The Definitive Limerick Restaurant and Takeaway Thread

Tefral

I had the Pizza in La Cucina monday.. gotta say was underwhelmed. Fine size, just lacked the quality of the ones in Cobble Stones.

Ill probably be shot for saying it.

Mc Love

Tefral wrote: »

I had the Pizza in La Cucina monday.. gotta say was underwhelmed. Fine size, just lacked the quality of the ones in Cobble Stones.

Ill probably be shot for saying it.

zulutango

Well, he's on to something. La Cucina is superb for pasta dishes. For pizza, not so much.

Mc Love

I'm not sure what you mean, their pizzas are phenomenal especially the wagon wheel.

1. Papa Ginos
2. LaPiccola Pizzeria
3. LaCucina

That would be my preference in terms of best pizza in Limerick

pajoguy

Mc Love wrote: »

I'm not sure what you mean, their pizzas are phenomenal especially the wagon wheel.

1. Papa Ginos
2. LaPiccola Pizzeria
3. LaCucina

That would be my preference in terms of best pizza in Limerick

La Cucina opening in Henry St. soon enough. Not sure if it was mentioned here before.

Exeggcute

Da Vincenzo is the nicest pizza I have ever had.

bigpink

pajoguy wrote: »

La Cucina opening in Henry St. soon enough. Not sure if it was mentioned here before.

Where abouts?

Exeggcute

bigpink wrote: »

Where abouts?

Where cafe cupcake used to be and a few other failed cafe's.

bigpink

Exeggcute wrote: »

Where cafe cupcake used to be and a few other failed cafe's.

They will do well had it once before and here its mobbed in castletroy

James Bond Junior

I was there on Saturday. I had a pollo ciabatta. Absolutely delicious but they could do with being a bit more generous. No side salad, no crisps. 5.70 for half a ciabatta roll with some chicken and lettuce is pretty steep no matter how good it tastes.

Swiper the fox

Exeggcute wrote: »

Da Vincenzo is the nicest pizza I have ever had.

that is a huge surprise to read, Da Vicenzo is a lovely restaurant and the pizzas are decent but really nothing to write home about in this day and age where good pizza is everywhere.

le_girl

Swiper the fox wrote: »

that is a huge surprise to read, Da Vicenzo is a lovely restaurant and the pizzas are decent but really nothing to write home about in this day and age where good pizza is everywhere.

I'd also say that Da Vincenzo's are the nicest I've ever had. Different tastes maybe.

Garry123

I would say that there isn't a proper Italian restaurant in Limerick, if not Ireland. Pasta & pizza do not represent food from Italy.

bazz26

Chicken curry with rice doesn't represent food from China either yet it's on the menu in every Chinese restaurant here.

Mc Love

Garry123 wrote: »

I would say that there isn't a proper Italian restaurant in Limerick, if not Ireland. Pasta & pizza do not represent food from Italy.

Have you been to Italy? Do you know any Italians? They'd laugh in your face at your statement

Garry123

I've been to Italy on many occasions. I have eaten both pasta and pizza while there and they are certainly part of the diet. I have also eaten Saltim Bocca, Ossobuco etc which I never see on menus here. I have never seen spaghetti bolognese in Italy, and I have been to Bologna.

highlydebased

Garry123 wrote: »

I've been to Italy on many occasions. I have eaten both pasta and pizza while there and they are certainly part of the diet. I have also eaten Saltim Bocca, Ossobuco etc which I never see on menus here. I have never seen spaghetti bolognese in Italy, and I have been to Bologna.

Well, they refer to Spag Bol as Ragu or something over there

Mc Love

Garry123 wrote: »

I've been to Italy on many occasions. I have eaten both pasta and pizza while there and they are certainly part of the diet. I have also eaten Saltim Bocca, Ossobuco etc which I never see on menus here. I have never seen spaghetti bolognese in Italy, and I have been to Bologna.

So you'd like more veal on the menu in Irish Italian restaurants?

What you are getting is a general representation of Italian cuisine in Irish Italian restaurants. Each region in Italy has their own cuisine, you can hardly expect them to list every type of food. Even if they did, the quality of the food wouldn't even be good as there is so much choice and items on the menu that it would be impossible to keep food fresh.

Garry123

Ragu is the sauce, which contains very little meat. Pasta is never eaten as a main meal, it is always the Secondi.

The typical Italian meal consists of

Antipasta
Secondi (typically pasta, polenta etc)
Primi (Meat, Fish etc)
Dolce

Having eaten in Italy and eaten in Italian restaurants here, they are miles apart.

Mc Love

Garry123 wrote: »

Having eaten in Italy and eaten in Italian restaurants here, they are miles apart.

Having been there myself and eaten in Italian restaurants, it depends on where you are dining as I mentioned above each region has their own cuisine.

In some of the restaurants I've dined in, there wasnt that much difference.

Garry123

I don't want or expect Italian restaurants here to do anything, I merely stated that pasta and pizza do not represent Italian food, which is as you point out regional. Pizza is from Naples while pasta is from the Mezza Giorno.

zulutango

Garry123 wins

Mc Love

Garry123 wrote: »

I don't want or expect Italian restaurants here to do anything, I merely stated that pasta and pizza do not represent Italian food, which is as you point out regional. Pizza is from Naples while pasta is from the Mezza Giorno.

They are regional indeed, but in general terms that is what the masses believe to be representative of Italian food and in some cases they are representative of Italian food.

Take for example the following from the following Life in Italy website

There are not many nations that can say their national dish has become an international phenomenon. Italy has two such dishes, pasta and, of course, pizza. Both are famous all over the world, both have made the history of Italian food.

Nothing says Italy like its food, and nothing says Italian food like pasta. Pasta is integrant part of Italy's food history Wherever Italians immigrated they have brought their pasta along, so much so today it can be considered a staple of international cuisine.

But then again, you could say it originated in Greece.

PetKing

Yeah I instantly think of Greece when I think of pasta to be honest. And pizzas just scream of the German culture.

Special Circumstances

What tony123 is saying here I think is that this is faux Italian cuisine?

h3000

Special Circumstances wrote: »

What tony123 is saying here I think is that this is faux Italian cuisine?

Who's Tony? :D

Special Circumstances

h3000 wrote: »

Who's Tony? :D

Sorry he just sounds like another poster who closed his account recently.

Garry123

Nothing faux about pizza and pasta but they do not represent the whole Italian cuisine.

Special Circumstances

Garry123 wrote: »

Nothing faux about pizza and pasta but they do not represent the whole Italian cuisine.

Where do you stand on irish bars? Or Indian restaurants?

Garry123

Pass me my soap box.

Irish bars outside of Ireland are usually an abomination. I don't understand people on two weeks holidays socialising in The Aul Dubliner etc, save the air fare and stay at home.

I haven't been to India but I understand that most of the food passing as Indian here bears little if any resemblence to that on offer over there. Indian food is very regionalised and dependent on the religious leanings of its origins. However Indians of my acquaintance tell me that Mogul Emperor rates pretty highly.