Prawn Flavored Blog Post.

So apparently three blog posts a week is coasting, two is disappointing and one is simply unacceptable. At least according to Sam and Jenny. 

Which is shocking because they both know how lazy I am. 


Anywho, here is a forced blog post, if you pick up on any general contempt...you're very astute, good job.
So I recently found out that my sweet roommate Manon and her friend Leslie, both Frenchies, read my
blog!! I think that's very nice since I can never bring myself to read other people's blogs.

I tend to get bored.

So I'm always very flattered when I find out people are reading this blog and I was extra flattered in this case since Manon and Leslie speak English as a second language, and I'm sure it's a bit tedious for them to translate all of my colloquialisms.  




Well I've decided to dedicate this blog to food. 


One thing I've noticed about Ireland, and have heard is the same in England and Scotland, is their obsession with meat and cream. I had no idea, although it seems quite obvious now, that the simple, American dinner, meat and potatoes, is Irish. I mean I always assumed that was a 1950's, microwave dinner type of thing.

(Of course I knew potatoes were Irish, check the background of this page)



Anyhow, I have deemed this place the land of meat and potatoes, everything they make here has the addition of animal products in some form.

I went out for Chinese last night with an American friend, Zach, and he ordered vegetable chow mein, and I ordered vegetable curry. I've never had a curry like this. It was definitely vegan, but instead of a typical curried coconut milk sauce, my vegetables were in this weird sort of gravy.

Dear readers, if you could see the expression on my face while merely explaining this you would understand that this was not a good thing. I'm not a really big fan of gravy, I think it has it's time and place though (Time: Thanksgiving. Place: mashed potatoes.) and in my Chinese food, let alone a curry dish, is not one of them. 

Needless to say this was an Irish take on Chinese food, and I was the victim.

Zach and I were discussing chip flavors that we've noticed while here;


-Prawn
-Bacon
-Roasted Turkey
-Cheese and Onion

....just to name a few.

They have an obsession with Prawn flavored things here. I've noticed it in other forms besides chips. 

Also, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are an American thing. My Irish flatmate saw me making one and said, "Wow, you guys really do that?" 

Also, the peanut butter here comes in "American style". 

Zach was telling me that peanut butter itself is known as being very popular in America, much more so than the rest of the world.

I guess peanut butter is our marmite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite).


Last night Radhika and I went on a falafal hunt TO NO AVAIL.

We found this chain called "Abra Kadabra" that served falaf amongst hamburgers, french fries and tacos (they call themselves a "mexican restaurant"). BUT they don't have hummus, yogurt sauce, tahini or any other seemingly compatible sauce option for falafals. Nope instead they offer garlic sauce or barbeque.


I had been drinking a bit and when the man behind the counter said this i quite bluntly replied "Eww that's so gross"

and then there was a moment of awkward silence where I just stared at him.....I mean in retrospect I probably shouldn't have blamed this poor guy who, in his attempt at money making, unfortunately has aligned himself with such a sad excuse for a restaurant, but due to my mild intoxication these rationales were pushed out of my mind and replaced with disgust for the lack of cultural diversity evident in this country.

what the fuck is garlic sauce?



and who doesn't know that you eat falaf with either hummus, yogurt sauce or tahini?


needless to say Radhika and I booked it outta there and instead bought crappy pasta and couscous at the local grocery store.

So to sum up Ireland in regards to food. It's boring. But that's probably just because they put so much time and effort into developing their beverages, and honestly dear readers, when it comes to Irish drinks, I haven't any complaints.