The thing you miss most about Ireland

watna

pclancy wrote: »

What pub?

JJ Murphy's on cuba street. I was hammered going in last week. I don't even remember posting here about getting Bulmers. Goid bless work social club and free drink in the boardroom!

In my drunkness I ordered an Irish breakfast (for my dinner of course) and I remember it being pretty tasty!

pclancy

Ah cool. I like that spot actually, good bands and food, the snugs are cool as well

hussey

I'd love a real chipper now ...
the thoughts of Curry chips and a really really greasy chicken ...

watna

pclancy wrote: »

Ah cool. I like that spot actually, good bands and food, the snugs are cool as well

Yeah, it's a cool place. The food is nice and then toilets have men and women written in them in Irish on the doors which I like.

It's funny how in Wellington the Irish pubs are the cool places to go for a good night out!

hussey wrote: »

I'd love a real chipper now ...
the thoughts of Curry chips and a really really greasy chicken ...

I had a big conversation with my OH about curry chips the other day. He's not Irish but became addicted to them while living in Dublin. We both agreed we would kill each other for some curry chips (we were drunk!) Also, garlic and cheese chips. I'd love some!

hussey

I explained the concept of this to OH and she was baffled of how curry and chips go together ... bloody crazy Aussies

watna

hussey wrote: »

I explained the concept of this to OH and she was baffled of how curry and chips go together ... bloody crazy Aussies

Has your OH been to Ireland? She probably hasn't experienced the wonder that is curry chips. My OH is a kiwi and he's all about the curry chips now!

A friend of mine told me there's a chipper in Sydney that does curry chips. It has a big sign in the window that says "we serve Irish curry chips" or something like that, apparently there was queues of Irish people out the door at weekends! (btw curry chips at home are made with mcdonnells sauce, you can actually buy it online! )

In NZ pies are the drunk food and they're awesome after a few drinks. Our local pie shop stays open 24 hours at weekends (which I only found out from this thread!)

Xavi6

Curry chips and half a portion of chicken balls from the Host Chinese takeaway in Clonsilla. Mmmmmmm

hussey

Xavi6 wrote: »

Curry chips and half a portion of chicken balls from the Host Chinese takeaway in Clonsilla. Mmmmmmm

Chicken balls .... I have not had *real chicken balls in yonks.
I should stop reading this ... I am seriously thinking of going to the British store and buying overpriced curry from Ireland

BraziliaNZ

watna wrote: »

JJ Murphy's on cuba street. I was hammered going in last week. I don't even remember posting here about getting Bulmers. Goid bless work social club and free drink in the boardroom!

In my drunkness I ordered an Irish breakfast (for my dinner of course) and I remember it being pretty tasty!

Does Finn still work there? Irish balding guy with curly hair?

watna

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Does Finn still work there? Irish balding guy with curly hair?

Maybe. I talked to a lot of people that night. I don't remember much!

pclancy

Some good spicy taco chips from Abrakebabra would go down nicely now too

Xavi6

Nah chip butty with cheese and ketchup from Stabra please!

Sherifu

The rain, only joking :pac:

watna

Missing home today for some reason, not sure why or what exactly I'm missing.

I would love to pop out to M & S and buy myself some nice comfort food!

hussey

watna wrote: »

Missing home today for some reason, not sure why or what exactly I'm missing.

I would love to pop out to M & S and buy myself some nice comfort food!

Ditto!! I was looking at the cpl websites to check out the job market!

Also have a craving for Birds eye triffle

Munya

Nothing.

watna

hussey wrote: »

Ditto!! I was looking at the cpl websites to check out the job market!

Also have a craving for Birds eye triffle

No birds eye trifle in Aus?

That's weird that we're having a harmonius slightly homesick day!

hussey

watna wrote: »

No birds eye trifle in Aus?

That's weird that we're having a harmonius slightly homesick day!

Nope, maybe in the british shops which whenever I go in I just tend to overspend ... mmm toffee crisps

c - 13

I'm starting to miss the amount of pork product available in Ireland.

In particular white pudding or some decent butchers sausages. Or a rasher sandwich.

watna

c - 13 wrote: »

I'm starting to miss the amount of pork product available in Ireland.

In particular white pudding or some decent butchers sausages. Or a rasher sandwich.

NZ bacon is surprisingly tasty. I don't miss rashers at all.

I do miss superquinn sausages though.

Hussey I'll look out for bird's eye trifle here. It sounds like something kiwis would like!

Xavi6

I concur. Sausages over here are shite.

watna

Xavi6 wrote: »

I concur. Sausages over here are shite.

Indeed. Especially the ones made of beef or chicken. wtf is that all about? Loads of kiwis I've met who lived in the Uk said they missed NZ sausages when they lived there. Guess it's what you grow up with!

hussey

Xavi6 wrote: »

I concur. Sausages over here are shite.

David Jones food court is the only thing that can come close and even they are pretty shit. They also have white and black pudding.

(dunno what they are like in perth though)

Though they don't have the thick sliced bacon

but I did find a cafe down the road from me that serves a 'Irish Breakfast'
(Beef) Sausage, black pudding, bacon,. eggs, mushrooms, beans and turkish bread! .. and it is not irish!!
Delish

c - 13

We can only get the beef of chicken varieties here too, not even any sort of crappy pork ones (Muslim Country).

Ended up buying a product called Eqyptian Sausage the other day. Got half way though cooking them and the smell started to cause dry heaves. Needless to sat they went in the direction of the bin.

I'm lucky in a way though - its one of the lenient countries on that law so the likes of salami can be bought from specialist locations.

hussey

Jamaican ginger cake ... mmmmmm

Woden

Away 4 months now I get back about once a month.

Most of the stuff I miss is food or drink related! Proper milk. The bread Home food. Snackboxes. My local chinese. Pizza slices from Di Fontaines. Not found good pizza in Stockholm yet

There is an english shop here but the sausages and bacon are poor.

Miss my dog suprisingly enough!

I found the early summer here disconcerting. It was bright about 19-20 hours a day. I was looking for some proper darkness. I suppose I'll get enough of that in the winter!

fakearms123

When I was travelling around europe this summer the only thing i missed was family and friends and maybe the sausages, beans and bread in ireland. But now that im back in ireland I can really realise how bad it is here, I just got soaked in the downpour of consistent rain that has plagued this country for the past few days on my way up to work and now that i sit at my desk completely drenched and cold, I can confidently say that I am getting the hell out of ireland after college. And its not just the weather thats depressing, everyone you meet has a glum, sheepish look of desire to leave this country which is often detected by the constant conversation openers you recieve "ah sure isn't the weather terrible, isnt it just dreadful"... Of course its f*cking dreadful, God has whipped out his lad and is pissing on my face.
Comparing our country to some of the other countries I have spent time in this summer. Germany! What a beautiful country, my fondiest memory of it is sitting in the augustiner gardens in munich with my lovely paulaner beer and my plate of currywurst with chips and the sun high in the sky surrounded by nothing but happy faces chatting away. Or in my favourite country Croatia where the women are out of this world amazing, and the beer is lovely and food is beautiful esp along the coast where you can get the freshest fish, and split and dubrovnik and zagreb.... ahh then you look at ireland, im looking out my window to lashing rain, dull dark sky, a fat teenage scumbag girl with a rose tattoo on her flappy arms is pushing a pram across the road and she has a cigarette in hand and now appears to be shouting at someone, that pretty much sums up life here.

watna

fakearms123, tone it down a little bit please. This forum is about living abroad not a rant on how crap you think Ireland is. I see your point but just pull it back a little. Thanks.

btw, it's rained non stop here in New Zealand too and everyone is wet and miserable too!

BarryCreed

fakearms123. I'd be more or less along the same lines as you, but I'm a bitter bol*ox anyways by nature I tells you, My intention was to hightail it long ago, but I'm still here for one reason or another, and to be honest, I've been moaning about it for far too long, so it's time to do something about it.
Having lived abroad before, things I did miss was the brown bread, a good feed of stew, good guinness, atmosphere in the pubs. You don't get the same atmosphere anywhere else (I've been). The scenery along the West coast is unreal. We don't know how lucky we have it, miles and miles of empty beaches, pity the weather is rubbish. But if you're into watersports, there's no better place. Mates of mine have been saying that similar beaches in England would be jammed, while here you have loads of space on the beaches...

maninasia

When you are done moaning about your high wages compared to rest of the world, almost free education, social welfare system, easy working conditions, , 4 weeks or more holliers, cheap flights to any sun destination and good pubs and grub, come back to me:) Or would you rather work in the country I work in with 5 private holidays per year, about 8 public holidays per year and regular working hours 10 hrs/day with no overtime and salaries 1/3 to 1/2 those of Ireland (though low tax at least)? And that's still so good compared to OTHER countries in the region that there are 100,000s of foreign labourers and maids who flock here every year for basically slave labor wages. Well would ya punk>? Perhaps you would prefer pollluted air with your breakfast. Or how about 35C and clammy hmm. Maybe you would like 4 mths of darkness in Winter like half of Scandinavia? I've lived in various countries and I too have found out there is no perfect place (though Oz ranks up there on my list).

The weather is crap in Ireland as everybody knows so take your holidays when you can and look at the bright side.