🇵🇹🌞 We couldn’t get in quick enough to check out Dublin’s first dedicated pasteis de nata shop. These little custard tarts have been popping up all over the place the last few years but nearly all of them give the real deal a bad name (with notable exceptions like Bread 41...
We've been contacted by a teacher in Dublin 1 who is very concerned about some families who's children usually get fed at school, and are now in a desperate situation. She's currently dipping into the school's emergency fund to buy them food but it won't last much longer...
The dulce de leche filled, cinnamon and sugar coated, crunchy, warm churros from the Brazilian shop on Capel Street are the best general anxiety cure we've found lately...
Restaurants are officially allowed to reopen from next Monday and it's safe to say there is a LOT of pent up demand to get back out there. If you're eager to get booking here's where's opening next week...
The
@LePatissier1
mixed patisserie box (€30 + €5 for delivery) is a thing of beauty. And one of the few upsides about a pandemic is less people around to share it with...
A sustainable café opens in Dún Laoghaire today, with most of the food coming from within 50 miles, only Irish meat and fish, and an aim to completely eliminate waste, both from deliveries and from food...
Just been told that there are only 3 Vietnamese (owned & cheffed) restaurants in Ireland. Bun Cha, Pho Ta & Pho Viet, all Dublin. Seems crazy for such a vibrant, globally loved cuisine. Anyone know of any others?
Went to try a café this morning that our readers have been raving about. No vaccination checks, staff unmasked, customers coming in unmasked to order. We had to walk out. How is this still happening?
The Maritozzi from new Phibsborough bakery Elliot's are officially one of the best baked things in Dublin. A fluffy yeast bun stuffed with creme diplomat (creme anglaise & whipped cream) with a trickle of apricot jam & pistachios on top. You would (& should) travel to eat this...
Five new openings in Dublin (yes you did read that right), including cheese toasties in Malahide, Mexican street food in the city centre, and the new Dublin bakery you're going to be very excited about...
Two new ⭐⭐ star restaurants for Ireland. WOW. No one sitting in this room could ever be sniffy about these awards seeing how important they are to the chefs here. Many tears shed during this ceremony
Nice day for a Lambay lobster roll from The Pierhouse in Howth, with spiced Japanese mayo and crispy garlic shallots on brioche. €13 felt like good value 👌🏻
Firefighters are currently dealing with a fire in a building off Francis Street
4️⃣ Four fire engines responded along with a turntable ladder
🚒 The fire is under control, traffic restrictions remain in place
🚨 Empanada alert 🚨
New Argentinean bakery Bakeology in Dublin 8 are slinging out beef ones, spinach and bechamel ones, cheese and corn ones, even bacon and prune ones, with a side of chimichurri, and they're as good as you'll find in any bar in Buenos Aires. They're also...
It's been another roller-coaster week for the hospitality industry, but as of today these 16 restaurants are open for collection if you're getting sick of your own cooking...
Last night at Little Mike's and a faultless meal. Hard to understand why more people don't cook like this - the best ingredients, never overcomplicated, & the wine list, & the Zaltos... Predict this will be one of the most sought after places to eat & drink in summer '19...
A little check on M&L in Dublin 1 to see if everything's in working order. Nothing to worry about here 👌
🐟 Deep-fried seabass in chilli garlic sauce
🌶 Stir-fried French beans with dried chilli
🥟 Steamed beef dumplings
🦑 Salted spicy squid
🐄 Braised beef and veg in hot
After 10 years,
@EttoMerrionRow
might be the best it's ever been... It's cheffier than in the past, less Italian, more modern Irish, still outrageously delicious, still packed out every night, still one of the buzziest dining rooms in town. Here's what we ate there, and be warned
Little Forest in Blackrock. The nduja, ricotta and honey, and the portobello mushroom and pancetta with rosemary crema. Pizza doesn't get better than this...
Dublin is now one of the most expensive cities in Europe to eat out in, but we strongly believe that the pleasure of a good meal in a restaurant should be accessible to everyone. Here's where to go when you're not feeling flash with cash...
Need a break from life? We highly recommend a trip to Belfast to eat all the food. From Michelin-starred lunches to the best wine bar, next level ramen to piña colada French toast, you won't have a bad meal with our guide on where to eat & drink...
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Featherblade on Dawson Street have added outdoor seating 🥳. We popped in a couple of weeks ago & loved the short rib croquette. Miso hangar steak with bearnaise had all the flavour & the beef dripping chips are what you hope for every time you go to the chipper but rarely get...
First food day trip included new Hong Kong bakery on Eden Quay, from owners of dim sum restaurant Ka Shing. Char siu pork puffs & buns were the winners, but scallions buns & sausage rolls in the softest, milkiest bread great too. Sweet red bean bun possibly an acquired taste...
Dede almost needs to be tasted to be believed 💥. The chef has been going more & more in the direction of his Turkish homeland, and the team say this is the first year it's a fully Turkish tasting menu, using the best produce from around them, with impossible to get in Ireland...
Ever wondered if critic reviews make much difference? Since their stellar 9/10 from
@catherineeats
in the Irish Times on Sat,
@MichaelsCoDub
have had over 170 emails for bookings. They had to unplug the phone at lunch today just to get through the service
Amuri on Chatham Street is so good we went back twice in three days. The caponata, the pasta alle sarde, the rosemary roast potatoes, we just couldn't wait any longer to eat it all again...
Dax has been named best restaurant in Dublin at the Irish Restaurant Awards, with Uno Mas taking best newcomer, 3 Leaves winning best world cuisine, and The Old Spot taking home best gastropub...
We're taking a content break. Sept's a busy month for the ATF team with babies, house moves & holidays. We'll keep sharing what we're eating & will be back with content in Oct. Until then you'll find loads of eating inspo in our popular features section -
Last night we had a preview of Mister S, the new live fire barbecue restaurant on Camden Street from the guys behind
@featherblade
. Full story on the site tomorrow, which is when they officially open, but you should be very excited. The hype is real 🔥
Days like this are brutal for independent restaurants. Books full of cancellations, kitchens full of food. If you're in a position to, eat out today and support them. It's very cold outside, you deserve a treat ❄️☃️🌬️🍷🍽️
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#dublinrestaurants
#BeastFromTheEast
Can we talk about the carbonara at Bar Italia? Have you had the carbonara at Bar Italia? Can you go and get it so we can talk about the carbonara at Bar Italia? We should probably also talk about the pasta with fresh truffle, the plump scallops (landed that...
This week's new openings - the scoop on Little Forest in Blackrock, Brother Hubbard open a third location, a new Italian for the city centre, and crab croissants come to the Northside...
Never one to moan... BUT... if you can’t make it to your booking, especially when we’re all working on a much reduced capacity & holding on for dear life... please please please call to cancel (even if 5 mins after your supposed arrival time)
#noshows
#poorshow
😢
Great news for
@CircaDublin
and
@UnoMasDublin
with their new bibs, but shocked at this year's deletions. Wonder if any are getting stars on Monday, or if the VAT increase has pushed them out of
@MichelinGuideUK
's "good value" criteria...
The most beautiful meal at the most beautiful
@pilgrims_rest
in Roscarberry, Cork. There are some restaurants worth planning a trip around - this is one. The carrots, the smoked beets, the rayu doused rib-eye, the seaweed potatoes. What holiday dinner dreams are made of...
When Michael’s announced a competition to find the most insane crispy pancake filling, ATF's Helen was all over it suggesting they stuff it with lasagne. Her idea won and tonight she went to claim her prize - the…
This is just fucking ridiculous! Its hard enough to train staff & now we are supposed to count calories! I don't measure when I cook so how am I to count the calories? or perhaps
@SimonHarrisTD
wants to come in and teach me how to cook? Not Enough damage with childrens hospital?
This week's critic reviews, with Lucinda on the hyped, high-end Chinese that needs to take "a long hard look at itself", the comeback of the year so far for Circa, and Tom Doorley on Dublin's newest destination restaurant...
Variety Jones at home is everything you want it to be. The level of detail in each dish is hard to get your head around, yet totally offset by the fact that it's been so well thought out with all the hard work done for you. Full post on Instagram here...
Dublin's D'Olier Street is one of five new Michelin stars for Ireland. Here's who else has just been added to the starry-eyed club, and what the inspectors had to say about them...
The critics are all back, and so are the critics' reviews (for how long is anyone's guess)... This week: the best barbecue in Ireland, food of the Gods in Temple Bar, and the new opening they've all descended on...
Dublin Airport tip. If flying from T1 don't deny yourself great coffee. Go to T2. Breeze through security. Head to Gate 409 for an excellent coffee from
@CloudPickercoff
. Take a short walk back to the eternally rammed T1, coffee in hand. Feel relaxed and smug ☕️
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@IrishTimesFood
is proud to bring you this tomorrow with
@IrishTimes
, to give diners something to look forward to and to recognize the resilience of hard working restaurateurs and staff. Plus seasonal recipes, interviews and features
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Stoneybatter (and Dublin) favourite Grano has opened a 'wineria' next door. 'A Fianco' serves small plates of meat, cheese, seafood crudo and other antipasti, and the wine list is fully Italian - and all the better for it. It's small with just 16 seats, but there's a wall...
This week's critic reviews, where Leon makes Catherine Cleary feel sad, Ernie Whalley calls a hyped new opening "gutless and insipid", and all the love for Aimsir...
Dinner last night from Big Fan Bao on George's St, which will herein be known as Big Fan Wow. Those umami beef dumplings, the sticky pork bao, the kimchi, the corn ribs which taste like buffalo Hunky Dorys. The wonton crackers with parmesan & chilli salsa - obscenely delicious...
Mister S continues to be one of the best, and best value casual eating experiences in the city. Not a disappointing dish among everything we ate (which was most of the menu) and you'll leave feeling very full without making too big of a dent in your...
A lunchtime stop off in the Misunderstood Heron at Killary Fjord in Connemara. Constant queue of 20-30 people, ultra flavoursome food and what a view...
#atfontour
Korean fried chicken is the latest addition to Stoneybatter at Korean Table. It's a bit sweet, a bit spicy, a bit chewy, and the portions of everything are huge. The bibimbap is enough to feed two, and you'll get a cute little plate of condiments and sides to mix in with...
It's that time of the week again, where we feel the pain of the hyped new opening getting a 3rd and 4th kicking from the critics, welcome another member to the
@Variety_Jones
fan club, & there's some swipes at the restaurant group everyone loves to hate...
Some dishes from Allta last night. Chicken liver scarpinocc, smoked gubbeen cappelletti with grilled maitake broth, BBQ lamb with seaweed pappardelle, and crab bigoli. It's unlike anywhere else in the city right now, and a seriously exciting addition to the Dublin food scene 💥
Now that is a fish finger sandwich. Tempura pollock, caper aioli, cucumber pickle, fennel slaw and organic leaves on Seagull Bakery sourdough. The food at Nóinín in Kilkenny is extremely tasty...