Topic: Hello :)

[Darkginger]

We're in Mayo - near Westport, right on the coast, as you were. Tandoori mackerel, anyone? Maybe a winkle bhaji? The nearest town with a Lidl and Aldi is Castlebar, though we do have a Lidl in Westport now - and a Tesco, but I don't shop in there much. Lucky enough to have a really good fishmongers, several butchers and a great greengrocers so fresh ingredients are easy.

This Bombay Duck seems really good to me - deep fried and sprinkled over the top of a curry (which is how I like to eat it) it's wonderful The Ashoka in Hove, East Sussex still offers it on the menu, but it's the hardest thing to find for sale... Bristol Sweet Mart had some, but they told me I bought the last of it - they may of course have restocked by now. I have almost 400g of it - and that's a LOT of dried fish!

Galway's my favourite Irish city, though I've not been there for a while, and that was on a hen night...'nuff said!

[curryhell]

Been through Westport a few times when taking the scenic route back to Knock airport.  Total contrast to Connemara landscape.  Plenty of fresh produce over there, particularly seafood but you don't half pay for it, and that pretty much goes for everything.  I can remember paying 4 punts just for a very large cabbage pre the bloody euro.  Loads of lobster, crab, scallops winkles where i used to go down in the Galtach area famous for the hooker racing.  Very happy memories.  As the brother in law was a fisherman i basically ordered what i wanted and if available, it would appear for tea
As for bombay duck.  I so loved the stuff of years ago. Have tried the stuff now available, when you can find it as you say.  It has the taste but even when deep fried it is chewy and doesn't snap, crumble and just melt in your mouth like it used to.  Bloody Eurobureaucrats