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May 7, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Words: Shamim de BrúnImages: Unsplash I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we should all bless our palate and eat some mushrooms. Imagine walking into a butcher shop, but instead of rows of meat, you start to realise…what’s with all the mushrooms? They’re everywhere! Mushroom sausages, mushroom chicken wings, mushroom bacon, mushroom minced meat, even mushroom calamari. Welcome to the future of sustainable and vegan cooking, where mushroom butchery is centre stage and in the spotlight.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Words: Shamim de BrúnImages: George Voronov Coming to Dublin for the first time is exciting and intimidating. Let us take some of the pressure off by suggesting where to eat, drink and be merry. Dublin is a Gemini of a city, by which we mean it’s both as small as a town and as diverse as a city. It is characterized by a close-knit community ambience that meanders along the banks of the River Liffey between the canals and along the bay from Bray to Howth.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Words: Shamim de BrúnImages: Instagram Pubs: They’re like old friends, embracing you even when you’re a bit musty, never batting an eye at a night of revelry or your weekend uniform of workout gear. Despite some with mediocre fare, we adore them. But these pubs? They’re different.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Words: Shamim de BrúnImages: Instagra, If the mere mention of words like “pyjamas,” “blank email,” or “TikTok” sparks a sense of familiarity, congrats! You’re familiar with the home office hustle. Coffee shops, as sanctuaries from these distractions, serve a noble purpose. But not all cafés are created equal for productivity. Beyond serving good brews, they need to offer comfort, reliable Wi-Fi, and ample power outlets.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Chinese dining in Dublin is a diverse experience, ranging from bustling joints perfect for group gatherings to intimate spots ideal for cosy noodle nights. While there are a myriad of cuisines within Chinese cuisine, our perfections of what makes Chinese food have long been dominated by Szechuan flavours. These days, however, Dublin’s scene now boasts a rich tapestry of regional flavours, each deserving of recognition.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Words: Shamim de BrúnImages: Instagram We love a coffee shop date. Not because we secretly think caffeine is an aphrodisiac or because the hum of a milk frother is basically Barry White to our ears, but because a coffee date gives you flexibility. If the date goes well, you can casually move on to drinks or dinner; and if it’s a hard pass, you can be on your merry way without needing a mate to call you about a ‘very real emergency that is happening right now’.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Skip to content Booze Campari Coffee Cover Story Direct Provision Drugs Dublin Fashion Film Gigs HH13 Housing IMMA Interview LGBTQ+ Lists Literature Living Hell Made by District Made in Ireland News Politics Shite Talk Signature Dish Sustainability Technology Theatre Top Ten Tracks TV Ultimate Food Guide Visual Art Words: Shamim de Brún Images: Instagram Ya can’t knock getting home by 20:00. It’s genuinely quite nice, isn’t it? When it comes to dinner, the early bird usually catches a lot of...
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Skip to content Booze Campari Coffee Cover Story Direct Provision Drugs Dublin Fashion Film Gigs HH13 Housing IMMA Interview LGBTQ+ Lists Literature Living Hell Made by District Made in Ireland News Politics Shite Talk Signature Dish Sustainability Technology Theatre Top Ten Tracks TV Ultimate Food Guide Visual Art Words: Shamim de Brún Images: Instagram The art of the casual weeknight dinner is tricky to master. You need a place that’s easy to get into, will get you home and in bed by 22:00,...
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Skip to content Booze Campari Coffee Cover Story Direct Provision Drugs Dublin Fashion Film Gigs HH13 Housing IMMA Interview LGBTQ+ Lists Literature Living Hell Made by District Made in Ireland News Politics Shite Talk Signature Dish Sustainability Technology Theatre Top Ten Tracks TV Ultimate Food Guide Visual Art Ah, the full Irish —or what your Ma’ would call the “cooked breakfast” or your nanny might refer to as a ‘fry-up’. The ultimate Sunday morning after-Mass reward for bellies that...
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
charfoodguide.com | Shamim de Brún
Words: Shamim de BrúnImages: Instagram Irish people know their chicken. We are steadfast consumers of mountains of the stuff in all its various forms, but the chicken fillet burger has a particularly-special place among Dubs. In 2016, three million chickens were sacrificed every week to sate Irish appetites. In 1960, the World Health Organisation surveyed Irish consumption of all poultry. It found that we ate 6kg each a year. By 1980, that annual figure had reached more than 20kg for each.