There's a spicy, fatty, energy dense feeling to our hit list this week, which probably says a lot about the never-ending winter we're going through. Plenty of time yet before the season of less clothes starts, so we'll be bulking up on this lot for the foreseeable...
1) Hot Pep Danish, Elliot's
When two icons collide. Elliot's are tipping their hat to Bambino with the new 'Hot Pep Danish', named after the slice shop's most famous pizza. Croissant dough is filled with ricotta, pepperoni, jalapeños and finished with hot honey, and it sounds like a recipe for a long queue outside.
2) The Big Matt, Hawksmoor
We're unapologetic food snobs, with no time for fast food chains serving additive filled, copy and paste food, using intensively reared meat and 56 ingredients in their most famous burger. However, when one of the world's best steakhouses does their own version of that burger, we're here and hungry for it. Hawksmoor's "The Big Matt" was named the world's best burger in 2023, and it's just landed in Dublin. Race ya.
3) Butter chicken ramen, Soup DL
Soup in Dun Laoghaire are known for Japanese ramen, not Indian curry, but their latest special is bringing both culinary wonders to the seaside suburb. Their new butter chicken ramen has a base of 12-hour chicken broth, with Indian style butter chicken, Bombay mix, crispy shallots, diced kimchi, fermented red cabbage, and spring onion. And as if all that wasn't enough, it's served with a side of poori bread.
4) Biryani, Adda, Clanbrassil Street
There are few things worse than a dry, tasteless Biryani, and Adda's looks like the opposite of that statement. You could go for the classic chicken yes, but we're loving the sound of the veggie one with paneer cheese, and if lamb is on as a special, obviously you order that.
5) Croissant cheesecake, Medialuna
We've had this croissant cheesecake from Medialuna once, and this pic brought the creamy, crunchy flavours crashing back in our brains. This one is spiked with a red berry centre, and you'll find us sniffing out their following list on Instagram to search for stockists.
