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‘tis a long way we’ve come since the Abbey Theatre opened all the way back in 1904 - hotel dining rooms or the nearby Ship tavern were about all you could rely on for a pre-theatre feed in those days. A century and change on, it’s but a short stroll to sample food from all over the world, and plenty of early bird deals among them to lure you in. Going to The Ambassador or The Gate? Anything marked with an asterisk (*) is a perfect pick for you. See our guide to eating before shows in Vicar Street and other southside theatres here, and the Bord Gais Energy Theatre here. QUICK BITES Marka Cadey, Talbot Street (Mon-Sun, 3 min walk)* Top of our own list for next time we’re at the Abbey is Marka Cadey right round the corner on Talbot Street, a Somalian spot we’ve heard plenty of positive whispers about. Brimming beef stews and flatbreads to mop up every last drop are the vibe here, with most mains at or under €15, and there's enough space to get you in and out on the double. Jehan’s Heaven, Talbot Street (Mon-Sun, 4 min walk)* For quick casual food in comfortable surrounds, few places are as good and close to the Abbey as Jehan’s Heaven. The palatial restaurant space from the owners of Ella’s across the road serves up lesser-spotted dishes from the Caucasus alongside a shopfront Turkish grill to tempt the crowds in – we’d skip it and stick to the Georgian specials like khachapuri, dolma and chanakhi instead. Pickosito, North Lotts (Mon-Sun, 7 min walk)* Newly relocated from its former Mary Street site over Pera (see below) to a very handy alley off Liffey Street, Pickosito’s the place if Mexican is your kind of pre-theatre treat. Honing in on the dishes of the cattle ranch-studded north of the country, their beef barbacoa and house chorizo really show what they’re made of – we haven’t tried the newish chilaquiles yet, but we can’t wait to. Don’t skip the guava cheesecake if it’s going.

Two weeks ago we rechecked our Dunnes vs the discounters research to see if Lidl and Aldi really do offer savings anymore, or if the Dunnes voucher scheme just evens it all out. It came as a big surprise to many that Dunnes came out technically cheaper on the basic items we checked, if you manage to get 20% off each shop by spending in €25 increments. Basically, there's nothing in it if you use your vouchers well. This time around we had more calls to involve Tesco in the conversation - our readers wanted to know how they stack up against the addictive voucher scheme that so many people are stuck in the loop of. Their Clubcard offers appear to have gotten bigger and bolder over the past year, making you feel like a chump if you only visit sporadically and don't have an account to avail of them, but with the recent news that they're starting to use customer data to train AI and enhance your individual shopping experience (read: try to get you to buy more), are we giving up too much to get the best price on onions? This time around we checked 78 like for like items - basic fruit and veg, meat, fish, pasta, flour, eggs etc. We can't comment on quality - if you like Tesco own brand tea bags over Dunnes, that's your prerogative. What were the parameters? Everything was price and weight checked on Thursday 14th May and rechecked on Monday 18th May (multiple items had changed price in just a few days so this is a moveable feast) We only included basic, whole food, own brand products where was no discernible difference, e.g. Pink Lady apples, free-range chicken breasts, premium own brand pasta. We did not compare processed food items where quality can vary substantially If items were slightly different weights (e.g. 60g vs 100g pine nuts) we calculated the comparative price by weight We struggled to decide whether or not to include Tesco Clubcard offers as we've previously not included short term offers for other supermarkets, but some of Tesco's price reductions last five or six months, so they are semi-permanent. In the end we decided to show you both columns, and the Clubcard saving on the products we checked turned out to be negligible What were the results?

What should we know about Baked and Bottled? Korean pastry chef Eojin Lee made her name with pre-order patisserie Ondo, and desserts like fig shortcake and strawberry fraisiers gaining all the attention. Before this she also ran a Korean hot food stall, but pastry and cakes seem to be her happy place. Baked and Bottled is her first café and bakery, open since January in Ashtown, and fully bootstrapped. This is a desperately under-served area for nice things to eat and drink, and with a growing number of locals, it looks like a great choice of location. You can also order those Ondo-style cakes for collection, so file that away for your next special occasion. What's the seating like? There's a good amount of tables along the window and in the back of the café. There's also a bench outside where you can perch with a coffee and pastry in the sun. What did you have? Pretty much everything from the counter (we're dedicated). It's packed with sweet and savoury creations, classic and lesser seen, along with breads to take away. There's also a breakfast/lunch menu with granola, toasties, pancakes and more, but how could you look past that counter. A K-BBQ sausage roll (€5.95) should be your first savoury order, but they gave it to us cold. After cutting it and realising we asked them to heat it, and suddenly congealed fat turned to dripping juice. They also brought a yuzu mayo post heating which raised the game on chunky pork mince, sweet and spicy flavours, and all the layers. A ham and kimcheese pain suisse lookalike (€5.50) also had great flavours but should have been heated - hard cheese doesn't hit like gooey cheese. The kimchi flavours could have been louder too. Focaccia of the day was nduja and ricotta (€7.50), and it's good bread, but was crying out for sea salt on top and oil on the bottom. A pain suisse (€4.50) and almond croissant (€4.50) were technically perfect, the croissant just the right side of over/double baked, with all the colour and crunch you could want. A matcha cream and strawberry Danish (€5.50) is best left to those who love the bitter, vegetal flavour of the ubiquitous green tea. The strawberry brought balance, but there wasn't enough of it. We took home flourless chocolate cake and a chocolate pecan cookie for later, and if you'd made either at home you'd be bookmarking the recipe as the only one you're using from now on. What about drinks? The one big drawback here is coffee. It's from a big, commercial, Italian brand, and tastes like something you'd get in a kid's play centre (we've actually had better in play centres). It's bitter and over extracted, robusta over arabica - the kind you choke down in Spain and Italy because you're on holidays. They picked it because they supplied the coffee machine (a big cost), but in a city with so many brilliant roasters (and discerning coffee drinkers), this feels like a big misstep. Why should we go? Go for the pastries, the craft, to collect a pre-ordered cake, but if you love coffee the way we love coffee, you might want to grab that elsewhere. Baked and Bottled Unit 2, Lock Keeper's Walk, Ashtown, Dublin 15 instagram.com/bakedandbottled_dublin

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