Spice Bag

FTA69

I'm home for Christmas and had never had one of these yokes in my life. What a revelation! Honestly one of the tastiest munches I've had in years, in fairness I was after around 12 pints of Murphy's so probably would have been happy with Pedigree Chum but still. Are these a recent invention or what's the story? Also what do they put on them, I assume they drown it in MSG?

Winterlong

That like a modern spice burger? Never heard of them to be honest.

Atari Jaguar

Winterlong wrote: »

That like a modern spice burger? Never heard of them to be honest.

No. you get them in Chinese places. Salt and chilli chicken and chips in a bag. Lovely to be honest. Most place throw a bit of onion and peppers etc in there too. Usually about €6.

FTA69

Nah it's chips, fried chicken bits, stir fried veg and a rake of dry spice-chilli powder type stuff in a box. Pure dacent. It's my last night in Ireland and I'm tempted to go and get another one.

Your Face

Pedigree Chum would be a good pairing for Murphys.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Can't say I've ever had one.

They seem exclusive to Dublin.

Ye can keep them my jackeen friends.They sound sh1te.

Dravokivich

I've only ever heard of'em. Never had any. Been around a while, sounds like more of a big deal than they are really. Spicy food out of a bag? Gee...

FTA69

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Can't say I've ever had one.

They seem exclusive to Dublin.

Ye can keep them my jackeen friends.They sound sh1te.

I had one in Passage West in Cork and your man in the place said people are selling the family silver for spice bags.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

FTA69 wrote: »

I'm home for Christmas and had never had one of these yokes in my life. What a revelation! Honestly one of the tastiest munches I've had in years, in fairness I was after around 12 pints of Murphy's so probably would have been happy with Pedigree Chum but still. Are these a recent invention or what's the story? Also what do they put on them, I assume they drown it in MSG?

Murphy's? What's wrong with you?

Atari Jaguar

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Can't say I've ever had one.

They seem exclusive to Dublin.

Ye can keep them my jackeen friends.They sound sh1te.

They are not exclusive to anywhere. But I've never seen them on the menu.

me_irl

Spice bag = spice box = Salt and Chilli Chicken with chips and / or curry sauce. (Some places chuck in chicken wings and chicken balls).

Good with drink.

Tastes like licking out a chung wan with blue waffle.

D0NNELLY

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Can't say I've ever had one.

They seem exclusive to Dublin.

Ye can keep them my jackeen friends.They sound sh1te.

Only place I've had one is Sligo. Dubs can't take the blame for this..

Estrellita

FTA69 wrote: »

Nah it's chips, fried chicken bits, stir fried veg and a rake of dry spice-chilli powder type stuff in a box. Pure dacent. It's my last night in Ireland and I'm tempted to go and get another one.

Only ever seen it mentioned on boards, hadn't a clue what it was. I figured it was some slang for drugs.

Well. That's me told.

FTA69

You simply can't beat a filthy munch. I'm pondering a chips cheese and garlic now for the tea tonight. I want to make sure I get all the Irish culinary classics before I head away.

Pawwed Rig

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Only place I've had one is Sligo. Dubs can't take the blame for this..

Blame the Chinese I reckon

fussyonion

Are yiz all living under a rock or wha'?! Bloody spicebag was voted the no.1 best-selling item in takeaways last year!

You have chips, chicken, peppers, chillies, onions and scallions all seasoned in garlic and chilli salt and it's lovely.

Except my local Chinese uses horrible spongey chicken so I tend to go to a Chinese fifteen mins away for a nice one.

PS I am a Jackeen.

Barry Badrinath

fussyonion wrote: »

PS I am a Jackeen.

Huh? Whats that, some sort of hipster Tranny?

TerrorFirmer

They're nice but some places totally overdo it on the chili salt.

How Soon Is Now

Not that i eat many of them but i find there not as nice as they where when first got popular cause everywhere is doing them now.

The best one was the original one in Sunflower off Tempelogue there. Had one in theres years ago randomly one night. Was nice and spicy and had nice mixture of chicken chips and spices. Didnt just taste like salt as they do now.

The spice boxs are a total waste because the quality is normally even worse and theres WAY to much salt!.

Omackeral

Check out the Spice Box/Mega Box/ Munchy Box

http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/2377561/original/?width=415&version=2377561

http://i4.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article6677354.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/IMG_5413JPG.jpg

http://insanekitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spice-box.jpg

Maximus Alexander

Forget your spice bags, what you're really after is a Spicy Box.

Grandeeod

Really nice if done right. They are just a bastardisation of the dish known as salt and chilli chicken, which if done right is fooking awesome!

Anyway, the best ones will have onion, peppers, not too much chilli salt and actual chicken rather than pieces of fried cornflour.

Estrellita

fussyonion wrote: »

Are yiz all living under a rock or wha'?! Bloody spicebag was voted the no.1 best-selling item in takeaways last year!

PS I am a Jackeen.

The lies out of you Jackeen. I just had a look on just eat and there's no mention of this. It's up there with the deep fried Mars bar myth and fairies. None of them exist. Just the figment of a drunks imagination.

Atari Jaguar

Estrellita wrote: »

The lies out of you Jackeen. I just had a look on just eat and there's no mention of this. It's up there with the deep fried Mars bar myth and fairies. None of them exist. Just the figment of a drunks imagination.

Deep fried mars bars are pure daaaaaycent

Grandeeod

Estrellita wrote: »

The lies out of you Jackeen. I just had a look on just eat and there's no mention of this. It's up there with the deep fried Mars bar myth and fairies. None of them exist. Just the figment of a drunks imagination.

No really. The Spice Bag was voted the best selling takeaway food by Just Eat customers in 2015.

Check out the street food shop in Quay St in Galway; they do a mean spice box with chicken wings, incredible spicy chips, onion rings, salt and pepper chicken, rice and curry sauce- one portion is enough for 2-3 people.

Spice bags are lovely if done right. A badly spiced bag, however, is a massive disappointment.

Dtp1979

If anybody thinks a spice bag/box is anything except leftovers fcuked into a bag from days gone by then they're highly diluded

andekwarhola

Sounds manky and philistine







/gets on blower immediately to local chipper

andekwarhola

Dtp1979 wrote: »

If anybody thinks a spice bag/box is anything except leftovers fcuked into a bag from days gone by then they're highly diluded

No, most people think it's a three-course Michelin Star meal.

One_Of_Shanks

We're out in the sticks and the local(ish) chinese has the spicy bag. So it isn't just in Dublin.

I like it to an extent but becomes too salty for me after a 1/4 of the bag. The seasoning/MSG stuff gets a bit too much for me after that.

Probably decent hungover grub but you wouldn't want to be eating it too often.

After 12 pints of Murphys as someone else said, it's probably fab. But so would a big dirty kebab.

I'd still prefer a half decent curry

andekwarhola

Estrellita wrote: »

It's up there with the deep fried Mars bar myth

I've had one of these, to be fair, albeit not in Ireland. Not as bad as they sound.

Grandeeod

One_Of_Shanks wrote: »

We're out in the sticks and the local(ish) chinese has the spicy bag. So it isn't just in Dublin.

I like it to an extent but becomes too salty for me after a 1/4 of the bag. The seasoning/MSG stuff gets a bit too much for me after that.

Probably decent hungover grub but you wouldn't want to be eating it too often.

After 12 pints of Murphys as someone else said, it's probably fab. But so would a big dirty kebab.

I'd still prefer a half decent curry

More likely the seasoning. Its one of the few dishes they don't need to add MSG to.

Noveight

FTA69 wrote: »

...in fairness I was after around 12 pints of Murphy's...

Excellent choice

Wheeliebin30

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Check out the street food shop in Quay St in Galway; they do a mean spice box with chicken wings, incredible spicy chips, onion rings, salt and pepper chicken, rice and curry sauce- one portion is enough for 2-3 people.

I'm sorry but onion rings just don't belong in a Chinese restaurant.

Dtp1979

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

I'm sorry but onion rings just don't belong in a Chinese restaurant.

Same with chips and burgers

Hande hoche!

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Same with chips and burgers

Don't go near the omelettes.

Dtp1979

Dtp1979 wrote: »

If anybody thinks a spice bag/box is anything except leftovers fcuked into a bag from days gone by then they're highly diluded

Yay, I'm highly deluded so. :pac:

Wheeliebin30

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

I'm sorry but onion rings just don't belong in a Chinese restaurant.

I never said it was a Chinese restaurant;)

Zubeneschamali

Papa's got a brand new spice bag...

schizo1014

Spice bags are bland as feck imo left overs as another poster pointed out.

Vinculus

People eat spice with chips! That's mad altogether. I've smoked it a couple of times and it knocked me completely off my lollipop. Got to try some on toast or something.

Hande hoche!

Now we have KFC's version....

http://www.dublinlive.ie/whats-on/food-drink-news/kfc-want-spice-up-your-12417017#rlabs=1%20rt$sitewide%20p$12

ScumLord

They are everywhere there's a chinese takeaway. I had the first few ones during drinking seasons and they are the best thing ever when you're drunk.

Had one when I was sober and it's just not nearly as nice. So get good and drunk before you order one.

Billy86

So I'm emigrating on Sunday and got offered if I wanted anything from the Chinese. Not being mad about Chinese at all really, I decided to give a spice bag a shot before I go.

I cannot remember the last time I went into something with such mediocre expectations and still managed to come out this disappointed. It's not even disgusting or anything, but it's possibly the most bland thing I've ever had out of any takeaway in my entire life.

Greyfox

Billy86 wrote: »

but it's possibly the most bland thing I've ever had out of any takeaway in my entire life.

You need to make a complaint as you didn't get a spice bag. There's so much going on in a spice bag it's anything but bland, I've never had a spice bag that disappointed, there amazing

Billy86

Must be the local Chinese then, it was literally just a few lumps of chicken, some random bits of onion and pepper, a few fistfuls of chips I'd be disappointed with if I made them in the oven microwave, with some salt, pepper and what I think was 5 spice on top.

Oh. And two slivers of jalapeno. And by slivers I'm talking the size of a fingernail cutting.

Grayditch

Ah, I've definitely had a few absolutely useless spice bags. Some places care a lot more than others.