Showing posts with label fish and chips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fish and chips. Show all posts

2/25/2008

Rosie O'Grady Restaurant And Bar - Fish And Chips

Rosie O' Gradys Restaurant And Bar New York
Rosie O' Gradys Restaurant And Bar New York
Being Irish, I have an soft spot for Irish cuisine. While In New York, we were drawn to the huge red neon sign that shone outside Rosie O'Grady's. Thinking it was an Irish restaurant, we went in for dinner. We were in luck, it wasn't packed yet, and we were seated in about 10 minutes.
Rosie O'Gradys Fish And Chips
Rosie O'Gradys Fish And Chips
Being that Rosie O'Grady's is an Irish restaurant, and their specialty of the house was fish and chips, I decided not to tempt fate and went with the special. Fresh bread and butter was brought to the table almost immediately as we sat down. It was very good.As you can see, the portions were generous, with four large beer battered fried cod with chips, (Flat fries) and a coke to finish the meal. The batter was deep fried to a crispy outside and a flaky moist inside. A squeezed lemon on the fish was the only topping I used. And well, ketchup for the fires, or chips.
Rosie O'Grady Apple Pie Dessert
Rosie O'Grady Apple Pie Dessert
Dessert was apple pie ala mode. The portion was average size, and it tasted good, but there was some type of paper wrapper on the plate as well. I don't know if the apple pie was frozen and the wrapper sort of stuck to the bottom, but that was the last bite I took just to be safe.The service was good, the restaurant was clean and efficient, the food hot, well prepared, and cooked to order, and the price was around $20 dollars excluding tip. Points are deducted for the dessert.

The Grassy Knoll Institute awards 3 shots out of 5 shots and recommends Rosie O'Grady's for dinner. (But not dessert)


LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL

3/16/2007

Traditional Irish Food

As St. Patrick's Day rapidly approaches, I present to you traditional Irish dishes that I have had. The photo's are not my own however, but rest assured, I have tasted all these dishes.

Traditional Irish Stew
Traditional Irish Stew
To begin, we start with Irish Stew. Ingredients are mutton, but the stew I ate had lean beef cubes in place of the mutton, peeled and un-peeled potatoes, carrots, cut onions, beef broth, and spices of salt, pepper, and parsley, and chives. With the beef cubes, it is delicious. With mutton, not good at all.






Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread
Next up is Soda Bread to compliment the stew. You could stop right here and have a complete meal, but why should we? Soda bread is not my style, its to doughy, sort of like unfinished angel food cake.









Irish Shepherds Pie
Irish Shepherds Pie
Another dish is Shepherds Pie. Its encased in a lightly breaded baked crust, filled with carrots, potatoes, onions, spices, and either beef or lamb. Sometimes you can find turnips as well mixed in the thick gravy, but the Grassy Knoll Institute does not recommend them.





Irish Potato Cakes
Irish Potato Cakes
Of course, no meal is complete without Potato Cakes that can be found with almost every lunch and dinner, and sometimes breakfast. They are exactly what you think, potatoes, flour, a little onions and peppers, butter or lard, and you cook them or fry which is preferred to a light golden brown. These are not "Arbys Potato Cakes."







Irish Fish And Chips
Irish Fish And Chips
Most believe this next dish, Fish And Chips are an English dish. Yes, it is, but is also a very popular Irish dish as well. The fish is cod, lightly coated in beer batter, and fried to a golden brown. Chips, or french fries, are cooked to a crunch. Delicious.







Corned Beef And Cabbage
Corned Beef And Cabbage
And finally, Corned Beef And Cabbage. The beef is thinly sliced on homemade bread, and the cabbage, oh I hate cabbage, stinks to high heaven. Many people love the cabbage, but not me.

Anyway, these are just a few traditional Irish food dishes.





Happy St. Patrick's Day!


LURKING, ERIN GOES BRALESS ON THE GRASSY KNOLL