Competition Time: If you’re lucky enough to be heading to the Heineken Cup Semi Final in Aviva Stadium this Saturday, why not stop in and try our fantastic value ‘Spring Lunch Menu’ (with starters from €5.00 and maincourses from €9.50) beforehand? And for those of you who really wish you were going, we have two “Premium” tickets to give away! For your chance to win, simply log onto our facebook page at SabaRestaurant and tell us which two teams are competing in the Heineken Cup Semi Final in Aviva Stadium this weekend? It’s simple really! Winner will be announced on Friday at lunchtime. Good luck!
Saba is delighted and excited to be in shake up for an award at the Leinster Regional Finals of the Irish Restaurant Awards this Monday 16th April in The Westin Hotel. We are shortlisted with five others to be the restaurant with the ‘Best Customer Service’ in Co. Dublin. The competition will be really tough and we are delighted to get this far. Thank you to all you voted for us in The Sunday Independent Newspaper. We let you know how we do. Fingers crossed!
The Irish Restaurants Awards:
Nominations for the awards were made by readers of the Sunday Independent Life Magazine and members of the Restaurants Association of Ireland. All nominees are then assessed by Regional Judging panels, made up of Industry experts across the region. Votes from the Consumer, Members of the Restaurants Association of Ireland and the Regional Judges are independently assessed by KPMG who give us our County Winner in each category.
All County winners then compete for the Regional and All Ireland Title which will be announced at the Irish Restaurant Awards in the Burlington Hotel Dublin on Wednesday 14th May 2012. www.irishrestaurantawards.com . There are 3 components to phase two of the process. Each element is independently assessed by KPMG.
1. Mystery Guest Visit (35%) This component of the awards is conducted by Prism Consulting headed by Hugo Arnold, independent food writer and consultant. (http://www.hugoarnold.com). All County Winners receive a mystery guest visit throughout the month of April.
2. National Awards Academy (55%) Our National Awards Academy is made up representatives from each of the regional judging panels and will meet in May to Judge the County Winners.
3. Menu Judging (10%) All County winners and the Dublin Shortlist in each category are asked to submit a copy of their food menu and wine list for judging.
Good luck to everyone running in the Great Ireland Run tomorrow in the Phoenix Park. You are probably having an early night tonight, but pop into Saba tomorrow evening for dinner and celebrate your success. Present your Great Ireland Run Medal and receive a glass of Prosecco with our compliments. Good luck and see you then.
Happy Thai New Year! Friday 13th April is Thai New Year and Saba will be celebrating in style! Thai New Year marks the beginning of Songkran festival, which runs from 13th until 15th April (follow this link to learn more http://www.metro.co.uk/travel/112462-the-wet-and-wonderful-thai-new-year). Visit Saba during the festival for Thai treats sure to tantalise your tastebuds.
Celebrations start on Friday 13th with outstanding offers including free Bale Fruit Iced Tea with lunch and voucher giveaways. Celebrations continue all weekend with children eating for FREE* on Saturday and Sunday. Diners will also receive a 10% discount card for their next meal in Saba. We also are launching our new lunch and dinner menus this weekend with some scrumptious new dishes.
Our festival cocktail for the weekend is called “Khati” which is muddled fresh passion fruit, galangal, white rum, palm liqueur, coconut purée shaken with crushed ice and drizzled with some spiced rum. It is the perfect drink to ring in any New Year. Priced at €8.50.
Sawadee Pee Mai!
Terms and conditions: Children under 12 years of age dine free. Offer available between 12pm – 3pm from Friday 13th until Sunday 15th April. One child per adult meal ordered eats free.
Notes on Bale Fruit Tea: Grown in Thailand, Bael fruit tea is a unique herbal tea, rarely seen in tea form. A soft taste with no caffeine gives this tea a naturally refreshing sensation, welcome throughout the day and night. Amongst a list of benefits, the highly nutritious Bael fruit is best known for its uses to help brain and heart functions.
Last week, we meant to share the news that SABA: The Cookbook will feature in the 2012 ICAD Exhibition (Irish Institute of Advertising and Design), in the category “Print Design – Books” which showcases the best design produced during 2011. We are delighted as we are one of the best designed books picked of 2011. It is a tough process as they only picked two this year (well done all at Fresh design).
Also our photographer for the book, Matthew Thompson has been nominated in the ‘Design Craft – Photography’ Category for SABA: The Cookbook.
The awards are announced tomorrow night so let’s wish him good luck!
If you have not got a copy of the book yet, call into Saba or Saba To Go to pick up your copy of one of the best designed books from last year!
For more log onto: http://icad.ie/awards/3101/results.html
