The Perfect Shepherd’s Pie

Posted: 22 November '11 by Niall

The perfect shepherd's pie

Shepherd’s pie is the epitome of comfort food – a thick layer of fluffy potato, spicy and rich lamb, and a bubbling crust of cheddar cheese. Here’s our recipe..

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Categories: Recipes


Who’s won the tickets to the Belfast Beer Festival 2011 competition?

Posted: 15 November '11 by Niall and Kelly

Belfast Beer and Cider Festival 2011

We had a great prize up for grabs – two tickets to The Belfast Beer and Cider Festival 2011, together with free places for one of the festival’s Tutored Tasting sessions. But who’s the lucky winner?

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Categories: Competitions and Promotions


Explore Belfast to discover Shackleton’s Whisky

Posted: 14 November '11 by Niall and Kelly

Explore Belfast to discover Shackleton’s Whisky

Do you have the spirit of discovery? Whyte & MacKay have hidden a bottle of their MacKinlay rare old highland malt whisky, a re-creation of the malt which Ernest Shackleton used to fortify his expedition to the South Pole in 1907. And the race to the prize starts in Belfast and Dublin at 10am today!

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Categories: News


Looking for comfort food in Belfast? We just went Home..

Posted: 09 November '11 by Kelly

Home popup restaurant

The MTV Awards aren’t the only hot topic in Belfast at the minute. With the pop-up restaurant craze gathering pace, we thought we’d jump on the bandwagon and booked a table at Home on Callender Street. They say that there’s nothing like Home cooking – but are they right?

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Categories: Restaurant Reviews


Win tickets to The Belfast Beer & Cider Festival 2011

Posted: 03 November '11 by Niall and Kelly

Belfast Beer and Cider Festival 2011

We’ve 2 very special tickets to The Belfast Beer & Cider Festival 2011 to give away. Just answer the fiendishly difficult question and you could be happily sampling the 100 or so beers in The Ulster Hall from Thursday 19th!

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Categories: Competitions and Promotions


Belfast Beer & Cider Festival 2011

Posted: 02 November '11 by Niall and Kelly

Belfast Beer and Cider Festival 2011

CAMRA NI’s Belfast Beer and Cider Festival is back in town! From the 17th to 19th of November 2011 you’ll be able to sample around 100 artisan beers and ciders from Northern Ireland and beyond. There’s also tutored tastings, live music and pub games -making this one of the best-value events around!

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Categories: Things to do


We’re back from our travels…

Posted: 27 October '11 by Niall and Kelly

Niall and I are back in rainy Northern Ireland after spending six weeks eating and drinking our way around Thailand and Australia. Needless to say we are a bit down in the dumps being back home, but we have LOTS of new posts to share with you all. So watch this space for updates.

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Categories: Site Messages


This isn’t goodbye, it’s sawasdee ka

Posted: 09 September '11 by Niall and Kelly

We’re getting married next week and then jetting off to Thailand – for a month and a half! See you in November!

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Categories: Site Messages


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