Irish Seafood Chowder
I guess my post on Ireland was very.... um completely useless.
Did i mention recipes? yes. so today the rain and sun and rain and sun made me feel so Ireland in the way of my birthday. While my trip to Dublin was a little bit horrifying in the most mild mannered way, one of the only...
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memorable things about my few days in Dublin has to be the seafood chowder I was blessed to experience on a day trip to Howth. By the water is a tiny hole with chairs worthy of being mistaken for a typical NYC restaurant on a side street off of Third Ave heading toward Alphabet City.
I won't lie to you. I never try not to lie to you. Dramatic exaggeration doesn't count does it....?
No really though, I won't lie to you. I chose this restaurant for its name...
I know..
I'm five years old.
Judge me.
I know..
I'm five years old.
Judge me.
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| I KNOW RIGHT?! tapas!!! |
So in I went into this teeny weeny room in the teeny weeny Octopussy's Seafood Tapas Bar and ordered some things..
like..
the SEAFOOD CHOWDER:
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| zomg. amazeballs. that drip directly mirrored the drool on my chin when I saw this come in. |
While I'm discussing this part of my trip, i think i should mention the OTHER amazing food that was ordered:
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| The paella was scrumptious and I still can't tell which spread was made with what... |
Everything was delicious but it was the seafood chowder that will forever linger in my brain. On days like today. With the rain and the dreary and the rain and the bleh...
What was in this god-like morsel?? I don't even...
Wait.
A quick google search shows this joygasmic bowl contains all of:
What was in this god-like morsel?? I don't even...
Wait.
A quick google search shows this joygasmic bowl contains all of:
mussels
squid
dublin bay prawns
crab claw
pancetta
mmmmm.......... yeah baby
food talk is soooo much sexier than dirty talk.
right?
.....
am i alone with that one?
shut up.
Well what can i do for myself other than wallow in despair at the lack of Ireland down the block? Did i mention recipes? really...
BRB
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Well my chowder was good. NOTHING like the seafood chowder of the gods that I had in Howth but delicious nonetheless. I can't tell you how disappointed I am that it didn't come out because I'm CRAVING like a junkie yearns for the crack! the itch is starting to settle in under the skin .... gahhhhh....
Too thin, too many veggies, too much corn, (this one i knew going into it..) needs smoked salmon and some smoked haddock, definitely needs soda bread on the side. WHAT WAS I THINKING!?? obviously not about taking a picture because I'm also the most complete failure of a food pornographer (<- does that terminology still apply?) as I can never remember to take a photo of the food before I pounce on it to shove it all into my fat face and then it's ooofs ah fohvot foo fage a fitger.. noms noms noms noms noms.
and so my quest for the perfect irish seafood chowder begins. I shall employ my dublin friends to go hunt down the recipe or i'll do it myself dammit! unfortunately this recipe is a bit pricey to be making over and over again until i can get it right so embarking on this mission is going to need some scheming and devious-ness-ness. No matter, i will find a recipe to keep in my tome of recipes (that doesn't actually exist yet) and until then-
To be continued...
Too thin, too many veggies, too much corn, (this one i knew going into it..) needs smoked salmon and some smoked haddock, definitely needs soda bread on the side. WHAT WAS I THINKING!?? obviously not about taking a picture because I'm also the most complete failure of a food pornographer (<- does that terminology still apply?) as I can never remember to take a photo of the food before I pounce on it to shove it all into my fat face and then it's ooofs ah fohvot foo fage a fitger.. noms noms noms noms noms.
and so my quest for the perfect irish seafood chowder begins. I shall employ my dublin friends to go hunt down the recipe or i'll do it myself dammit! unfortunately this recipe is a bit pricey to be making over and over again until i can get it right so embarking on this mission is going to need some scheming and devious-ness-ness. No matter, i will find a recipe to keep in my tome of recipes (that doesn't actually exist yet) and until then-
To be continued...
1 comments:
Write commentsDon't you talk about 3rd Ave like that. Or the side streets off 3rd ave. Unless that one place was on 4th. I had a pervy joke where i said something pervy and then clarified that i was actually talking about something decent, but i forget what it was, because doing that means you're not actually a pervert so you can sleep at night, though i had to cry myself there.
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