Ingredients 500g Pork Belly Slices (skin removed) 1tsp Cumin Seeds 1tsp Smoked Paprika 1 Lime (zested) 8 Small soft flour tacos Any assorted extras you fancy I recently moved from the city centre into slightly more compact digs on the Southside. This led me to the inevitable trip to Ikea on Wednesday last. Originally planning […]

10 years ago

Maybe it is because I am a chef and I like doing things the right, way but I’ve been getting annoyed by seeing some ridiculous kitchen gadgets of late that are on sale to help the budding home cook. You’d have to think that most of these are gimmicks and that they’d only ever be […]

10 years ago

We love finding and sharing the best things in Dublin with you here on the blog but we also encourage you guys to take photos with #lovindublin on either Twitter or Instagram. The standard seems to get better every single week and just firing up the Hashtag has us drooling and loving the city we […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 1 avocado 2 eggs Parmesan cheese Basil Oil I’m trying my best to be healthy at the moment, trying to resist all the chocolate and cakes that seem to keep crying out to me. When I’m trying to eat healthily, I aim to cram in as much protein and veggies as possible, and cut […]

10 years ago

The most exciting spot on the Dublin food scene right now is Green Beards juicery. Green Beards has brought the craze of cold pressed vegetable based juices to a whole new level in Dublin and their glass bottles filled with all different types of truly delicious juices are flying out the doors. You may think that Ireland has […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 1 avocado 2 small pears 1 large handful spinach Milk While we love the odd food indulgence or two here in Lovin Dublin, we think eating is all about balance and that healthy food should be as quick, easy and accessible as unhealthy food often is. This super healthy smoothie only has four ingredients […]

10 years ago

One of the best things about #lovindublin is that it helps us discover great new spots all around the city. When we saw a few people posting drool inducing pictures of Tamarama on Aungier Street we knew it was a cafe we needed to check it out straight away. I’m pretty sure the owners are […]

10 years ago

Last week was a bit of a wake up call that I should probably stick to what I know best and write about food. Makes sense really given that I spent the vast majority of my working life as a chef. The reviews here have always come from a chef’s perspective and been honest and […]

10 years ago

As you’ll know every week we now bring you not one but two phenomenal restaurants every week with LovinBox and this week our second restaurant of choice is the Greenery; a go to in Donnybrook for proper food in a really cool environment. Having had their wings, we think we’ll have to redo our best […]

10 years ago

Ingredients Fresh Crab Meat Avocado Sourdough Bread Eggs Chili Coriander Creme Fraiche The way we eat in summer always changes. I don’t know about you but I’m always over the heavy shit that we pile into our bodies in winter and light to change up my diet. I can’t say there is any big scientific […]

10 years ago

Michelle Darmody is one of the coolest foodies in Dublin, who is most well known for her famous Cake Cafe, an alternative spot that serves delicious food made with only the highest quality ingredients and a commitment to buying from Irish artisan food producers. It obviously goes without saying that the cake in Cake Cafe is ridiculously […]

10 years ago

Ingredients 1 Crusty Bread Roll 2 Smokey Rashers Rocket 1/2 Avocado Cherry Tomatoes Mayonaise Garlic Honestly, this is the best sandwich I’ve had in ages. I think the only thing that can possibly improve the classic BLAT (Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Tomato) sandwich is the garlic mayo that I’ve added below. This one was so good […]

10 years ago