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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) binge.co.in/reviews/chubbys-…
A Dublin darling that could have gone the predictable modern European

A Dublin darling that could have gone the predictable modern European

This review is the second among a set of two and a part of the Turned Tables series. You may find the first review in this set on Instagram. A few weeks ago, I managed to bag a mid-week reservation

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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 binge.co.in/reviews/annam-ca…
An Indian café with an impressive, Kerala-inspired menu — it's worth

An Indian café with an impressive, Kerala-inspired menu — it's worth

I was ecstatic about Chai and Chaat having opened in Essex Quay and to finally have a place to go to for excellent Indian street food in Dublin. The business was short-lived, though; chef-owner

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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 binge.co.in/reviews/blooms-c…
Style and substance co-exist at this cafe with larger-than-life

Style and substance co-exist at this cafe with larger-than-life

While Instagram-worthy aesthetic might be the initial draw at Bloom’s Cafe, the place has more than enough to offer that warrants sticking around. The location — Redmond’s Hill — is at the

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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 binge.co.in/reviews/pickosit…
Freshly rolled tortillas and other honest grub at a spot that might

Freshly rolled tortillas and other honest grub at a spot that might

Pickosito’s days on Mary Street were numbered, and the North Lotts iteration isn’t much different in size. The distinguishing factor remains that the Mary Street restaurant operated canteen-style,

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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 binge.co.in/reviews/king-ske…
A worthy Chinese barbecue restaurant with a menu that’s indicative of

A worthy Chinese barbecue restaurant with a menu that’s indicative of

Skewered, barbecued meat is a common feature on the streets of Xinjiang, where the majority of the population is Muslim. Chinese Muslims, including Uyghur people, call the skewered meat “chuan”. 

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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 binge.co.in/reviews/chai-and…
A Dehradun-bred chef with a prestigious culinary background has

A Dehradun-bred chef with a prestigious culinary background has

Outside of western food media where it’s a buzzword, chaat enjoys the status equivalent to a staple within Indian gastronomy. Propagandist TikTok videos painting Indian street food as unhygienic have

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My latest review: Chai & Chaat, Essex Quay, Dublin binge.co.in/reviews/chai-and…
A Dehradun-bred chef with a prestigious culinary background has

A Dehradun-bred chef with a prestigious culinary background has

Outside of western food media where it’s a buzzword, chaat enjoys the status equivalent to a staple within Indian gastronomy. Propagandist TikTok videos painting Indian street food as unhygienic have

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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: binge.co.in/reviews/table-45…
A Latin-inspired tapas bar that feels less like Dublin and more like

A Latin-inspired tapas bar that feels less like Dublin and more like

Table 45 is at the end of Dublin 2 that’s often neglected when people consider eating out, despite the area having some great credits to its name. Plan your visit on a sunny day and you’ll find that

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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. binge.co.in/eat-and-drink/40…
The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

A round-up of the best of the city’s global food scene

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The top ten have now been added to the list. binge.co.in/eat-and-drink/40…
The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

A round-up of the best of the city’s global food scene

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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. binge.co.in/eat-and-drink/40…
The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

A round-up of the best of the city’s global food scene

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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. binge.co.in/eat-and-drink/40…
The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

A round-up of the best of the city’s global food scene

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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. binge.co.in/eat-and-drink/40…
The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

The Binge guide to the 40 best dishes in Dublin

A round-up of the best of the city’s global food scene

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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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Living in New Delhi, Dubai, London, and Dublin, and finding comfort in dosa in all four places. By @vrittibansal binge.co.in/eat-plus-drink/f…

A tribute to restaurants across four countries that taught me how to

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

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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): binge.co.in/reviews/excuse-m…

A French restaurant that’s uncharacteristically humble, moonlighting

This review is the second among a set of two and a part of the Turned Tables series. You may find the first review in this set on Instagram. None of Ranelagh’s food offerings have acquired iconic

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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.binge.co.in/reviews/china-ta…
A fancy Chinese restaurant that isn’t half as good as its namesake in

A fancy Chinese restaurant that isn’t half as good as its namesake in

After seeing a set of raving reviews, I couldn’t resist making a reservation at China Tang any longer, especially when a friend suggested we meet there for lunch. Monkstown's China Tang is the

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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. binge.co.in/reviews/cn-dumpl…

Chinese small plates that feel comfortable playing it safe when they

Camden Street restaurants tend to be polarising, at least in the world I live in, and so the management at CN Dumpling did well to set itself up a few steps away. Montague Street really came under

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