Piranha in the Kanal
OK...Confirming numbers for KANAL this Friday at 8pm. Please let me know if you cannot make it..read on
Jimmy, Peter C, Paj, Bren,Nial Smart,Dave Leo,Matt,
Rasher,Mark,Eimhin,Noelle,Norma,SteveC,Grainne,Ian,Emer,
Robert,Emily,Claire,Sinead,Frank,Denise,Eleanor,Sile,Fergal,Paul,Kate.
That makes 28 or so..plus me and Anna..30. Any other takers? Last chance
Kanal will close just for us on Friday night. That means we will be able to take more than 30. POst youu name up here if you still want to go. We could fit 40 or so. There is going to be a set menu from which you can chop and change, 2 soups, 2 starters, 4 mains, vodka, beer - all polish of course. There is a time change: Kick off at 8pm.
We might need a couple of sittings for food but there is a bar and they will have karaoke for us till 1am...enough said.
The winner of the best suggestion for the social event is Rory "likes his food" Cawley. Watch him in the pool as he watches you with his two new pairs of goggles (prize).
We are heading for Polish food in the Kanal Cafe on Capel Street on Friday the 5th of May @ 8pm. Post your name up here (by the 20th) if you are coming. Family, friends etc all welcome. This is an opportunity for all new comers to the club to get to know 1) each other 2) the old dogs. But it won't all be split times and chat about vaseline...promise.
Read this article on Polish food...all knuckles and tripe! And the beer isn't supposed to be half bad..open as a bar from 9 till 1am. http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/travel/19surfacing.html
"Around the corner, closer to the river, is the Polish restaurant Kanal (15 Capel Street, 874-5850), packed nightly with Poles bonding over bottles of Lech and other homeland beers. The menu offers comfort food that mainly Poles could love, like tripe soup (3.50 euros) and pork knuckles in beer sauce (9.50 euros), as well as dishes with broader appeal like poached salmon with dill (12 euros).
Typical of Kanal's customers is Adam Herzyk, a 28-year-old immigrant from Poland who has a business degree in marketing and management but works as a mechanic. He comes for a taste of home. "When I can buy Polish sausage in a shop, I feel much better," he said in halting English. " - New York Times
Also see the following for more on Polish Cuisine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cuisine