Looking for tasty treats in Dublin? Make sure you ‘Get Fresh’!
Posted: 12 March '10 by Ciara
Get Fresh
After reading Niall’s article about Carluccio’s I felt that I had to mention one of my favourites: “Get Fresh” in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
It is possibly my favourite food place to shop in Dublin. If I’m cooking or baking something that requires extra-special ingredients or if I need the freshest fruit or vegetables, this is the place I go to.
Founded by Colm Eadie, his inspiration for setting up the store arose from his frustration at finding it extremely difficult to locate certain foods/ingredients in stores throughout Dublin.
It certainly is an impressive store with a bit of everything in it. If you are bored with the normal brands of food stocked in the supermarket this is the place to go to for something a bit different.
It’s stocked daily with the freshest fruit and vegetables to include the likes of porcini, chestnut and shitake mushrooms. They stock a wide range of cheeses such as halloumi, wensleysdale, French brie and parmesan which are also available in large quantities at great value, much cheaper than any store brand that I’ve tried. They also stock various hams, various salamis and a wide range of fresh pasta which I find hard to come by in supermarkets. From different organic pestos, homemade chutneys and soups to large quantities of spices also at a great price, I have yet to go to their store and not find something that I was looking for. All of your baking and cooking needs are catered for.
If you didn’t feel like baking, you could always pick up lovely treats from homemade tea brack or panettone bread, lemon drizzle cakes, mini coconut macaroons, various types of nougats or bread sticks in different flavours including a personal favourite of ours, mini garlic and pesto bread sticks.
At the weekends they also have a special treat in store stocking baskets of assorted fresh bread around the shop, from ciabatta, croissants, muffins, scones to “Belfast baps” or in this case Dublin baps, the selection is too hard to resist.
A personal favourite of mine is the way they present their “Christmas” ingredients around the store. They have a large table in the centre of the shop stashed with an array of ingredients to cater for your christmas recipes, all of which can be weighed and measured by the customer. If you didn’t feel like baking it yourself they have a wide range of Christmas cakes to cranberry sauces available to purchase as well as hampers which you can make up yourself.
It is definitely worth a trip.
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Get Fresh
6 Rosemount Shopping Centre,
Ballyroan,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 14
T: 01 4937148 or 0877755645
E: getfresh6@eircom.net
You can also find Get Fresh on Google Maps.
Just ask for Niall Dermody or Colm Eadie.
What I Bought..
| Pesto & Parmesan Mini Bread Sticks | €3.99 |
|---|---|
| Homemade Basil Pesto | €5.99 |
| Chargrilled Red Pepper Houmous Dip | €1.69 |
| Couvature white Chocolate Chips x2 | €6.98 |
| French Brie 275g x3 | €10.47 |
| Handful of fresh thyme | €0.99 |
| 1 bag of fresh bay leaves | €2.49 |
| Total: | €32.60 |
Enjoy!
Categories: Local Food Heroes > Republic of Ireland
