Kid's Drink in Ireland?

March 6, 2016 11:18 PM

I'm looking for the name of a kid's drink we had in restaurants while visiting Ireland, Co. Clare.

We visited Co. Clare in Ireland in the summer of 2015. Many restaurants served a kid's drink that I think was some kind of syrup mixed into water. There were two fruity flavors, and one waitress said she liked them mixed the best. It has a funny sounding (to me) name, and I could never remember it, nor ever knew how to spell it. I'd like to know the name for posterity. Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?

posted by huckit to Food & Drink (12 answers total)

Ribena?
posted by fshgrl at 11:41 PM on March 6, 2016

I'm guessing Ribena as well (it's predominately blackcurrant flavored). However it could be some other type of fruit "squash" (basically a fruit drink concentrate that comes in lots of different natural flavors and which is widely available in the UK and probably elsewhere, but not in America in my experience).

(Note that my experience is specifically with England/Britain here, although I'd be surprised if the fruit drink situation differed all that much in Ireland...)
posted by ClaireBear at 11:55 PM on March 6, 2016

Mi Wadi maybe. Kia Ora is another cordial but Mi Wadi is more of a Southern thing.
posted by billiebee at 11:56 PM on March 6, 2016

Vimto?
posted by EndsOfInvention at 12:11 AM on March 7, 2016

Robinsons barley water? Comes in a few flavors. Would really help to know the color of the drink itself.
posted by azlondon at 12:14 AM on March 7, 2016

The Tiesseire cordial drinks that have long been ubiquitous in France - have recently started to become more widely available in other European countries - Ireland included, I guess.
posted by rongorongo at 12:37 AM on March 7, 2016

As billibee said, prpbably Miwadi. It's fairly ubiquitous in resaurants and pubs here
posted by Samarium at 12:41 AM on March 7, 2016

Just to chime, in, almost certainly Miwadir (tagline, "It's not Your-Wadi, it's Mi-Wadi"). Comes in Orange and Blackcurrant flavours, while Ribena is just Blackcurrant.
posted by doozer_ex_machina at 3:03 AM on March 7, 2016

I think it's going to be unanimous, but MiWadi, been around for a million years. Robinsons you would remember, might be a bit fancy for Clare too. Even if it wasn't actual MiWadi you it it would still likely be referred to as it.
posted by Iteki at 4:19 AM on March 7, 2016

MiWadi

Huh. Wonder how it ended up with that name?
*googles*

Mineral Water Distributors.

That's perfect.
posted by zamboni at 6:04 AM on March 7, 2016

Irn Bru?
posted by Carol Anne at 9:13 AM on March 7, 2016

MiWadi! Thanks everyone. I never knew if it was some Gaelic word I wasn't catching. Orange and Blackcurrant were the flavors, too.
posted by huckit at 11:14 AM on March 7, 2016