The Hen House

The Hen House - Dublin

Hopped on the bike last Sunday and headed out towards Greystones but as we do live in Ireland it started to hailstone.

We were about 4km from Stillorgan so we decided to cycle onto there.

We locked up our bikes and headed into The Hen House http://www.thehenhouse.ie/

We had been here once before and ordered the chicken, bacon & lime mayo on Ciabatta and I was not disappointed.

This time I went for the beef burger and it was as good. It came with Onion Rings, Mushrooms, Tomato and lime mayo. The bun was bread not a normal bun.

I personally don't eat the bun's myself but that's because I find bread makes me very bloated. I was so full after this meal that I was glad I didn't the bread.

The only flaw is that they don't ask you how you want your burger cooked. I would like it medium rare but they standardly cook it well done. It is a family restaurant so that's probably why. If the sun is shining you can sit outside on the deck looking at the sea.

The restaurant was pretty packed on a Sunday at 2pm but you aren't sitting on top on the people next to you.

Damien went for the half chicken. Dishes here are around €10-€16 each. This can be a bit expensive but to be honest it was such a good feed, there was no need for dinner later.

Our bill came to €35 for the food. We only had water as we were cycling.

Zaragoza Dublin

Taste Sensation - Zaragoza Dublin

Went out for dinner last night with my best mate. We wanted to do some cheap casual eats but weren't sure where to go.

We walked past a few places and stopped in at this new Tapas bar on South William street called Zaragoza.

Were we in for a treat.....

The place was fully booked out but they have a large table that goes around the bar for walk ins. Having the place booked out and nearly full at 7pm on a Friday is a good sign.

The menu is split out as Fish, Meat, Vegetarian and Sides.

The menu recommends ordering 2 tapas each which I have to say was enough. Dishes range from approx €7.50 - €16. The €16 is for a 12oz steak so that's why it is more expensive. Most dishes are at the lower range.

We weren't sure weather to order 3 meat and 1 vegetarian but having chatted to the very helpful waitress we decided not to. My friend isn't mad on fish so we decided to order 2 meat & 2 vegetarian dishes.

We went for the Chicken Wings with blue cheese (hot & spicy), Duck in filo pastry with blackcurrent sauce, Goats cheese & spinach with apple compote and fries with truffle mayo & parmesan cheese.

All of this was €30. We were very full after.
We got 2 Corona's for €5 each which is pretty standard.

They do a cocktail of the day for €7.50. Every other cocktail is €9.50.
Spirit's are €5.50 and mixers are €2 each.

http://zaragozadublin.com/

After this we went onto Sinnotts for cocktails as they do 2 for €6 until 9pm.

http://www.sinnotts.ie/