ultra gaelic

Whenever I was asked about my impressions of Ireland after visiting in late summer, I invariably said that the food was bad and it was cold and rainy.  While both are true, I need to qualify those statements.

First of all, I am slowly discovering the better places to get lunch when you run out from the office besides the usual “sandwich with two fillings” and soup.  Salad bars generally are lacking in actual vegetables, but Unicorn Restaurant has a “food emporium” with a take-away (“carry-out”) section.  It came recommended in August, but all I saw then were prepackaged salads, which weren’t all that great.  However, this week I discovered that you can have them make a salad for you from their refrigerated display case.  It’s not raw vegetables like you expect in salads bars back home, but rather a nice selection of marinated or otherwise prepared salads, which all go nicely on a bed of greens.

However, I’ve given up on one nearby Indian place.  Tastes too much like Irish food with a tad bit of curry added.  I mean, celery does not belong in your curry.  But I’m told there are better Indian places in town.

As for the weather, I generally rather like chilly weather, but the change from Ann Arbor was more drastic than I expected in August.  I thought the time I was here was cooler than normal, but I said so today to a girl I met while looking at an apartment, and she said August and September here were beautiful and that 15° Celsius (59° Fahrenheit) is just about normal for that time of the year!  On the other hand, in the winter it rarely drops below freezing, so that has its advantages as well.

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