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A shiny new thread for us all to talk pure shite whilst we wait for lockdown to end

@Joolsin

My personal favourite lately has been a Venezuelan place called Arepas Grill in the city centre. A Venezuelan friend of mine says it's proper Venezuelan food too.

That sounds fab, nothing I can suggest sounds more interesting than that! We like Konkan for Indian, there's one in Dundrum and one in Clanbrassil Street. The Night Market in Ranelagh is supposed to be good. I've seen so many meal kits from restaurants written about in the papers but haven't bothered with any of them.

Some of my friends are raving about a Korean place called Jaru, which would possibly be in your area I'd say. Somewhere around Nutgrove. It's on my To Try list when I can finally get over there!

Adore the NightMarket, I've only ever been in there for dinner though. I didn't know they were takeaway now. Must try Konkan!

@Apileofballyhoo

Tis far from Venezuelan food I was reared sionnach! I'd love any kind of meal I didn't have to cook these days, especially love the idea of putting on nice clothes and heading somewhere for a meal. If the clothes aren't too tight it would be an added bonus.

This!!! I miss restaurants (and pubs, and travel, and friends, blah, blah, etc). When they reopened last summer we splashed out and went to Ananda in Dundrum for the first meal out - it was soooooo good 😋

Now I'm hungry!

I miss eating out so much. I love going to Dublin for the variety of cuisines you can try. My town had Chinese, chipper or pub grub.
I’ve promised the kids we’ll go to SuperMacs later so a girl can dream of fancy dinners 😆

@SionnachRua I think you may be a target. 🤫
I'm in agreement they could have done a bit of research on pronunciation it was ignorant to assume - Google pronunciation next time.

I can't wait for a meal in a restaurant too with a nice glass of wine. Daydreaming for the moment.

I was dating this guy who spelled my name wrong on messages the whole time we dated. Now that’s annoying!

I can eat in a restaurant as I am not in Ireland right now, and all restaurants are open here, but I have been daydreaming about Ireland, I miss it.

@Mayzee haha, that is funny.

@Sarahtrue11

Do people care that much about names? My name has been pronounced wrong so many times. I genuinely didn't care in the slightest. I actually let a woman at work call me the wrong name for a long time, (variation of my name)vbecause I couldn't be bothered correcting her haha

It’s basic courtesy to pronounce a person’s name correctly. If you can’t read it you find out another way how to pronounce it.

@CliffsofMohair just to politely say, not for everyone. I have a commonly mispronounced name, and it has never annoyed me, ever if some one says it wrong.

Especially when I am in another country, and I know that they find it difficult to pronounce.

Maybe some people do get offended by it.

Have they said when they are opening restaurants in Ireland? Is there any more news on coming out of Covid. I know the 5km is being lifted this month

My name has a th in it, which is difficult for a lot of Irish people to pronounce. I dislike my name so don't care.

Sarah anseo. 😁

@Sarahtrue11

What about people calling Micheál, "me-hole", in Ireland.

I am hearing that everywhere!

You realise that's primarily a joke, right? Ivan Yates called him Me-hole in an interview last year and it kicked off on Twitter.

I have no patience with newscasters mispronouncing Irish names.

There's a BBC pronunciation unit whose job is to research and produce a guide to pronunciation for presenters, so it's ridiculous to pretend that there's some hapless newsreader who sees 'the Irish Taoiseach, Micheál Martin' come up on the autocue and panics because he or she has literally never seen it before, and has absolutely no idea how to say it.

It's basic professionalism, just as when I'm giving a lecture on post-colonial literature I look up, if I don't already know how to say, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Or I don't call JM Coetzee 'Coatsy'.

It's not my fault if I don't automatically know how to pronounce either name. It's disrespectful and unprofessional if I don't look it up, make sure my source is good, and make sure I say it correctly once I know.

Starving now!

My favourite Chinese take away is Castello on Drimnagh Rd, looking forward to being able to get over there soon.

We have Camille a lot, they are right beside us. I miss going for burgers, I like The Counter in Dundrum.

I miss all/any restaurant tbh

@MadamBatty

Sarah anseo. 😁

MadamBatty anseo :(

@AnnieJ1985

Starving now!

My favourite Chinese take away is Castello on Drimnagh Rd, looking forward to being able to get over there soon.

We have Camille a lot, they are right beside us. I miss going for burgers, I like The Counter in Dundrum.

I miss all/any restaurant tbh

mm I love Chinese

You realise that's primarily a joke, right? Ivan Yates called him Me-hole in an interview last year and it kicked off on Twitter.

I have no patience with newscasters mispronouncing Irish names.

There's a BBC pronunciation unit whose job is to research and produce a guide to pronunciation for presenters, so it's ridiculous to pretend that there's some hapless newsreader who sees 'the Irish Taoiseach, Micheál Martin' come up on the autocue and panics because he or she has literally never seen it before, and has absolutely no idea how to say it.

It's basic professionalism, just as when I'm giving a lecture on post-colonial literature I look up, if I don't already know how to say, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Or I don't call JM Coetzee 'Coatsy'.

It's not my fault if I don't automatically know how to pronounce either name. It's disrespectful and unprofessional if I don't look it up, make sure my source is good, and make sure I say it correctly once I know.

Yes it started out as a joke, but I am just pointing out that he is not spoken about with a lot of respect in Ireland. If anyone texts me from Ireland, it is all saying the same thing, "the Government are a shambles, me -hole has done this , that and the other" All of the online Irish forums are calling him Me-hole too.

I don't mind him myself, but I am looking forward to Leo taking his turn

I've had my dinner but now want takeaway after reading your posts about food. I have got into the bad habit of eating very little all day, then eating lots in the evening.

My favourite takeaway is Domino's pizza.

@Sarahtrue11 it’s a case of we can call him Mehole cos he’s ours. Like you can slag off your brother but don’t anyone outside the family try!

I agree that an attempt should be made to find out the correct pronunciation of names, it’s courtesy and good manners. And certainly a national broadcaster should not get the name of a leader of another country wrong.

I know that habit saga, I pick at stuff during the day instead of having a proper meal and then I'm not hungry properly at mealtimes and starving later on.

Sionnach your suspicious Dad made me laugh. Mine would have tried and eaten anything but it wasn't a dinner unless it had spuds.

@Apileofballyhoo

I know that habit saga, I pick at stuff during the day instead of having a proper meal and then I'm not hungry properly at mealtimes and starving later on.

Sionnach your suspicious Dad made me laugh. Mine would have tried and eaten anything but it wasn't a dinner unless it had spuds.

My father never ate pizza or pasta in his life.

'I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!'

Meat, potato, two veg.

I love the idea of all the brilliant restaurants in Dublin, definitely much much more choice and quality than where I am – but when we are actually there, going "into town" always seems like a lot of hassle with the kids. The one constant is we always get fish and chips from Beshoffs with lots of vinegar and eat them on the seafront.

By the time we are allowed back into Ireland I will expect the kids to be able to behave in a nice restaurant though so I'll come back to ye all the ln for recommendations!

@SecondRow

I love the idea of all the brilliant restaurants in Dublin, definitely much much more choice and quality than where I am – but when we are actually there, going "into town" always seems like a lot of hassle with the kids. The one constant is we always get fish and chips from Beshoffs with lots of vinegar and eat them on the seafront.

By the time we are allowed back into Ireland I will expect the kids to be able to behave in a nice restaurant though so I'll come back to ye all the ln for recommendations!

I know. I am in a country where restaurants and coffee shops are open, and I am not appreciating it, because all I can think of is how hard it is to get back into Ireland.

I think I am going to try to stop thinking about it for a month, and appreciate where I am.
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