During the years  they lived in Brazil, Vitalija completely fell in love with Brazilian cuisine.  Living in Ireland both were missing flavors of the Brazilian cuisine. Finally their dream to work in food markets and introduce and pass on their passion of Brazilian food became reality (Thanks to IVM! Note – we did not pay them to say that )

The couple carefully selected 3 dishes (Moqueca, Feijoada and Chicken Strogonoff) which could represent Brazilian cuisine in a mouthful (the most kind chef passed on his secrets of preparation the best dishes you can find in Brazilian restaurants) They are trading with us since December 2012 3 times a week – Wednesday – East Point Business Park, Thursday – Blanchardstown corporate Park and Fridays in Sandyford.

They tell us they are extremely excited that they already have lots fans of their Brazilian food! Hopefully more and more people will discover flavors of  Brazil from visiting their stall.

Few images from this morning, Saturday, 9th June.

Tell us about your stall, how did it come to be?
We got the mobile unties and dressed them up to look what we hope is eye-catching.  Of course, we had to customize all our units as a mobile wood-fired pizza oven is very unusual and we were the first in the country.  It is true what they say – first to arrive, longest to stay, best on the scene or at least so our customers tell us.

Have you always had a passion for food?
Since I was around 11 or 12 years old.  I grew up in a food environment – learning from my kitchen at home as a kid, that cooking curiosity never left me, coupled with the finance interest the balance felt right.

When you’re not feeding people, what do you like to do?
Life outside of market activity… interesting concept It is important to take a break and when I get one I like to head off and do outdoor activities like kite-surfing, running or swimming.

What is the best thing you’ve ever eaten, and where did you eat it?
I remember it well. The best dish I ever ate was a fresh Spanish Mackerel Coconut Curry on a fishing boat in the middle of the Arafura Sea. *Sigh*

What should visitors to your stall expect?
A fresh sourdough pizza, made with natural ingredients, cooked onsite, made to order and bespoke to customers requests. I think you mentioned they were mouth-wateringly good!

Other than your own, what stall would you recommend people visit at Irish Village Markets?
Nods in the direction of Falafel

Thanks for chatting with us Dave…

This Thursday, 2nd May we will be taking part providing food courtesy of our most popular traders.  Starting at 7.30pm (check Happenings for updates) the film is predicted to be The Big Lebowski – one of the all time greats (in my opinion!).

It was a hugely popular event for the first event which ran on the 19th April showing the classic Some Like it Hot – this Thursday will prove to be just as if not more popular.

Taking part you will find Mango Catering who make the juciest, highest quality, tastest burgers available, alongside them will be Little Marrakesh who delight customers with their Moroccan cuisine – full on flavours, good on price.

Spitfire Pig Roast will be enjoying their first outdoor event with us this Thursday – Spitfire Pig Roast makes exactly what it says – this is something not to be missed, divine delicious. While The Big Cheese has this utterly unique offering which once tasted people just keep coming back for more. What a taster try reading this without your mouth watering – Alpine melted Raclette cheese served on a bed of baby potatoes garnished with chorizo or bacon, sweet red peppers, spicy gherkins and rocket leaves.

Say Fish - who make the very delectable fresh fish in panko breadcrumbs.  Serving hand cut chips with seaweed salt with a choice of sauces including lemon, Cajun mayo, garlic mayo, and homemade tartar it can be the perfect accompaniment to watch a Open Air movie.

All in all the movie, atmosphere, venue and delicious food  add the perfect ingredients to make the perfect evening. See you there.

Check out our calendar to see what events we are participating in over the summer.

We are proud to announce that Irish Village Market will be at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (April 5th-7th, from 12 noon until 8pm) for OFFSET 2013 providing delicious fresh food from a number of our traders on the 6th and 7th.

Their official blurb says

“OFFSET has become one of the world’s most important creative events, each year hosting 24 of the most inspirational speakers in Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. It returns this year with its strongest line up to date, and will host a weekend of presentations, interviews, panel discussions and debates live on stage, with the very best of Irish and International designers, animators, illustrators, advertisers, artists, photographers and more. They will speak about their work, their ideas and inspirations and give insight into their practices and personal perspectives on their own careers over the course of three inspiring days.”

Our official blurb says

“As OffSet delegates walk outside we will forgive them for thinking they have been transported to a European Food Market.  The aromatic smells that will fill the air will tempt their taste buds making it futile to try to resist the flavours and tastes brought to you by Irish Village Markets traders.

Irish Village Markets is an amalgamation of some of Ireland’s finest chefs, growers and producers all under the one umbrella.  Visitors to any of the lunchtime markets enjoy the tastes & quality food made with top quality ingredients and flavours from all over the world in the unique city centre settings.

At OffSet delegates will be able to enjoy Indian Street food from Kerala Kitchen, fresh fish and divine chips with homemade sauces from Say Fish, seriously good gourmet burgers from Mango, New York style giros (with an Irish twist) from Grub Hub and authentic Thai Food from Kanum as well as lots, lots more.  You can even relax with a perfect cup of coffee from our ever so Irish Dave owner of “Is Maith Loim Coffee”. So while your creative brain takes a break why not get your creative juices flowing (see what we did there! )

People travel from all over the world to come and be a part of OFFSET and we are delighted to be there too!

We hope to see you there!

You can find them every Friday at Grand Canal, so if you want to indulge your sweet tooth or tantalise your taste buds with a savoury option, Delicious Bar have it covered!

Drop by to Grand Canal on Fridays and say hello to Ash!

Raclette is both the name of a cheese and the method of its presentation. The raclette cheese is melted under a special alpine burner before being meted out onto a selection of grilled vegetables, potatoes and cooked meats.

They offer a selection of gourmet toasted cheese sandwiches using locally sourced ingredients including Irish farmhouse cheeses, bacon, ham, and smoked turkey all served on freshly baked sourdough crust.

These may be garnished with homemade condiments including basil mayonnaise, homemade onion jam, and roasted red pepper cream.

Check them out on Thursdays at Mespil and Fridays at Sandyford!

Little Marrakesh is an idea by two friends and fellow food enthusiasts to bring authentic Moroccan food to the streets of Dublin city.

Paul Kavanagh a chef of fifteen years worked at several Michellin starred restaurants here in Ireland and in the United Kingdom including Gordon Ramsay and Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud.  Most recently Paul was head chef for Domini and Peaches Kemp at ITSA4 Sandymount in Dublin 4. Paul visited Morocco last year to observe first-hand the flavours and techniques used by the cooks of Morocco.

Dave O’Shea, an IT specialist previously employed by KPMG for nine years, always had a keen interest in cooking and in particular ethnic cuisines such as Moroccan, Thai and Korean food.

Paul and Dave from Little Marrakesh comment “As a fan of ethnic foods we had a particular interest in Moroccan food for a number of reasons. The scope for healthy vegetarian dishes was huge. More often than not, vegetarian foods in restaurants is more of an afterthought on the menu and can often consist of a generic house salad or  a mushroom risotto or vegetable and mozzarella stack etc. We intend to offer vegetarian dishes as interesting and flavoursome as our popular meat dishes”.

We are excited at having Little Marrakesh at our lunchtime food markets.  The fragrance and flavour of the slow cooked meat and vegetable tagines is particularly aromatic when walking through the market since they came onboard, similar to the smells you would enjoy when walking through the streets of Morocco.

Currently at our Sandyford market we gently suggest you give them a try

At one of our markets near you….

From Dave’s Wood Fired Pizza comes Tomato-mozzarella-tuna-olives-roasted-cherry-tomatoes-basil – it looks mouth-wateringly good.

Or you could try Grub-Hub-signature-Steak-Strip-Sandwich-with-Rocket-Mature-Cheddar-Sauteed-Mushrooms-and-Onions-and-Pepper-Sauce. What is it they say Om Nom…

And back by popular demand

Say Fish Fresh Mackerel served in Say Fishs legendary panko bread crumb at all markets this week

Next week we will bring you a new selection of “specially selected”

Enjoy and we hope to see you at a market near you soon.

Enjoy the tastes, smells and bustle of a street food market which has been running for over 8 years.  Irish Village Markets provides the highest quality, authentic foods from all over the world.  You will be able to munch on a gourmet burger, delight in the flavours of Thai cuisine or try an Irish gyro while watching the hustle and bustle and enjoying the crack of the Festival in the heart of the city.

St Patrick’s may be more famous, but the city’s second medieval cathedral has an abundance of charm.  It is beautiful and open to visitors.  The joy of the market is that it is such a modern food market with stall holder and chefs from all over the world situated in what is an ancient and sacred Irish landmark. Dating back to around 1030, it is said that its bells have pealed over the capital since the early 1400s.

The belfry has recently been opened up to visitors, and you can also view the impressive collection of church treasures and parish silver in the treasury.

So why not enjoy your lunch while walking around the grounds of this impressive visitors attraction, we will see you there?