Ga 2 To (renamed Ga Ta), East Colonial *Dublin Travel Notes

I tried this Northern Vietnamese spot in the rear of the strip mall near Mills on Friday at lunch. I had their namesake. It is a two piece dish. One soup. One rice dish. The only problem is that they didn't give me the rice dish. The soup was ok. A kind of pho. Spicy sweet. I didn't like the boiled chicken. Very bland and tough. It reminded me of cheap Chinese boiled chicken dishes. Scrawny chicken. Bad cuts. Limp skin. It even looked unappealing. It even had a boiled egg that could have been a bouncy ball. Gizzards and hearts were also hard plastic. And they had already taken back the meatballs described on the menu. It also cost $15. Plus they charge for to go orders. They serve around eight things. Hanoi pho, mung beans, egg coffee were interesting. The two apps are $12 and $15. The mains were $14-17. They sell wine and beer. Name means "dried" or something. Nine tables of four. White. Modern. Closed on W or Th. L and D. Open for a few months. I would have liked to have liked it more because it's not me too.

*Travel Notes - Dublin: I'll break this trip into three parts. This will be the shortest. Flew through ATL for $687. Just did last three days there. Stayed first night at Beresford Hotel near bus station for $106. Next two nights at Hotel St George for $107 a night. Had a beer at Kehoe's. Ate Smoked Salmon on Irish Soda Bread with creme fraiche at Neary's. Had cured salmon with sea beans in ajo sauce, bouillibaisse and strawberry souffle at Peploe's. Other odd things I tried: jaffa cakes, apple and blueberry trellis and vanilla rice pudding. Saw Dublin Castle, Kilmainham Gaol, Guinness, Jameson's, Hugh Lane City Gallery, Writer's Museum, Museum of Modern art, Christ Church, Chester Beatty Library, National Museum, National Library, Parliament, Abbey Theatre, Canal Area, Aviva Stadium, Francis Bacon's Birthplace, National Gallery, Oscar Wilde statue and others. Air Coach to and from airport was 8E. Food in markets so much cheaper and better than ours. Mostly ate from there. City smelled of cigarettes and pollution.