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The 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread - Part II - Don't quote pics!
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We spruced up a beige dinner (frozen chicken kiev) with some fresh buttery corn on the cob, garlic roasted carrots and roast potatoes from my friend's garden. It was actually great, really hit the spot. Few Malteasers in front of the telly afterwards, too.
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the beer revolu wrote: »Had shepherd's pie from Sunday's leftover roast lamb on Monday.
Then had another one on Wednesday:D
Still one in the freezer (it's a bit shy on potato because you never, ever have enough potato to top all your pies:mad:)
tbr....the spuds on your pie looks fab!!!
Whats the secret please? 0 -
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Have been thinking about getting a ricer actually. Worth the cupboard space?
Secret to a good mash? It can't all be about butter! What's the best potato to use?
And if you have a bag of new white potatoes already sitting on your kitchen floor and you're craving nice mash, what's the best thing to do with them 0 -
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RentDayBlues wrote: »Tonight was lasagne for kids and it's going be to rendang from diep for me! I cannot wait, we were out to watch the Ireland game so didn't fancy cooking, to tide us over we had amazing chunky chips with a garlic and chilli mayo
So so disappointing! Arrived late and cold. Beef in the rendang was tough
And the hubby's prawn Penang had a grand total of 4 prawns
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RentDayBlues wrote: »So so disappointing! Arrived late and cold. Beef in the rendang was tough And the hubby's prawn Penang had a grand total of 4 prawns
Won't be ordering of them again in a hurry
Is this your husband?
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Don't know which one you used, but I can tell you Mango Tree in Rathfarnham is very, very good - and consistent (haven't been in the area to order off them in over a year though). First time I ordered off them it was an hour late, but the manager delivered it personally, apologising profusely about the delivery guy's car breaking down, giving me the food for free (I hadn't even complained, was busy and hadn't noticed how long it had been) AND gave me four free beers plus €10 off my next order. That was the only time it ever took longer than 20-25 minutes for them to get to me - now that's good customer service!
Apparently they have other ones out in Lucan, Sandyford and Greystones too.0 -
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the beer revolu wrote: »No secret round here.
Rice the spuds, add your s&p, butter, milk and rice again onto the pie.
Looks perfect!
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Happy birthday Dolbert
We'd roast chicken with lemon and honey, accompanied by steamed baby spuds, and roast carrot/parsnip and sweet potato with gravy.
Roast chicken skin that has been covered in honey is just pure nectar
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On Friday night we went to my folks house for dinner. Gin and tonics were the first item up, followed by prawn cocktail with white wine, roast beef & veg with red wine, and chocolate roulade with Irish coffees. It was brilliant, exactly what I needed after a stressful week of work and I slept like a baby.
Last night we had an easy dinner of burgers from the freezer topped with caramelised red onion and cheese, with homemade spicy potato wedges on the side.
This evening we're having one of my husband's experimental dinners - steak, mushroom, garlic & onion in a red wine and cream sauce, served on polenta toasts. He's cooking now and I'm sitting on the couch watching the rugby with a drink. Win! 0 -
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You're giving me too much credit thinking that I may have used a proper recipe.
I used a tub of paste, a couple of tins of coconut milk, lime juice, kaffir lime leaves, soy sauce, ginger, garlic & chillies, some black mustard seeds, green cardamom, cumin & ground coriander. Then added browned stewing steak, chickpeas, & diced peppers, courgette & spuds. Edit: Forgot onions & fish sauce.
Massaman-style would have been a better description. 0 -
The Hill Billy wrote: »You're giving me too much credit thinking that I may have used a proper recipe.
I used a tub of paste, a couple of tins of coconut milk, lime juice, kaffir lime leaves, soy sauce, ginger, garlic & chillies, some black mustard seeds, green cardamom, cumin & ground coriander. Then added browned stewing steak, chickpeas, & diced peppers, courgette & spuds. Edit: Forgot onions & fish sauce.
Massaman-style would have been a better description.
I've never heard of this before but it sounds like a mash up of all my favourite flavours. I'm off to google vegetarian recipes and give it a try.0 -
I had chinese colleagues who were saying some of the takeaway stuff here was very similar to what they get at home. IME it is greated exageratted how different it is, probably a lot by people who have never even been there. I have been over several times and they kept trying to bring me to KFC, I thought they thought I would not like the local food, but KFC is actually huge over there, and copycat fried chicken places, and outright fakes.Mystery Egg wrote: »I've ordered a Chinese.
If we're gonna give out prizes for inauthentic dinners
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC_in_ChinaKFC is the largest restaurant chain in China, with 4,563 outlets.[1]
According to research by Millward Brown, KFC was the most powerful foreign brand in China in 2013
Most places will do a "chicken balls, sweet & sour sauce and chips/rice/noodles" as a meal. If you are already getting chips and S&S sauce it might be worth considering the chicken balls, which maybe a little more, but maybe you are not a fan. If people are not aware of this common "meal" they might be paying well over the odds. e.g. if you went into any of the various ones near me and asked in this way, "chicken balls..... chips.... can of coke....oh, and a curry sauce" you could be paying a few euro more than if you had asked for the can last.Our typical order is spring rolls, dry veg chow mein, chips, sweet & sour sauce.
In most chinese takeaways the "meal" only shows sweet & sour sauce, but I have never come across a place that did not substitue one of the other standard sauces for this, if its priced the same in the extras menu. I cringe when I hear people order half/small chicken balls, sauce and rice/chips/noodles. It is often cheaper to throw away the extra chicken balls if you really do not want them.0 -
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no, don't think I would have risked a hitler bucket! Only saw a few called LFCLol at some of those signs! Did you get a chance to try the Obama or Hitler chicken over there?
The takeaways like these are not particularly cheap either. Some are just attracting wealthy chinese going there for show. For the price of a starbucks coffee 3 doors down you might get a side of pork for little more in a good restaurant.
There was a bruce lee branded place too. Think there is one in dublin too.
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