nooleen
bad ape
it used to be nice walking the dogs at 6.30 but now it's cold and a bit of a chore
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Dublin is losing it's uniqueness as it gets washed over by a tsunami of American culture. Nobody here seems to mind though because we are such rampant consumers ourselves and buckets of coffee, huge burgers, donuts and binge shopping all seem like a great laugh.
the alternative is a sweeping parochialism of Ireland, see for example Marys of Wicklow Street (GWAN YE GOOD THING, A PINT AND A CHEESE TOASTIE AFTER WORK IS YER ONLY MAN)2016 Was The Year Of Sweeping Americanisation Of Dublin - Lovin Dublin
Harbo has no concept of irony as these are the sorts of things peddled by LovinDublin in a hyperbolic fashion.
As I sat at the bar and looked around, there wasn't a person under 40. The place was full of grey-haired couples and groups of businessmen in suits. Nothing wrong with that but many of these people looked clearly uncomfortable in their surroundings and clearly aren't the target market for somewhere like Hang Dai.
The edginess will come here when the older crowd have moved off to the next 'cool' place and the twenty somethings (I can't bring myself to use the M word) are drinking shots of gin on a rollover Sunday when the DJs are cranking the tunes on the decks.
The place has the energy of a Nirvana gig and an attitude that says "we are the best at what we do so if you don't like it, fuck off to a high-end French brasserie".
Truly great restaurants are not made in the first three months. They take time. Long after the initial reviews and the curious customers driving in from the suburbs in their Volvos are gone, Hang Dai will shine.
It's amazing. I liked today's revelation that he set up an account for Louth, amassed 1,200 friends, then renamed it & used it to boost his Liberal.ie posts.I see Thumped.com is already following
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