MAN V FOOD

The irish masher

Well have been watchin this program lately

and would like to know if there is any places

like these in dublin???

Irishpimpdude

The irish masher wrote: »

Well have been watchin this program lately

and would like to know if there is any places

like these in dublin???

http://aussiebbq.ie went here the other day had the great white burger was lovely but didnt have the 4 slices of bacon on it the menu is mouth watering wanted to try everything on i, the boomarang fries were lovely too would defo recommend

Mr Simpson

A friend of mine went into The Counter on Suffolk street recently and they made him a 2 pound burger. It looked like something from MVF when it came from the kitchen!!!

ProudDUB

I think that Spur Steakhouse in Liffey Vally have a 64 ounce piece of cow that you have to eat in an hour. If you do, its free. If you don't, its 60 yoyos.

SteoL

mmcn90 wrote: »

A friend of mine went into The Counter on Suffolk street recently and they made him a 2 pound burger. It looked like something from MVF when it came from the kitchen!!!

I can barely eat a half pounder nowadays (no problem in my late teens or early 20's) so can't imagine how anyone could eat what is the equivalent of 4 half pounders. Could your friend eat the lot of it?

chin_grin

Relevant.

http://www.metalireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53320&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

1ZRed

I thought that guy died of a heart attack?

chin_grin

1ZRed wrote: »

I thought that guy died of a heart attack?

Nope, that was just a rumour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Richman_(actor)

Irishpimpdude

mmcn90 wrote: »

A friend of mine went into The Counter on Suffolk street recently and they made him a 2 pound burger. It looked like something from MVF when it came from the kitchen!!!

Went here with the gf before she only likes well done burgers, but it was all pink, the waitress told her it was baby meat and its supposed to be like that, yea whatever i told her well done please and amazingly she came out the next time with a well done burger... stupid bitch

admiralofthefleet

i think pizza hut on suffolk street do some kind of challenge. i could be wrong though

Chucky the tree

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Went here with the gf before she only likes well done burgers, but it was all pink, the waitress told her it was baby meat and its supposed to be like that, yea whatever i told her well done please and amazingly she came out the next time with a well done burger... stupid bitch

I'm sure your girlfriend isn't that bad.

chin_grin

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Went here with the gf before she only likes well done burgers, but it was all pink, the waitress told her it was baby meat and its supposed to be like that, yea whatever i told her well done please and amazingly she came out the next time with a well done burger... stupid bitch

This isn't the fault of the server, it was the fault of the chef. Please direct your first world anger in the right direction.

Irishpimpdude

chin_grin wrote: »

This isn't the fault of the server, it was the fault of the chef. Please direct your first world anger in the right direction.

Im directing it at the server as she said it was pink because it was baby meat, she didn't even say baby cow meat and even that would of been stupid,because a baby cow is a calf...

Birneybau

The irish masher wrote: »

Well have been watchin this program lately

and would like to know if there is any places

like these in dublin???

I read this in the voice of the black kid from Malcolm in the Middle.

Gillo

Not meaning to critise anyone directly but am I the only one who is completely lost?

What's the point in eating that much food? I mean is there actually a sense of achievement in eating an stupid calorific loaded meal? Or does the mindless gluttony just turn people on??

Mr Simpson

SteoL wrote: »

I can barely eat a half pounder nowadays (no problem in my late teens or early 20's) so can't imagine how anyone could eat what is the equivalent of 4 half pounders. Could your friend eat the lot of it?

Not a chance, I think he got about half-way

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Went here with the gf before she only likes well done burgers, but it was all pink, the waitress told her it was baby meat and its supposed to be like that, yea whatever i told her well done please and amazingly she came out the next time with a well done burger... stupid bitch

In Ireland, burgers should always be well done, a city centre restaurant was reprimanded for serving rare burgers

chin_grin wrote: »

This isn't the fault of the server, it was the fault of the chef. Please direct your first world anger in the right direction.

Its the fault of neither, its a management issue imho. Staff aren't trained well enough either front or back of house.

carlmango11

Gillo wrote: »

What's the point in eating that much food?

A lot of things people enjoy don't have a point.

Gumbo

Gillo wrote: »

Not meaning to critise anyone directly but am I the only one who is completely lost?

What's the point in eating that much food? I mean is there actually a sense of achievement in eating an stupid calorific loaded meal? Or does the mindless gluttony just turn people on??

its like posting on an internet forum, theres no real point to it, but some people enjoy it.

horses for courses and all that.

ProudDUB

Gillo wrote: »

Not meaning to critise anyone directly but am I the only one who is completely lost?

What's the point in eating that much food? I mean is there actually a sense of achievement in eating an stupid calorific loaded meal? Or does the mindless gluttony just turn people on??

It's test of physical endurance. Can a person get X amount of food into their bodies in a set amount of time without throwing up, passing out or just giving up. It's not quite the same thing as trying to swim the English Channel without drowning or dying from hypothermia, but its in the same ball park. If you remove the political correctness (or lack thereof) of it for a sec, people are always going to be drawn to watching that kind of thing.

frag420

I want a chicken wing challenge.

I hear some cafe on camden st just passed ulsterbank has imported a load of ghost chillies and the chef is trying to make the hottest sauce in Ireland for his wings.

BRING IT ON!!

Ikiru

i cant agree with you more, i think its unhealthy, disqusting and pointless!

Gumbo

Ikiru wrote: »

i cant agree with you more, i think its unhealthy, disqusting and pointless!

i cant dis-agree with you more, i think its healthy, charming and only harmless fun!

Ikiru

justify the healthy and harmless fun for me please cause obviously you are an expert!

Irishpimpdude

frag420 wrote: »

I want a chicken wing challenge.

I hear some cafe on camden st just passed ulsterbank has imported a load of ghost chillies and the chef is trying to make the hottest sauce in Ireland for his wings.

BRING IT ON!!

Find out the name of that cafe i want some ghost chilli wings, had some sauce that had ghost chillies in it before, sweat was dripping from my head haha

Gumbo

Ikiru wrote: »

justify the healthy and harmless fun for me please cause obviously you are an expert!

First, you need to justify the unhealthy, disquisting, and pointless opinion you've formed as it was you that first posted it.

Are people that ignorant, that they have to try enforce their own opinions on other people...........

Regards,
Expert.

The Hill Billy

Drinking, smoking, recreational drug-taking (or whatever you want to call it), extreme sports - all have potentially negative impacts on our health - but this isn't the forum to discuss them either.

The OP wants to find eateries in the Dublin area that have challenges. If you can't advise him - don't bother posting. Take your issues to Humanities.

tHB

Irishpimpdude

Ikiru wrote: »

justify the healthy and harmless fun for me please cause obviously you are an expert!

Its not healthy, But if i died chowing down on some of the stuff Adam Richman does id die happy and with a full stomach, there is worse ways to go...

This thread is obviously not for you or anyone that is going to moan about eating healthy

frag420

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Find out the name of that cafe i want some ghost chilli wings, had some sauce that had ghost chillies in it before, sweat was dripping from my head haha

I just went onto google street view and had a gawk....................its called Yum Yums

Enjoy!!

skeleton_boy

Other than challenges do you guys know places that off alternatives to your standard burger and chip fast food in Dublin? Places similar to KCs in Cork?

Ikiru

i havent forced my opinion, i expressed it like everyone else.
you attacked me, thats enforcing opinion, well not opinion, rage more like it.

its unhealthy because there is a limit of red meat a human is supposed to consume daily (at any age) in order to be healthy

its disqusting because i watched the show and a 200 pound man covered in sauce and cheese is definately not a nice sight, its demeaning for him and insulting to me.

and its pointless because the stomach has a capacity and after reaching it (or massivelt surpassing) you can create at least 4 major problems to your general health.

please demonstrate your ignorance and hatred to somebody who cant answer back because you bore me with those weak come backs

Ikiru

i will moan if i want to here and everywhere else, i dont understand why i have to explain it. its a forum people, not your living room!!!

Schorpio

Ikiru wrote: »

i will moan if i want to here and everywhere else, i dont understand why i have to explain it. its a forum people, not your living room!!!

Yeah, you can moan as long as it's on topic, relevant and constructive to the discussion - which most people here seem to agree yours isn't.

Also, I wouldn't go backchatting a mod if I were you. They mightn't be able to ban you from your living room, but they sure as hell can ban you from this forum!

Now, moar food challenges please!

Gumbo

Ikiru wrote: »

i havent forced my opinion, i expressed it like everyone else.
you attacked me, thats enforcing opinion, well not opinion, rage more like it.

If i attacked you, report the post. but you cant im afraid, just because somebody quotes you, and says the opposite, it does not constitute an attack, its another opinion :rolleyes:

Ikiru wrote: »

its unhealthy because there is a limit of red meat a human is supposed to consume daily (at any age) in order to be healthy

I agree, but how do you know what the limit for that guy is? how do you know the limit for me or the girl facing you on the luas, fact is, you dont, hence its an opinion, and your opinion, your entitled to it, but it doesnt mean your right, or me for that matter.

Ikiru wrote: »

its disqusting because i watched the show and a 200 pound man covered in sauce and cheese is definately not a nice sight, its demeaning for him and insulting to me.

sorry, but this is where you lose any creditibility from me, if its insulting to you, then dont watch the bloody show :eek:

Ikiru wrote: »

and its pointless because the stomach has a capacity and after reaching it (or massivelt surpassing) you can create at least 4 major problems to your general health.

see point above about not knowing the limits of another person ^^^^^^

Ikiru wrote: »

please demonstrate your ignorance and hatred to somebody who cant answer back because you bore me with those weak come backs

now, please go demonstrate your ignorance and hatred to somebody who cant answer back because you bore me with those weak come backs,

Regards,
Expert.

Mr Simpson

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Other than challenges do you guys know places that off alternatives to your standard burger and chip fast food in Dublin? Places similar to KCs in Cork?

Well as I type this I'm eating a Burrito in Boojum in the Italian Quarter, I don't know if thats what you're after but its delish!!

Ikiru

i suppose im the bad guy and i will leave you continue on without my negativity

RobbieTheRobber

I'd like to bring this thread back on topic, take the health discussion to a health forum maybe.

I would like the OP to come back in and clarify his post as well as Im not sure if what they want is eating challanges so much and is maybe enquiring more about the type of food.

At the start of each program before the host does a challange he goes to other restaurants and samples the areas local fast food delights be they specialist ice cream or fancy burgers or sandwiches whatever.

For me this is the key area, these delicious offerings I would be more interested in. I was watching this program this weekend and really wanted something tasty and delicious and not just another burger joint.
things like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%27_boy

I cant find the one I want but there was one episode were a roast meat sandwich was then before serving dipped into a vat of gravy made from the collective meat juices and I can only imagine the flavour this added to the bread and meat. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


I went to the aussie bbq recently and have a couple of issues with this joint but having sent them a mail I will wait and see if they respond before venting here.
One of my issues with it though was that the execution just did not meet with the potential it had.
I got a roll which for a place that specialises in bbq meat, really was low in meat content, only second to feckin salad in the roll.

frag420

mmcn90 wrote: »

Well as I type this I'm eating a Burrito in Boojum in the Italian Quarter, I don't know if thats what you're after but its delish!!

Unless its the size of a small family car then no....................its not what we are after:D

frag420

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I cant find the one I want but there was one episode were a roast meat sandwich was then before serving dipped into a vat of gravy made from the collective meat juices and I can only imagine the flavour this added to the bread and meat. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Saw it at the weekend. Its in Brooklyn.

http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Restaurant_Review-g60827-d459190-Reviews-Brennan_Car_Restaurant_INC-Brooklyn_New_York.html

frAg

RobbieTheRobber

frag420 wrote: »

Saw it at the weekend. Its in Brooklyn.

http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Restaurant_Review-g60827-d459190-Reviews-Brennan_Car_Restaurant_INC-Brooklyn_New_York.html

frAg

I was watching this weekend myself and before the eating challange he went to mexican restaurant where they did a mexican take on a hotdog.

a footlong wrapped in bacon and fried in butter then covered in beans and sauces to give it that mexican flavour.

So off to town I went and before drinking said right im eating something but for the life of me couldnt think of a good place to satisfy my lust for fatty delights.
So ended up in eddie rockets and with the hotdog fresh in my mind I went for a bacon big boy and just like with the aussie bbq the ingredients on the menu seemed right but poor execution let it down.
The bacon big boy is a footlong with bacon and cheese, but the bacon instead of wrapping the dog and flavouring during cooking was chopped fried seperatly and just put on top and as for the cheese well that was some sort of crap cheap processed cheese sauce heated and poured on top :mad:
not what my mind had imagined when reading the menu.
How expensive would it be to make a real cheese sauce i mean come on is this what we should accept from a not so cheap fast food restauarant?

On the plus side for eddies pints of carlsberg were only €4, didn't stay long enough though for it to be worth it.

The Hill Billy

Ikiru wrote: »

i will moan if i want to here and everywhere else...!

Oh no you won't. Take a few days off.

tHB

Paparazzo

The food in Man V Food is generally really nice looking low end restaurants/snack stuff. Low end as in cheap, not quality. We lack that in ireland, I blame the likes of spar and chippers. They're all more or less the same everywhere and have cornered too much of the market. Ok, there is nice places, but few and far between. I think if you wanted a successful restaurant/cafe in that market in ireland, watch man v food for ideas, and you don't need a massive menu.

As for a challenge OP why don't you make your own? Go into a chipper and order everything off an entire luminated panel of the menu behind the counter? Give your self 90 minutes from when you get home. You could try in in mcdonalds too. Not quite the same though. You need the crowd cheering you on.

D-Generate

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I cant find the one I want but there was one episode were a roast meat sandwich was then before serving dipped into a vat of gravy made from the collective meat juices and I can only imagine the flavour this added to the bread and meat. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

That my friend is Philippe's Sandwich shop in LA, home of the "French Dip" Sandwich. Last September I visited this fine establishment and enjoyed two of his signature sandwiches and I must say, they were absolutely amazing.

Think in total I have been to 7 or 8 of the places featured in MvF and Philippe's was one of the better ones. Ike's Place also deserves an honourable mention for making a damn fine sandwich.

Degsy

Irishpimpdude wrote: »

Went here with the gf before she only likes well done burgers, but it was all pink, the waitress told her it was baby meat and its supposed to be like that, yea whatever i told her well done please and amazingly she came out the next time with a well done burger... stupid bitch

Anybody who asks for well-done meat deserves to have it hopped off thier head.

BeerNut

Degsy wrote: »

Anybody who asks for well-done meat deserves to have it hopped off thier head.

Anyone who asks for a rare burger is insufficiently versed in the mechanics of burger-making or basic food hygiene.

Paparazzo

D-Generate wrote: »

That my friend is Philippe's Sandwich shop in LA, home of the "French Dip" Sandwich. Last September I visited this fine establishment and enjoyed two of his signature sandwiches and I must say, they were absolutely amazing.

Think in total I have been to 7 or 8 of the places featured in MvF and Philippe's was one of the better ones. Ike's Place also deserves an honourable mention for making a damn fine sandwich.

Did you have a steamed cheeseburger in Connecticut? They look so wrong, but also so right!

Mr Simpson

frag420 wrote: »

Unless its the size of a small family car then no....................its not what we are after:D

It may not be the size of a small family car. But I still can't finish it, the rice gets me every time, I really don't know how Adam Richman does it!!!

strandroad

frag420 wrote: »

Unless its the size of a small family car then no....................its not what we are after:D

Some burrito places will make you a double or a triple... they lay out two or three tortillas in a row and roll them up in one super long burrito.

I can't see the appeal of Man vs Food though... I watched it a couple of times, the food is so greasy, grey and sloppy, and the guy looks so pudgy and pasty :P

How Soon Is Now

Id love to try some of the spicy challenges he has done on that show.

I buy a lot of hot sauces from over seas but adding them to actual wings or burgers can be hard some times cause of the amount and texture needed.

Although saying that i added a tiny amount of sauce i have which is around the 7million scovile mark to a burger last week.

All i can say is fook :pac:

I had a burrito one night in Little ass before they moved from Rathmines while i was drunk and asked them to triple the spicyness of there hottest salsa which was Habanaro. Ate the whole thing but my speech was ****ed for a good 15 minutes afterwards.

Stung taking a piss the next day as well lol. Didnt help that half way threw i went to get a drink and me mate loaded the fecking thing with more hot sauce without me knowing!!!.

The Scientician

I was just watching Drive-Ins, Diners & Dives, it doesn't have food challenges but has similar types of restaurants to the ones show in MvF. Any one of the restaurants shown in that show would clean up in Ireland.

By the way I did a real MvF food challenge when I was in the states. It was the worst meal I've ever eaten, a toasted cheese sandwich, the Melt Challenge.

frag420

The Scientician wrote: »

I was just watching Drive-Ins, Diners & Dives, it doesn't have food challenges but has similar types of restaurants to the ones show in MvF. Any one of the restaurants shown in that show would clean up in Ireland.

By the way I did a real MvF food challenge when I was in the states. It was the worst meal I've ever eaten, a toasted cheese sandwich, the Melt Challenge.

Christ that is just wrong wrong wrong.

Doesnt help that I hate cheese though but still.........................wretch!!:D

FreudianSlippers

BeerNut wrote: »

Anyone who asks for a rare burger is insufficiently versed in the mechanics of burger-making or basic food hygiene.

There is a lot between well done and rare I believe you'll find.