May 28, 2008 Yeah, it’s coming, this June Bank Holiday weekend, 30 May - 2 June! Majestic tall ships, lively street theatre, uplifting music and a colourful outdoor food market - the Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival!
So, what we’ve got here on Liffey Quays, in terms of food (what else???): Eat the rest of this entry »
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May 27, 2008 
Facts:
- It’s great to take a few steps in Temple Bar area in City Center, just to look at the people, pubs and gardai walking.
- And, even more, it’s fantastic to eat in Temple Bar. For example, I recently ate at Quays Restaurant, in the heart of TB.
The Story:
I must say from the start: the creamy seafood chowder was absolutely amazing. Actually, it was that good that I would have eaten like 4-5 portions in a row! Eat the rest of this entry »
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May 23, 2008 
I was in Bucharest/Romania for 3 days. Obviously, I couldn’t keep myself too far away from a food store or from my parents fridge, as they always keep some good food stuff in there.
So, from the food store I bought “cașcaval afumat împletit” (3,20 euro = 500 grams) - a braided smoked kashkaval. And from my parents fridge I “borrowed” a very traditional cheese from Romanian mountains, “Brînză de burduf în coajă de brad” - a pungent cheese cured in fir tree bark (the most common kind is cured in the cow’s stomach). Eat the rest of this entry »
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May 12, 2008 
Until March this year, before moving to Ireland, I believed that I lived in the “Potatoes Country”:)). But here I am in Ireland and, mighty surprise, the potato strikes again! This time, harder:)). Everywhere you eat, you must have potatoes: mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, baked potatoes, potatoes salad, boiled potatoes……
I’m wondering when I’ll have my “potato stake”:). For example, I went to a very respectable restaurant a few days ago and along with the stake there were boiled potatoes, baked potatoes and potatoes vodka. Eat the rest of this entry »
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May 5, 2008 
We had our first Bank Holiday in Ireland on May 5. So, even if we stayed at home, we managed to cook some good meal:)). A little bit of caprese (organic tomatoes + mozzarella + olive oil + oregano), some grilled Romanian sausages from the Polish Store:)) and, of course, a lot of grilled baby potatoes, peppers and chestnut mushrooms. All garnished with beer. Beeeeeers. Eat the rest of this entry »
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Cristian Roman, 30, Freelance (Food) Journalist, Ireland
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