SINS and SONGS of the FLESH

The boys of AN CRÚIBÍN have been sinning and singing again. They just can't resist that flesh. They have confessed. Here is the evidence: http://themeatcentre.com/wordpress/?p=908

SPUD and BACON BOXTY in CHINA

AN CRÚIBÍN IN CHINA


Here are a few shots from the recent, highly successful trip by Mr Lewis of AN CRÚIBÍN to China.


 Cooking his way from Hangzhou to Shanghai, Chef Lewis and the local chefs exchanged ideas and recipes before preparing meals for the large group of representatives from China and Ireland. 


The recipe for spud and bacon boxty with quail egg is here 

FLESH FOR THE BODY, MUSIC FOR THE SOUL

An Cruibin’s FLESH on Sundays is fast becoming a weekly attraction for the initiated of Cork City. FLESH combines Paul and Frank’s fleshy menu with laid back sounds from The Roi Et Club, featuring Pre Khmer Rouge Garage, Western Classics and Siamese Soul.

Food served 6pm – 10pm every Sunday

AN CRÚIBÍN HEADS TO CHINA!

AN CRÚIBÍN crew get a taste of things to come with a visit to the chefs at Panda Mama

Yesterday morning, a contingent from AN CRÚIBÍN set off for China to spend ten days on a cultural exchange. Over the next few days, while cooking in their own style and experiencing the best of what the Chinese chefs will have to offer, different parts of the east coast will be visited before ending up in Shanghai.  To celebrate this venture, Paul and Frank joined the Lord Mayor and many others  last Wednesday night at Mr Wang’s Panda Mama to indulge in a nine course meal of exceptional Chinese cuisine. It was a great night that gave the lads a taste of how good Chinese food really can be. We look forward to their returning from the East with some fantastical tales and many culinary surprises!!

AN INVITATION FROM AN CRÚIBÍN

One must have an appetite for contemporary feeding to fully appreciate FLESH on Sundays at An Cruibin. Cast a sheep’s eye over recent menus and you may gain enough power to break from the self imposed internment that Sundays have become for many a poor sinner.

Pigs Head, Teriyaki Shark, Mountain Lamb, Seared Swordfish, Black Sole and Pheasant are but some of the fare on offer and drowned best, with quality, although some might say, a little too expensive deep red wines. There are of course, several vegetarian options chalked up on the board but this night, of all nights, is a homage to Meat.

Union Quay can be

FLESH ON SUNDAYS

Ian from An Crúibín has been in touch:

'The Sunday Munch returns

AN CRÚIBÍN in Cork

AN CRÚIBÍN
Enjoyed one of their famous Sexy Lunches at An Crúibín during the week. Enjoyed also meeting the guys behind the venture, Paul and Frank.
The menu was being chalked on the blackboard as I came in and, aside from the odd Spanish flourish, the words looked plain enough. Deceptively so. I choose the Spiced Carrot Soup and the Smoked Mackerel with New Potatoes.
The soup, as they say in this neck of the woods, had eating and drinking in it. It was bright orangey with a swirl of cream in the middle. The eating? Well, sunken circles of carrots and crunchy bits of other veg and just enough spice to warm you up. Just brilliant! Took a lingering look and then, as Frank, having a bowl himself, suggested, gave it a lash!
Well if the soup was Van Gogh, my mains was Miro. A bit dull maybe on the left where the potatoes and generous circle of mackerel was placed, the bright reds and yellows exploding in the salad to my right. Colours aside, this was really tasty and certainly filled the gap.
They had five or six other promising main courses (eg Hegarty’s Cheddar and Tomatoes) and all were priced between €7.50 and €8.50. Good value to be had here in the shadow of the City Hall.
One of my aims in going out to eat is to try something you don't normally do at home. This place doesn't disappoint on that score. Different class, as another Corkman is fond of saying.
You will see many words used to describe this pub and its Silk Purse Restaurant upstairs: funky, cool, edgy, surreal. I prefer the words they use themselves: low-key, relaxed.

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