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While most of us will be readying ourselves for the tried and tested turkey/ham/spuds Christmas Day combination, there are now more alternatives available in Galway than ever before. Our markets – both the St Nicholas' weekly market and the 'Christkindlmarkt' in Eyre Square – our restaurants and food emporiums now offer a broad array of options for those of us not brimming over with joie de vivre at the prospect of a week of heavy duty turkey consumption.

THE SECOND annual exhibition by students of Geraldine Folan‘s painting classes takes place in the Clybaun Hotel.

To say that Da Tang is no ordinary Chinese noodle house would be wrong. It is exactly that. It’s an ordinary noodle house offering extraordinary freshness and flavours through its authentic Chinese cuisine. For precisely the same reason, Da Tang’s menu is perhaps not what you would expect to find here in Ireland– it’s the menu you might find in a noodle house in China, and that means no curry chips! As its loyal customers know, Da Tang is the real deal, and it’s set to reopen on Middle Street in Galway tomorrow Friday, December 10 at 12 noon.

Flahavan’s, Ireland’s favourite porridge, has launched a competition offering people in Mayo an opportunity to demonstrate flair, imagination, and innovation using oats as an ingredient. There are two top prizes of €1,500 for the winning entries.

According to a national research survey of 1,100 people conducted by Stop Food Waste, a programme developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, 53 per cent of Mayo people throw away food regularly. In fact, 30 per cent of the food we buy ends up in the bin, costing the average household up to €1,000 a year in food waste.

Hats were raised in celebration as Mary Ryan from Knockranny House Hotel, Westport was announced the winner of the Euro-toques Young Chef Competition 2010 at a special ceremony in Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud in Dublin this week. Winner Mary Ryan and fellow finalists, showcased their talents by each cooking one dish for a five course lunch in Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud.

There was an amazing sense of nostalgia as I had dinner in this relatively new restaurant on the main street in Loughrea. The building was originally a private house owned by the O’Loughlin family and on many, many, nights in the early seventies I practised all my best moves and chords as we played hits by people like Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and many more in what we thought was the best rock band on the planet. The band had the rather unusual name of Skab Law. How the neighbours put up with the deafening levels of guitars and drums is a credit to their tolerance.

Celebrity chef Derry Clarke will tomorrow (Friday December 3) launch his new 'Kitchen' food range in the new Joyce’s Supermarket in Tuam between 12pm to 4pm, and in their Knocknacarra outlet between 5pm to 8pm.

The tea everyone has been talking about is now available at Therapie Clinic on Shop Street, Galway. Many famous celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria and Courtney Love are known to rave about this tea as part of their daily diet.

I had some great feedback about last week’s article, where I suggested that we support our local restaurants and food producers. The best commend I had was: “Use them or lose them.” I think that about sums it up and it is a great message to keep in the back of our minds when shopping generally.