Dining NOW Guide. This Week's Choices In Cork

Dining NOW Guide. This Week's Choices In Cork

(Contact me before 1.00pm Wed with a sentence, a pic and a link to menu, plan to update regularly)

 w/e 18/4/2021 Update #3

Click and Collect. At Home. Takeout. Takeaway.

Greenes add picnic box to their options!

Hake, a regular on Greenes At Home Menus.

We have some great additions to our click & collect offering this month. As the weather is improving and the restrictions are slowly lifting, we added a stunning PICNIC BOX to our offering to make the most of it! Selection of Artisan Cheeses, Charcuterie, Bread and Condiments with a Picnic Cloth, Napkins & Cutlery Included. (Don't forget to add a nice bottle of wine to go along with it.

Also added is our signature 6-COURSE TASTING MENU.

For more information and to order please visit

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Good Day Deli

Why not grab a Shaky Bridge?

GDD Garden Grab + Go

Our delicious Garden Grab + Go Brunch Menu to compliment your daily adventure out into the real world 🌳 🧭 For collection, we have a new entrance at Evergreen Street (See Map) You’ll be greeted here by our team who will run you through our new system. All the menu and details here.

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O'Mahony's Watergrasshill

Keep smiling. That's the message from Dockland. Check out their menu here

Goldie Has Fish Box #5

Ahmet Dede at Customs House Baltimore

New Week, New Menu,

Thank you so much for last week once again you guys are amazing with all your support and love you shown We can't wait to get going and open our outdoor space and start cooking, serving and having a bit of normal time with you dear friends.

This week we are open Friday to Sunday.

Check the menus & details here

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Liberty Grill Deliver

LIBERTY GRILL HOME DINING

3 Courses

Fri 16th / Sat 17th April €30 per person - FREE delivery in the great Cork city area

Pre Order online LibertyGrill.ie @libertygrillcork

Simple as.. We deliver on the day, when ready turn on your oven to 180 or 160 fan, Pop hot appetiser in for 8 mins, While you enjoy these, pop in your mains & sides, they will be ready as soon as you've finished your appetiser!

We offer a selection of wines at off-licence prices which we can deliver with your meal. Menus here.

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There’s one region we simply could not ignore on our virtual wine tour, so we’re heading to Burgundy this week. For this  box, we’ve chosen a selection from the many treats that we think will really bring out the flavours in this beautiful wine and bring you on a gastronomic tour of Burgundy. 

€50 for 2 people. Orders to info@latitude51.ie by midday Thurs. Collection Fri 16th April from 5-6.30

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Ballymaloe Buffet at Your House!

The Hors d’œuvre buffet has long been a tradition at Ballymaloe House. This weekend we have chosen a selection of our favourites for you to enjoy at home. Your complete meal is ready to eat for 2 people. Your safe collection time will be allocated when ordering. Preparation instructions are included. The below items are available for collection on Friday the 16th of April. Please click here to purchase or ring 021 021 465 2531.

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Jacques are ready to feed you!

Heat At Home Menu. Phone lines now open, to order please call 0214277387. Collections are on Friday & Saturday.

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The Glass Curtain

FRIDAY 16TH APRIL €50 for 2 people sharing

Tandoori Monkfish tail, coconut dal, Bombay potatoes, garlic and ginger buttered greens, roti flatbreads Buttermilk pudding, blood orange, caramelized honey granola 

Suggested Wine Pairing: PINOT GRIS - LITTLE BEAUTY, MARLBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND 2017 €30.

Click and collect

Just one of the meals on offer this weekend from the Glass Curtain. See rest of menu and order here from noon on Monday 12th April.

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Vienna Woods Hotel

Takeaway Menu Here. 

Two Courses for only €21.95


Three Courses for only €25.95

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Lovely views at Bunny's. And lovely food too. Check out the Cook@home menu here

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Killavullen Farmers Market Returns Saturday 17th!

 

Killavullen Farmers Market returns for 2021 on Saturday 17^th of April and will take its traditional fortnightly place in the calendar for the rest of the year, fingers crossed! After an extended hiatus since the last market in December, the stall holders and customers alike are eager to get back. 

Following funding provided by the excellent Avondhu Blackwater Partnership, each stall holder will have their own gazebo ensuring the marketing can take place outdoors with the required social distancing at one of the oldest farmers markets in Ireland.

 Now into its 20^th year, they will have their regular Saturday market on 10:30a.m. until 1p.m. in the grounds of the Nano Nagle Centre, on the main road between Castletownroche and Mallow. The market is continually evolving and continues to surprise each week!

All regular stallholders return to the market for 2021 so you will be able to purchase a range of products from locally grown seasonal vegetables, handcrafted baked goods, Arbutus breads, jams, chutneys and cordials. There is a fine selection of meat, smoked salmon, yoghurts. . 

 

Killavullen farmers market is a great spot to pick up crafted goods including knitwear, kids toys and wood products.  The second hand bookstore is a must for any reader. All books cost 50 Cent and donations of books are also gladly accepted. 

 

Unique to Killavullen Market is the KOB (Killavullen Organic Buyers grouping). Here you can order bulk foods and household supplies at discounted prices. Pop along to the market to find out more as this has been a great way to source difficult to get products during lockdowns!

 

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/killavullenfarmersmarket/

Saturday Morning Stroll Through Cork's Millennium Garden

 Saturday Morning Stroll Through Cork's Millennium Garden

Sean MacCarthy's "Eden"

Coat of Arms

Ducklings and mother at edge of the river

Bridge over Lr Glanmire Rd to Carrig House etc. Most of pics taken from here.

Approaching from the east

South bank

North bank

South

ESB Marina

Carrig House

North

New buildings on north bank

South bank

Pairc Ui Chaoimh

Solar Power (Air Synergy) Lr Glanmire Rd

Millennium "2"

Goldie lands another winner with Bosca na Farraige #4

Goldie lands another winner

with Bosca na Farraige #4

You can buy all kinds of food boxes and kits for eating at home these days. There are many excellent ones available around the country and many in the Cork area have been covered here in the blog. A large variety of cuisines are offered. Many different prices too! There is one available from Michelin starred Aimsir. It costs €210.00. The one I got last Friday from Goldie (they have a Michelin bib) cost just €35.00 and I enjoyed it very much indeed.

The initial list hardly tells the whole story:

Lobster Cocktail Marie Rose.
Smoked Haddock Kedgeree Pasty.

Chervil & Seaweed Scones.

Whipper Thermidor Butter.

Gherkin Ketchup/Ale Muster/Kraut.

'Beelionaires' Caramel Slice.

By the way, there is no cooking involved here!

This is your Lobster Cocktail Marie Rose. It is Crosshaven lobster claw and tail steamed and dressed in Goldie Marie rose sauce with a salad of iceberg, cos and fennel. Superb starter

This was our "main course", the Smoked Haddock Kedgeree Pasty. The pasty is filled with haddock and potato kedgeree. It is ready to eat cold but we got a tip to warm it in the oven for a few minutes and we were on a winner. It was delicious and even more so with the surprising Gherkin ketchup (I loved that). Not so much with the mustard kraut but that is down to personal taste rather than anything to do with quality!

You often see seaweed listed in the ingredients but it doesn't always impact on the dish. Here it did, in a delightful way. These Chervil and Seaweed scones were a favourite of mine. I managed to keep one of the four for the following day when it tasted just as well if not better. Also in the picture is the Whipped Thermidor Butter, a compound butter flavoured with all the ingredients that usually feature in a thermidor sauce that is classically served with lobster!

Goldie has won its spurs as a fish restaurant but their desserts never disappoint. This 'Beelionaires' Caramel Slice (x4) was superb, a well thought out finalé, not too heavy and not too light, just the job.

Each week, Goldie includes a "simple recipe" in each Bosca. This week, they featured their lovely Marie Rose Sauce.

What will they come up with for the coming weekend? They post it on their social media early in the week so do look out for Bosca na Farraige #5!

FAMILIES ASKED TO JOIN SEARCH FOR IRELAND’S BEST BANANA DESSERT CREATION

FAMILIES ASKED TO JOIN SEARCH FOR IRELAND’S

 BEST BANANA DESSERT CREATION 

 

Banana importers Fyffes has issued an invitation to mums, dads and children throughout Cork and beyond to join in a search to find Ireland’s ‘Best Banana Dessert’ creation.

 

Fronting the search to find this year’s winning creations is Ireland’s well-known television cook, Donal Skehan whose programmes are a favourite amongst viewers and wannabe cooks. The popular presenter hopes to repeat the success of last year, when his task was to judge Ireland’s most creative banana bread bakers – a quest that gave widespread recognition to the talents of Ireland’s overall winner, Cobh native Gillian Carney and another Cork winner, Heather O’Sullivan from Bantry who topped the ‘Best Gluten-Free’ category.

 

Donal enjoying the help from siblings Ellie (9) and Ryan (7) Connor.

Reward will go to the overall winner and best junior baker with recognition for originality in a number of other areas. Entries are open from 14th – 19th April, with winners announced on National Banana Day itself, 21st April, an initiative devised to support the national drive to encourage healthy eating, especially amongst young and growing children.

 

Details and entries online at Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/FyffesIreland/ and Instagram –  http://www.instagram.com/fyffes_ireland/

using #FyffesGBBO21