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Progressive, independent food magazine. Home to Turned Tables: A series of restaurant reviews + more in tandem with @vrittibansal’s Instagram page.

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New Turned Tables review: Chubbys

(Link to the Instagram review within the Binge review)

https://t.co/KErbNlW3l9

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"Standard north Indian fare — like chana masala and butter chicken — is also present on the menu, but both my instinct and experience with the kizhi say that the Kerala-style dishes are the way to go here."

@vrittibansal's review of Annam Cafe

https://t.co/UkmTIhKRuN

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"Mousse cakes are the protagonists in Bloom's Cafe’s story, and this is evident from the multiple Instagram reels dedicated to them. The cafe’s Instagram page refers to them as 'trompe l’oeil'..."

@vrittibansal's review of Bloom's Cafe, Dublin

https://t.co/2kTyyESPq8

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"Women rolling tortillas on a stone counter greet patrons as they walk in — although they’re too busy ensuring quality to actually say hi. It’s a reassuring set-up..."

@vrittibansal's review of Pickosito in North Lotts, Dublin

https://t.co/JGb8Fwsmiv

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"The menu at King Skewer on Cathedral Street offers an extensive testimony of Xinjiang’s skewer culture. It’s also an elaborate study in organ meat..."

@vrittibansal's review of King Skewer

https://t.co/HM3TytM0FR

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"It’s drinkably hot, milky, sweet, and has prominent notes of cinnamon: like all masala chai made by Indian vendors who pour it into cups under plastic canopies held up by makeshift poles."

@vrittibansal's review of Chai & Chaat, Dublin

https://t.co/pShwIwiTU6

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My latest review: Chai & Chaat, Essex Quay, Dublin

https://t.co/crPUWEmnDJ

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"Maybe, the place is one to reserve for when you feel like getting a few hours away from Dublin without booking flights."

My review of Table 45 in Dublin:

https://t.co/AWJcBMnBnP

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I was very mindful about capturing the diversity of Dublin's food scene when writing this list. It's easy to pick dishes from fine dining restaurants that serve European food, but that's not what @BingePickBrain is about and has never been. While there are a few European (1/2)

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The top ten have now been added to the list.

https://t.co/cbzqgjnjNH

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The top ten in this list will be revealed tomorrow.

Can anyone guess what no.1 is? Hint: I mentioned it on my Instagram a while ago.

https://t.co/ahUrmj9C66

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The second instalment of the Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin is out now. 25-11 have been added to the list.

Written by @vrittibansal. Link below.

The top ten will be revealed on Friday this week.

https://t.co/cbzqgjnjNH

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The next two instalments will be published over the next week, with the top ten to be revealed on Friday the 30th of January.

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Dublin has a wealth of global cuisine that can be found not only at restaurants, but also cafés, pubs, and food trucks. The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin aims to highlight snacks, starters, soups, mains, sides, and dessert that don't get the recognition they deserve

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— along with a few already popular ones.

This is the first instalment of the guide (no. 40-26), meant to be read in order. It has been compiled and written by @vrittibansal from the past five years of eating out in Dublin.

https://t.co/cbzqgjnjNH

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Dubliners, something exciting is coming soon.

Watch this space!

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Living in New Delhi, Dubai, London, and Dublin, and finding comfort in dosa in all four places.

By @vrittibansal

https://t.co/xKG4KMg5q8

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"The staff isn’t judgmental and makes an effort to accommodate personal tastes, balancing it with not compromising on the kitchen’s competence." @vrittibansal's Turned Tables review of Excuse My French (the first review in the set is linked within this): https://t.co/zmayF1c8Ej

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"The restaurant and its menu are reminiscent of other Chinese restaurants across the globe, but fail to match up to them."

@vrittibansal's review of the new China Tang in Monkstown, Dublin.https://t.co/WL3KU3rUQf

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"There’s no lack of expertise that the menu implies, so I’ve been wondering why the food feels like the equivalent of someone not using their Wedgwood dinner set because their guests have ill-mannered toddlers."

@vrittibansal's review of CN Dumpling.

https://t.co/wtLdia06nL