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Salamanca Tapas Restaurant,
St Andrew Street,
Dublin,
Ireland

High quality tapas in a convenient central location

My favourite restaurant in Dublin for several years now has been Salamanca. Being a tapas restaurant, it’s all about sharing and tasting. I normally recommend 2.5 dishes per person if you’re up for a good feed. Again with the whole tasting thing, it’s better with a big group, and you would soon find that 20-25 dishes between 10 people would disappear fast.

Specific dishes that should not be missed are:

  • Lamb cutlets - don’t bother with a knife and fork, let your caveman instinct come out and eat with your hands!
  • Asparagus with serrano ham - tender asparagus, brimming with flavour
  • Deep-fried goats cheese with salsa - I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like this dish!
  • Pollo al ajillo - chicken in a creamy garlicky sauce - yummy!

Save some room for dessert if you can - the profiteroles and the creme brulee come highly recommended!

Rated 5/5 on Jul 16 2007 by Elly Parker

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Stays in place for 16 hours

On my regular trips to the US, I’m always asked to pick up tons of Maybelline cosmetics for friends of mine as it’s much cheaper than in Ireland.

A couple of trips ago, I picked up a tube of Maybelline Superstay Lipcolor for a friend. When I asked her how it worked, she raved about the product! Maybelline claims that the lipcolor will last for 16 hours if properly maintained (more about that later) and considering my friend wore it all day and cleaned her face going to bed, and then woke up the next morning to find it was STILL on her lips!!

On my last trip the the US I picked up the Superstay Lipcolor in several shades, mainly to see which one will look best for my wedding. It’s a strange product to apply as you basically ‘paint’ on a layer of the color and let it dry for 2 mins, then apply a layer of the gloss balm over the top to add shine and softness. I find that the gloss layer wears off when eating, drinking or smoking, but this can easily be reapplied over the color repeated times during the day and the color doesn’t fade.

In fact, the lasting properties of the color base are so strong that Maybelline has now brought out a specific oil-based remover to help take it off at the end of the day!

Overall, I’d rate this product very highly and will certainly be wearing it on my wedding day.

Rated 5/5 on Jun 14 2007 by Elly Parker
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