthy fresh food turn into a debate about where to get the best kebabs.

Nietzschean

i guess its an important topic, zaytoon ftw!

snorlax

cornucopia do the best salads in town if your into vegetarian food

Vangelis

This was a load of unhelpful, childish replies. But thanks to those who wrote sensibly.

So where is cornucopia?

Is it generally adviseable to eat outside, like on a café, than cooking food in one's apartment? Is it cheaper, better?

Crash

Vangelis wrote:

This was a load of unhelpful, childish replies. But thanks to those who wrote sensibly.

oh, i'd forgotten just how sanctimonious you were. your reply was in fact the most childish so far - so meh! everyone here gave their advice on where they would eat in Dublin - if you want more specific advice, ask a more specific question.

Also my friend is insulting the grammar of your sentence. i'm ignoring her, so its ok.

Ron DMC

Vangelis wrote:

So where is cornucopia?

Tis on wicklow street, down past tower on the right. You can't miss it.

This thread is making me hungry. I'm going to boil up some pasta.

Pet

Is it generally adviseable to eat outside, like on a café, than cooking food in one's apartment? Is it cheaper, better?

No...you'll always find that meals you cook yourself will work out cheaper than ready-made meals/eating out. It's all about time vs money though. You can save lots of money cooking yourself dinner from scratch every day, but you'll spend a lot more time doing it, and then there's the cleanup afterwards. Pasta and brown rice are your friend though, as are any kind of oven-roasted vegetables.

snorlax

what's really nice is egg noodles ( thin variety). (add boiling water and simmer for 5mins) and then just chuck in some soya sauce, basil, garlic, any vegetables you have lying around. eg chick peas, bean sprouts, french beans, brussels sprouts, carrot shavings. i find the natural herbs/ spices are better then using stock cubes.
egg fried rice is also heavenly, as is vegetarian risotto or vegetarian lasagne but my post would be massive if i we're to get into recipes here. you should probably invest in a smoothie machine. and learn how to make irish stew without the meat or bean stew.

Crash

or getting a griddle pan, sausages, black pudding, rashers, peppers, onions, mushrooms, mangetout or sugarsnap peas, and some mixed nuts.

start off the sausages and onions. after a bit throw in the pudding and rashers. then the mushrooms - leave to cook like that for a bit - add the nuts after a while then the rest of the veg, and let it char a tiny bit. put in a big bowl and dig in

Vangelis

TheGrinch_000 wrote:

oh, i'd forgotten just how sanctimonious you were. your reply was in fact the most childish so far - so meh! everyone here gave their advice on where they would eat in Dublin - if you want more specific advice, ask a more specific question.

Also my friend is insulting the grammar of your sentence. i'm ignoring her, so its ok.

There's nothing wrong with my grammar. You're just not used to it. What is childish is trying to offend people by pointing at grammatical "errors". How old are you! I hope there aren't too many students like you at TCD.

As for my reply. It wasn't childish. I voiced my opinion. I came here expecting helpful replies by students, and instead 90% of all the response is just joking. I can't live on Irish kebabs!

To the rest: Thanks.. Okay, that sounds a bit more sensible.

Pet wrote:

It's all about time vs money though. You can save lots of money cooking yourself dinner from scratch every day, but you'll spend a lot more time doing it, and then there's the cleanup afterwards.

That's exactly the code I have to crack. I expect that I'll spend a lot of time in the libraries and reading A LOT, so how can I make the ends meet?

Can you buy fruits on campus? Or do they only have cheap junk food that give you more fat than energy? I know Trinity can't be that way though.. But what does the meals on campus cost? What kind of meals are there?

Running Bing

I wouldnt take it personally Vangelis. No offence to regualr posters but this board gets off topic pretty quickly. I think most posters just see it as a way to kick back a bit and also most posters seem to know each other so theres a more laid back informal friendly atmosphere, which isnt really a bad thing.

Nietzschean

Most of us only know each other because of here....

Crash

Vangelis wrote:

I hope there aren't too many students like you at TCD.

oh, dont worry, theres only one of me darlin'

Vangelis wrote:

As for my reply. It wasn't childish. I voiced my opinion. I came here expecting helpful replies by students, and instead 90% of all the response is just joking. I can't live on Irish kebabs!

actually, 50% was discussing kebabs (once you spend a night out in dublin, you'll understand) so in fact it was fairly accurate. try my recipe, its a very healthy meal that will last you a good long time.

vangelis wrote:

That's exactly the code I have to crack. I expect that I'll spend a lot of time in the libraries and reading A LOT, so how can I make the ends meet?

after you settle in you do end up with more time than you think. there are lectures you'll go to, and ones you just plain won't (not a comment on studiousness, more just how it generally seems to happen). There are plenty of places you can get rolls, bagels, full irish breakfasts, or a carvery (depending on how hungry you are) situated right around College, so its all there.

vangelis wrote:

Can you buy fruits on campus? Or do they only have cheap junk food that give you more fat than energy? I know Trinity can't be that way though.. But what does the meals on campus cost? What kind of meals are there?

there are two shops and three canteen's (well, four, cept one serves the exact same food, just in fancier surroundings) and there's an even spread really - the shops do sell fruit but i have no idea how fresh it is, having brought any of mine in from home.

vangelis wrote:

There's nothing wrong with my grammar. You're just not used to it. What is childish is trying to offend people by pointing at grammatical "errors".

as i said, my FRIEND did. i didn't. and i was ignoring her, so its ok. learn to be a little less sensitive.


As a sum up, this is the kind of post i was THINKING of typing until you acted sanctimonious - maybe if you were a little less confrontational you'd get more out of people?

hope this was of some help.

Neil

Nietzschean

TheGrinch_000 wrote:

there are lectures you'll go to, and ones you just plain won't (not a comment on studiousness, more just how it generally seems to happen).

actually thats become more true in recent times than i gave it credit for, most of the types who are going for 80+%(ye get some sort of medal for getting over 80% most of them have avg's over it from last year....****ers.) this year in my course .. they are taking it in turns to go to one of our courses n take notes

John

TheGrinch_000 wrote:

maybe if you were a little less confrontational you'd get more out of people?

If you take any advice from this thread, take the above. Instead of calling us all childish because we didn't give you a full list of fruit shops in alphabetical order you could have asked nicely.

Nietzschean

haha, hrm ye know we'll probally get accused of being closed to outsiders or something after this...

John

If you're friendly, you get welcomed to my bosom.

xeduCat

You keep your bosom out of this, young man.

Pet

an you buy fruits on campus? Or do they only have cheap junk food that give you more fat than energy? I know Trinity can't be that way though.. But what does the meals on campus cost? What kind of meals are there?

You can buy fruit alright, although it's just the standard apple-orange-banana on a rack in the SU shop.

As for the food on campus..sorry to disappoint you, but it is non-nutritious, overcooked crap. If you like your food to have any sort of nutrition other than pure calories, I suggest you avoid it. The handy thing is though, you're right in the middle of the city centre, so a five minute walk will get you pretty much anything you want.

cil_aine

snorlax wrote:

cheap fresh fish? try your local river! there's loads of mussels on the rocks at seapoint...and if you've a piece of rasher you can get crabs althought they're not pleasent to cook. boiled seaweed is nice and can be used as a refreshing bath if your into that.

seriously hire a plot of land near your house and grow vegetables. potatoes are among the best crop but take all the nutrients from the soil so you'll have to use mannure or something to replenish it.
our local county council had a scheme like that and it was about 50pounds a year for a plot 1/2 an acre. apples are really good and you can get crates of them if you know how to haggle at the smithfield market.

have you done all of this yourself? is it healthy what with all the chemicals and what not.

Time Magazine

xeduCat wrote:

You keep your bosom out of this, young man.

Want your bosom to be the most popular on campus? .

Crash

His milkshake really DOES bring all the boys to the yard!

(hey, its a milkshake, its topical.)

xeduCat

And coming up next from John's band, an atonal fuzz-guitar-driven remix of My Humps.

Agent Smith

i just have this image of dathi breakdanceing in a tube top.....



/me shudder

John

xeduCat wrote:

And coming up next from John's band, an atonal fuzz-guitar-driven remix of My Humps.

\m/

Crash

See, NOW the replies are childish and unhelpful - should've waited a bit

snorlax

cil_aine wrote:

have you done all of this yourself? is it healthy what with all the chemicals and what not.

id say there's a whole load of addititives etc already in almost every food you eat. they add colouring to make butter appear yellower and Oestrogen to help fatten up cows.

and then they'res loads of stuff like MSG (E623/1 sometimes named), carcinogenic, found in pringles, tayto-cheeses and onion, pot noodles..

then there's stuff like emulsifiers, stabilisiers, colourings (natural and artificial), even salt.

Isn't Cochneal (E104) made from crushed cochroaches (red smarties/ m&ms/ red lemonade?).
Not forgetting chlorophyll (think E113) (green flavour although i think it's made from plants)

europerson

My word, is this the bitch/moan thread...?

Nietzschean

well at this point both threads are complete ranting....

Pet

xeduCat wrote:

And coming up next from John's band, an atonal fuzz-guitar-driven remix of My Humps.

Thank you, so you've heard us?

Vangelis

I was being friendly. I don't see how I could have been confrontational or over-sensitive. I was being nice and expecting sensible replies. Perhaps you people on this board are used to a different "tone". I reacted when I did not get the replies that I looked for. Perhaps I should have waited longer with checking the thread.

At least I have learned some and thanks very, very much to those who have educated me!

cil_aine

well i guess thats true. bloody establsihment poisoning us! gah. but i'm talking bout like sewage and petrol that would be in the sea, no?

John

snorlax wrote:

id say there's a whole load of addititives etc already in almost every food you eat. they add colouring to make butter appear yellower and Oestrogen to help fatten up cows.

and then they'res loads of stuff like MSG (E623/1 sometimes named), carcinogenic, found in pringles, tayto-cheeses and onion, pot noodles..

then there's stuff like emulsifiers, stabilisiers, colourings (natural and artificial), even salt.

Isn't Cochneal (E104) made from crushed cochroaches (red smarties/ m&ms/ red lemonade?).
Not forgetting chlorophyll (think E113) (green flavour although i think it's made from plants)

Chlorophyll is the green in plants that they use to photosynthesise. And I think cochneal is fully synthetic now. Not that I care, it's not like they go to a rubbish dump to collect the bugs, they would be farmed and lets face it, cockroaches aren't too far removed from prawns.

In the long run, I'd take most of those synthetic products over contamination with human waste. I know they'll infect me reasily. Fecalform bacteria + dinner is not equal to a good time.

snorlax

they use chlorophyll for green food colouring too . is this debate going to move onto GM foods?

John

I never knew that about the chlorophyll. Well, I'm definitely not worried about eating that considering that's what brocolli mostly is.

But no, no GM food debate, I don't have the stomach for it.

europerson

I have no qualms about eating crushed beetles or vegetable extracts. They're all fairly natural, not like E621 or the like.

Time Magazine

G'wan the MonoSodiumGlutenate.

Crash

if you buy one of those big packets of msg, and put a bit on your tongue, your mouth tastes so ****ing good. seriously. its class.

europerson

TheGrinch_000 wrote:

if you buy one of those big packets of msg, and put a bit on your tongue, your mouth tastes so ****ing good. seriously. its class.

Where can one obtain big packs of MSG? Chinese food shops?

ApeXaviour

Mates of mine living in a flat in rathmines bought a kilo bag of msg. Began to put it on everything after a while: cornflakes, stew, prátai, sandwiches, black pudding etc. They were addicted

That stuff is so bad for you, apart from the excess sodium (which we get enough of already) it's been linked to a bollox load of disorders. But god... is it a good hangover preventative (see RU21 which mostly constitutes of msg).
I disagree with you crash in that it tastes good on it's own. I think it just tastes salty, it makes other stuff taste good though.