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Avada · 19-09-2014 11:28AM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

It'll be something from here

http://asador.ie/menus/express-lunch-menu/

I'm seeing Adobo pork with morteau sausage in my future! and maybe a margarita (celebration lunch, not my typical Friday) depending on how much I have to do this afternoon

Oooooh, I want to go there! I was just talking to a friend about here last night, its only about 30 seconds from where I work so I have no excuses

MissFlitworth · 19-09-2014 11:52AM

Random_Name wrote: »

Oooooh, I want to go there! I was just talking to a friend about here last night, its only about 30 seconds from where I work so I have no excuses

I've been for dinner once and it was kinda only ok, but I think we got them on a bad night (there were 2 minutes of solid up-talk from the waitress about how amazing their cocktails were, the word 'mixologist' was used, and then I got a margarita so sour I had to return it. They were morto about that though). Work buddies go all the time and report it being lovely, hoping that today is an improvement!

Avada · 19-09-2014 11:55AM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

I've been for dinner once and it was kinda only ok, but I think we got them on a bad night (there were 2 minutes of solid up-talk from the waitress about how amazing their cocktails were, the word 'mixologist' was used, and then I got a margarita so sour I had to return it. They were morto about that though). Work buddies go all the time and report it being lovely, hoping that today is an improvement!

Any reviews I've heard have been excellent (including the cocktails). Lovin Dublin was the last one I read, and they aren't afraid to slate anyone if its rubbish

iwantmydinner · 19-09-2014 12:31PM

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Just don't do what they did and wander into the Celt next door, drink the place dry, make 4 new tourist best buddies and spend Saturday morning curled up in a ball on the couch with a basin near your head and me laughing at you

YOLO.

tampopo · 19-09-2014 01:55PM

I posted photos of shabbu shabbu twice recently in the What I had for Dinner Last Night thread. A crowd are opening a restaurant in NYC soon.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/18/national/hyogo-firm-to-test-u-s-prospects-for-shabu-shabu-chain-in-big-apple/#.VBwl7JRdWJS

Stheno · 19-09-2014 07:46PM

was watching masterchef, and an ad came on for a quooker, one of those instant hot taps.

Cheapest one I could price was about £1500:eek:

foodaholic · 19-09-2014 08:34PM

Stheno wrote: »

Cheapest one I could price was about £1500:eek:

Id rather boil the kettle

Stheno · 19-09-2014 08:47PM

foodaholic wrote: »

Id rather boil the kettle

I know, I was gobsmacked at the price.
Be a bit difficult to justify one!

dee_mc · 19-09-2014 09:13PM

Stheno wrote: »

I know, I was gobsmacked at the price.
Be a bit difficult to justify one!

Crazy price, they'll be cheaper in a few years though... whenever I win the lotto I'll get one

BaZmO* · 19-09-2014 09:17PM

Stheno wrote: »

was watching masterchef, and an ad came on for a quooker, one of those instant hot taps.

Cheapest one I could price was about £1500:eek:

They're crazy money alright, but you can get cheaper ones. We got one in work recently (the cheaper one) and it's brilliant.

The Black Oil · 20-09-2014 06:40PM

Back from a brief holiday in the States.

Portion sizes, America. Portion sizes.

Loire · 20-09-2014 07:19PM

Venison in the English Market this morning!!!

BaZmO* · 20-09-2014 08:30PM

Loire wrote: »

Venison in the English Market this morning!!!

The English Market sounds fantastic. I've never been unfortunately.

Faith · 21-09-2014 01:54AM

This might be a totally stupid question, but are conkers the same as chestnuts that you can eat? There's tons of conkers around here, and if I can eat them, I'm totally going to go collect them all. But on the other hand, I won't if they're the wrong type.

Kovu · 21-09-2014 01:57AM

Faith wrote: »

This might be a totally stupid question, but are conkers the same as chestnuts that you can eat? There's tons of conkers around here, and if I can eat them, I'm totally going to go collect them all. But on the other hand, I won't if they're the wrong type.

They have to be Sweet Chestnuts Faith! Please don't eat horse chestnuts aka conkers:eek: The nuts look very similar but sweet chestnut casings look like spiky lawn balls.

Faith · 21-09-2014 02:00AM

.Kovu. wrote: »

They have to be Sweet Chestnuts Faith! Please don't eat horse chestnuts aka conkers:eek: The nuts look very similar but sweet chestnut casings look like spiky lawn balls.

Phew, glad I asked

. I had a feeling there was a different type, but I've never cooked with chestnuts before. I said I'd ask here because it saves the time of trawling through Google when I couldn't think of the term 'horse chestnut'

.

They do look really similar, though!

Kovu · 21-09-2014 02:01AM

Considered it myself before until I did a bit of research. Shame as there's loads around me here as well.

Faith · 21-09-2014 02:05AM

I guess I'll have to make do with threading yarn through them and sneakily painting them with varnish for conker fights!

IvyTheTerrible · 21-09-2014 08:54AM

Faith wrote: »

This might be a totally stupid question, but are conkers the same as chestnuts that you can eat? There's tons of conkers around here, and if I can eat them, I'm totally going to go collect them all. But on the other hand, I won't if they're the wrong type.

We have a lot of sweet chestnuts over here, I can send some if you like (but they are only ripe in early october).
It's nearly chestnut jam time again!

MissFlitworth · 21-09-2014 10:41AM

My auntie roasted conkers once with a view to eating them, I think a single bite convinced her to stop.

Can't believe it's been a week since last Sunday already! No roast this week but I do have loads of cocktail sausages in the oven for a late breakfast of sausage rolls all round.

Dizzyblonde · 21-09-2014 11:16AM

Faith wrote: »

I guess I'll have to make do with threading yarn through them and sneakily painting them with varnish for conker fights!

Oh if only I'd known this when I was a child......

IvyTheTerrible · 21-09-2014 12:24PM

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Oh if only I'd known this when I was a child......

I knew about it, but it was only the lousers that did it! :mad:

SarahBeep! · 21-09-2014 01:49PM

I'm very excited for dinner tonight. Having beef stew. Chopped a third of a chorizo ring, friend it off with some garlic, threw the beef in on top to brown. In a pot had a rich beef stock pot, two table spoons of tomato purée and a table spoon of smoked paprika, about two pints of water brought to the boil with those mixed in and a very generous handful of red split lentils. Threw in the meat from the pan followed by two massive carrots chopped in big chunks and a giant onion. The I de-glazed the pan with about a glass of red wine which got chucked in on top. Gonna leave that simmer for a few hours. Mmmmmm.

Faith · 21-09-2014 05:27PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

We have a lot of sweet chestnuts over here, I can send some if you like (but they are only ripe in early october).
It's nearly chestnut jam time again!

You're very kind! But I'm in Canada these days and they might rot by the time they get here

. But apparently there's plenty of sweet chestnuts here too.

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Oh if only I'd known this when I was a child......

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I knew about it, but it was only the lousers that did it! :mad:

I actually didn't hear about the practice until a couple of years ago, when my Oh told me!

Loire · 21-09-2014 07:18PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

The English Market sounds fantastic. I've never been unfortunately.

I find it great..v handy getting everything under one roof. Good vibe there too. Boardsie cooking field trip?

:pac:

Loire · 21-09-2014 07:35PM

Faith wrote: »

This might be a totally stupid question, but are conkers the same as chestnuts that you can eat? There's tons of conkers around here, and if I can eat them, I'm totally going to go collect them all. But on the other hand, I won't if they're the wrong type.

Hi,

I made the soup below (without the duck) for Christmas last year and it was really nice.

http://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/food/recipes/2014/0219/4244-chestnut-and-wild-mushroom-soup-with-smoked-duck/

Loire.

MissFlitworth · 22-09-2014 09:42AM

Happy Monday everyone! I was at the tea rooms in the Phoenix Park yesterday and I didn't get any cake, I'm still feeling a bit blue about that. What was I thinking of?

Dizzyblonde · 22-09-2014 10:21AM

Very remiss of you MissF.
You should have gone to the café up at Farmleigh - there's no way you'd come out of there without eating cake

MissFlitworth · 22-09-2014 10:37AM

I really should have

The standard of food in the Phoenix Park is a bit amazing/surprising. Also, nothing like having a fizzy drink outside the tea rooms listening to Tigers bellow at people! (it's right beside the zoo for non-Dublin heads)

iwantmydinner · 22-09-2014 07:14PM

Just got a 5k bag of Maris Pipers in M&S for 2 yoyos, along with a rake of carrots and courgettes and some cooking apples, all reduced. 6 quid for the lot! It's gonna be a great few days!

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