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🗞️ Sunday Times Ireland Restaurant Critics 📝 Writers: Food & Drink | Travel | Eurovision 📚 Hot Fat authors & 💻 Substack: Chip Paper

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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 18/06/2025
Latest from us @rte.ie — 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fo...
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Serving Pride: 20 Irish LGTBQ+ cafes and restaurants to support
Pride is year-round and found in cities, towns and villages across the entire island of Ireland, here are some businesses to support.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 08/06/2025
This week’s @thetimes.com Ireland restaurant review: Two Boys Brew, Dublin 7 www.thetimes.com/article/f7d6...
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Two Boys Brew, Dublin, review: Melbourne brunch arrives in Ireland
Open since 2016, the North Circular Road hotspot was the cornerstone of the capital’s brunch revolution and, with its largely unchanged menu, it is still the OG
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
#RecipeOfTheDay is my twist on a French classic: Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic! Don’t be afraid: the garlic cloves steam so sweetly in their skins. Squish into the sauce as you eat, spreading some on chunks or slices of bread www.nigella.com/recipes/chic...
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Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic
When I was young, this old French classic was still — though in a quiet way — very much in vogue. I dare to say it was because the novelty of using so many garlic cloves had not worn off; it seemed so...
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 31/05/2025
New from us on @rte.ie — www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fo...
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From UL to UCD, these college restaurants are open to the public
If you fancy delving into the culinary arts, here are six for starters...
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Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Exactly 10 years ago today Ireland became the first country in the world to vote YES to Marriage Equality ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #YES10 #marref10
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hew @hew.gg · 16/05/2025
gays will be like “she saved my life” and it’s just Erika riding a golden mic stand x
Finnish Eurovision contestant Erika riding a golden mic stand high above the semi final 2 stage with the world’s ICH KOMME flashing in the background.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 16/05/2025
This year all the Nordics 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 AND all the Baltics 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 are competing together in the #Eurovision grand final First time since 2014 for the Nordics all together and first time since 2015 for all the Baltics
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Sam Ross @escinsider.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Finland closes the show tonight...brings us to a climax...seriously, how can a country known for being so cold get so hot? #Eurovision
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 10/05/2025
Surprise! Tomorrow’s @thetimes Ireland review online already: Niall Sabongi’s Seafood Cafe in Temple Bar www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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The Seafood Café, Temple Bar review — a Chappell Roan-laced fish spot
Niall Sabongi continues to push us out of our comfort zones
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Anyone on social media doesn’t need to be told that people can be odd, but this comment below a book review in the Sunday Times is really quite something! (Good reply to it, though.)
Comment under a book review in the Sunday Times: “Book Advert”! Plus response to it: “It’s in the review section. Do you baulk at the film reviews because you think they might be persuading you to go to the cinema?”
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 10/05/2025
Surprise! Tomorrow’s @thetimes Ireland review online already: Niall Sabongi’s Seafood Cafe in Temple Bar www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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The Seafood Café, Temple Bar review — a Chappell Roan-laced fish spot
Niall Sabongi continues to push us out of our comfort zones
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 08/05/2025
Wrote about our own small collection… open.substack.com/pub/chippape...
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Our Own Collection of Irish-made Knives
We had spent so much of 2020 and 2021 championing Irish produce, from farmers and brewers to bakers and cheesemakers.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 08/05/2025
Wrote about our own small collection… open.substack.com/pub/chippape...
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Our Own Collection of Irish-made Knives
We had spent so much of 2020 and 2021 championing Irish produce, from farmers and brewers to bakers and cheesemakers.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 04/05/2025
A fab little farmhouse restaurant we also went to on a trip to Pembrokeshire in May ‘24 — also found Llys Meddyg in Newport to be sensational
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 29/04/2025
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Reposting just because I love it!
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 24/04/2025
1 gone, still 1 left!
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 23/04/2025
2 x tickets for Book of Mormon at the BGE theatre in Dublin for Friday’s matinee going if any one wants to grab em! secure.ticketmaster.ie/rs/180060E96...
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 20/04/2025
This week’s Sunday @thetimes.com Ireland Edition (complete with brand new look app 👀) restaurant review from us is Rua in Castlebar www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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Cafe Rua Castlebar restaurant review — still red hot after 30 years
Tradition gets a contemporary slant at this old favourite with a superb specials board
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 17/04/2025
Hot cross bun but make it savoury… 👀 #easter
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 17/04/2025
Hot cross bun but make it savoury… 👀 #easter
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Jacob @tayloredbites.com · 08/04/2025
“RT ≠ endorsement” that was an interesting personality type.
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Hot Dinners @hotdinners.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Ever wondered "I wonder what restaurant that is" while watching something set in London? We round up some of the best restaurant and bar cameos:
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Where to find the London restaurants, bars and cafe seen on screen
We round up the London restaurants, cafes and bars getting their big break on the big (and small) screen.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 06/04/2025
This week’s review in @thetimes.com Ireland — a new addition to Dublin’s Drury St; Rei Momo, a Brazilian grill and caipirinha bar www.thetimes.com/world/irelan....
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Rei Momo, Dublin review: something more than dinner
Small plates bursting with big new flavours, killer caipirinhas and an atmosphere straight from Rio make this more drinks-with-mates than dinner à deux
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 06/04/2025
This week’s review in @thetimes.com Ireland — a new addition to Dublin’s Drury St; Rei Momo, a Brazilian grill and caipirinha bar www.thetimes.com/world/irelan....
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Rei Momo, Dublin review: something more than dinner
Small plates bursting with big new flavours, killer caipirinhas and an atmosphere straight from Rio make this more drinks-with-mates than dinner à deux
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Scott Reid @ascottreid.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This is a public service announcement to check your cupboards for any snacks you bought for Christmas that you didn’t get round to eating and may be about to go out of date, because ho ho ho…
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 30/03/2025
This week’s @thetimes.com Ireland review: a Bib Gourmand indicates good value and good cooking but we feel short-changed by the service at Belfast’s Waterman House www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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Waterman House review: Belfast bistro serves up a mixed bag
Despite some stand-out dishes at this Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded venue, a series of stumbles in the choreography of service leave a sour taste
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 29/03/2025
New from us @rte.ie Lifestyle www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fo...
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What is açaí and why is it suddenly everywhere?
The Gastro Gays sit down with Conor Sweeny, the founder of Dae, to discuss the surge in popularity for açaí in Ireland.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 24/03/2025
How many of these local Irish chipper delicacies have you tried? Loved writing this for @rte.ie www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fo...
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The best chip shop delicacies from across Ireland
What's your go-to order?
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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Is it when she asks if they want sugar in their tea and they tell her “no thanks, I’m sweet enough”? x
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 24/03/2025
How many of these local Irish chipper delicacies have you tried? Loved writing this for @rte.ie www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fo...
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The best chip shop delicacies from across Ireland
What's your go-to order?
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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
How do restaurants build up a buzz? Some of the UK's coolest restaurants were kind enough to share their insights and bookings data with me for FT Magazine 📈🍝 on.ft.com/41KF3y7 (Gift link)
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How restaurant hype happens: a tale told through booking data
[FREE TO READ] What mattered most for these five buzzy restaurants — critics, influencers or awards?
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 23/03/2025
Absolutely brilliant 💫 @financialtimes.com
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 17/03/2025
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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Pig’s Ear Dublin restaurant review — this is what Irish food should taste like
This is an elevated nod to tradition with a revised menu inspired by Irish literature and art
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 17/03/2025
A delicious weekend had by all By ‘all’ we mean us And all this from the brilliant Deveneys in Dundrum
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🍀Happy #StPatricksDay! Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! And of course my Chocolate Guinness Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay. It couldn’t be anything else! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
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Chocolate Guinness Cake
This cake is magnificent in its damp blackness. I can't say that you can absolutely taste the stout in it, but there is certainly a resonant, ferrous tang which I happen to love. The best way of descr...
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 16/03/2025
Coddle Y/N? 🇮🇪 #stpatricksday
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David Byers @davidbyers26.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
@thetimes.com is free to read all weekend! Go to thetimes.com to read the best of our stories and columns.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 14/03/2025
[NEW] “Hosting a food festival online is not easy and we can say that with confidence as we almost forgot we’ve done it before...” open.substack.com/pub/chippape...
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Hosting a Food Festival Online...
The story of how we pivoted an in-person, fledgling food festival to a digital version
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 14/03/2025
[NEW] “Hosting a food festival online is not easy and we can say that with confidence as we almost forgot we’ve done it before...” open.substack.com/pub/chippape...
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Hosting a Food Festival Online...
The story of how we pivoted an in-person, fledgling food festival to a digital version
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cashelfarmhousecheese @cashelbluecheese.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🍀 This St. Patrick’s weekend, we’re celebrating with bold flavors & perfect pairings! Cashel Blue meets craft drinks for a taste sensation—cider, wine & more. ☘️ Watch & get inspired to mix, match & indulge! 🧀🥃🍏 #CashelBlue #StPatricksDay #CheeseAndDrinks
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 14/03/2025
Read The Times and Sunday Times for free this weekend at thetimes.com
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A thousand times this.
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 12/03/2025
An icon! Adore this Irish farmhouse cheese 🐑
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Hot Dinners @hotdinners.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
So delighted to be presenting our 11th annual Murphia List, in partnership with Bord Bia. Some amazingly talented folk on here, representing the best of Ireland working in London's food and drink scene
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The Murphia List 2025 - the Irish talent in London's food and drink scene right now
Hot Dinners presents its 11th annual Murphia List - a celebration of the creative contribution made by Irish people to London's food and drink scene.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Every Friday?!
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 07/03/2025
This Sunday’s review in the ST Ireland 👀
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Russell & Patrick | GastroGays @gastrogays.com · 04/03/2025
Lena, Portobello, Dublin 8
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
And as promised, a link to many other pancakes on my site! www.nigella.com/recipes/sear...
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