Comments on: Ask Midtown Lunch: Irish Soda Bread

By: chowsue

chowsue — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:14:50 +0000

my dh gets our soda bread from Amy’s bread in Chelsea Market every year. It is to die for. It is also freakin expensive….I don’t know for sure, but my often wrong DH told me $10 each. wow!

By: BK

BK — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:35:02 +0000

if anything do NOT go to connolly’s. i went there for lunch once, got the shepherd pie. asked for soda bread. bus boy looked at me sideways, waitress came over, i asked again, she went into the back, “sorry we don’t carry soda bread”

Seriously that should be ashamed. I’ve had soda bread next door at O’Lunneys its pretty good. it’s not a classic irish place (their specialties list includes chicken parm and tex mex stuff). Its in time square so its expected. great irish bartenders tho. the waitresses are mostly actors i think, one changed accents 4 times when i was there. but if you have to be in midtown on st patty’s day it’s not bad to stop by for a pint

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:26:44 +0000

That was my point, Alan (my brother’s name, too!).

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:40:56 +0000

@Anastasia-

Corned beef isn’t Irish. The Irish discovered the Jews/Eastern Europeans eating it when they came to America. Apparently in Ireland, they eat bacon or sausage with their cabbage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corned_Beef

By: t-dog

t-dog — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:33:31 +0000

No offense Allison, but you’ve just elucidated everything wrong with our food culture.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:26:14 +0000

Personally, I like Whole Food’s spin on Irish Soda Bread â€“ they leave out the caraway (which I don’t like any way), they add lemon oil (which is a nice touch and makes it more dessert-y) and if you can get it fresh, it’s very cake-like in texture. $4.99 for a 16 oz. loaf.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:31:22 +0000

My parents are from Ireland and I’ve never had corned beef in my life. That shit is vile. I rank it up there with “Danny Boy.”

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:03:02 +0000

Try buying a whole corned beef from Katz’s – it costs less per pound, but you have to cook it and slice it yourself. (The whoe pastrami at Katz’s is a steal, around $12 a pound. I think the corned beef costs more.)

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:53:49 +0000

Thanks Jill. My family does too. I might have to head over there this year. I love my yearly corned beef.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:24:39 +0000

@Harry. Our family always does the corned beef from carnegie deli for St. Pattys. We get extra rye bread and one sandwich feeds four people so it’s more affordable then it seems.