Hi guys! Welcome back to ”On the go with EF”. I’m so happy to be back and to see all of you.
Today, I arrived in the capital of Ireland, this beautiful city of Dublin.
I’ve never been here before.
I cannot wait to discover the city and to take you along on this journey.
I was thinking that I would love to start off by getting to know the culture of the city.
And what better way to discover it than by tasting different kinds of food?
I’m going to go on an Irish food tour.
It looks like it might rain, so I have my umbrella with me,
and an empty stomach. So, I’m ready for everything.
Irish cuisine is all about the produce.
We don’t have a history of cuisine like France or Spain,
but what we do have is the wonderful produce.
We have this mélange of cultures and all these different people
contributing to what is Irish cuisine today.
We are in the centre of town, so mind your stuff and,
if we’re crossing the road, traffic comes from the left.
We’ll cross with the green man.
Okay? Perfect!
Cheesemongers!
A few of you have probably tried Irish cheese before, have you?
Never. No? Okay.
The cheese industry in Ireland is still quite young.
It’s pretty much done on a farmhouse basis where it’s fairly small production.
A lot of these aren’t really readily available outside of the country.
Thank you.
Most of them are fresh cheeses. They haven’t really aged.
This is a good breakfast cheese, I’d say.
Um, I think we lost our group! It was called “Something Pepper Something.”
Oh, there they are. Good!
Homemade bagles with chives and cream cheese. It’s warm and freshly baked.
So much effort went into making this, so I’m very curious to taste it.
Mmmmm. It has a very nice crust on top. It’s like a croissant bagle.
So far, I like Dublin very much.
It’s windy!
Swan Lounge. Apparently, this is a very popular place to go to on Fridays because
there’s a college there and they say you get an awesome crowd of people.
You get all the students and tourists coming in, so they have a really good vibe going on.
Let’s go check it out.
In 1922, there was a civil war in Ireland
and this building was occupied by anti-Treaty forces in 1922.
You can see the sandbags in the windows
and the damage caused to the building as well during that time.
I don’t know why he’s standing there. I’d be ducking for cover now. He’s a bit brave.
Women were not allowed to come into the pub back in the days,
so they made this area for women to be able to come into the bar.
To get the attention of the waiter, the women had to press this button
in order to get drinks served to them.
When the men came over, they weren’t allowed to see the women drinking,
so they would open this drawer and put the drinks inside to hide them.
Time to get some more food!
There’s nothing left. It’s all gone. That’s okay!
This is for you. Thank you!
This is the spinach, sundried tomato and feta quiche.
Oooh!
Hot!
The word “savage” is a Dublin slang term for something that’s really good.
So, if you have a good night out, you would say you had a savage time.
I think what we’d say after this tour is that it was a savage tour.
Exactly! Let’s go back into the rain.
Soft goat cheese. From somewhere slightly north of Dublin.
There’s two types of figs ̶ Fresh fig and some pickled figs as well.
I’m eating a lot of cheese today.
Guys, I’ve tasted so many delicious things today. I have to say, my favourite was the cheese.
Any day of the week, I will choose cheese. What is your favourite food?
Comment below and the winner is going to get this black sheep umbrella.
Thank you so much for watching. Come back next week!