Review: Il Fico, Naas, Co. Kildare
Il Fico, Naas, Co. Kildare should have been great. It was nicely busy, with reasonably pleasant, if hurried, staff. The décor is full of character and the menu varied. They offer a great value early...
View ArticleReview: Las Rada Wine & Tapas Bar, Naas, Co. Kildare
We felt quite smug with ourselves when we discovered the little gem that is Las Rada Tapas, Naas, Co. Kildare. This modern tapas bar combines simple, tasty food with the kind of exquisitely relaxed...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Elephant & Castle, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
The wings. Oh, the wings. That’s what had me in Temple Bar on a chilly Sunday afternoon, weaving my way through street performers on stilts and camera-bearing tourists, trying to push through the...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: McSwiggans, Eyre Square, Galway
A little while ago myself and Himself had to make an emergency work-related dash to Galway, which wasn’t entirely unwelcome, given that of all the cities in Ireland, this one is up there with the best...
View ArticleChildren In Restaurants – The Munier Question
This afternoon, my news source of choice, Twitter, reported that Nick Munier (apparently he has a restaurant called Pichet, but most of us know him as the one with the cool glasses on Masterchef) has...
View ArticleGreat Job Alert: Food & Wine Magazine Restaurant Critic – Extended Deadline!
***Update: Deadline Extended to July 13th 2012!*** One of the few benefits of this interminable recession we find ourselves in is a return to simple pleasures. Gone is the conveyor belt of champagne...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: White Friar Grill and Restaurant
Emily Holmes has good taste. This extends to style, interior design, and, it appears, restaurants. Like White Friar Grill, for example, which she chose as the location for a most overdue catch-up a...
View ArticleGastronomics.ie in Food and Wine Magazine – Review of the Lady Helen, Mount...
Yep, there’s one half of the Gastronomics.ie duo in the fabulous Food and Wine magazine again, this time at the Lady Helen Restaurant, Mount Juliet, Kilkenny. It was a real treat indeed to review the...
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