Robb Walsh | Ireland Eats
1) Bunsen: Dublin, Cork, Belfast Hamburger With lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and mayo-based burger sauce Bunsen’s extremely short menu is printed on a business card. Basically, there are only two burgers: the hamburger (which can...
Handsome Burger The Smokester at Handsome Burger in Galway features their juicy “hand-rolled” burger patty, a big strip of streaky bacon, smoked cheddar, pickles, crispy onion, and smokey chipotle sauce. (Chipotles are smoked jalapeños.) It’s...
An Eire-Mex version of Texas chili cheese fries. At the Galway Plaza SuperMac’s, my son Joe shoved a paper boat across the table and told me to try some “Taco Fries.” The chips (French fried...
Dashburger, the new kid in town. Dashburger is the hot new Irish hamburger and its nothing like the others. I usually like my burgers medium rare, but I make an exception for this deliciously well-done...
It’s a little bit shocking to see a big Louisiana-style seafood boil in Western Ireland, but lo and behold! I am constantly amazed by the bounty of Irish ingredients This cooking project got started when...
The ground beef has enough fat content to stay loose, regardless of the cooking time—and if you like your burger pink, you are in luck here. The American cheese melts to perfection and the sandwich...
Have you ever tried griddle bread? Most Irish people’s grandparents or great-grandparents grew up on the stuff. It’s really just a flatter form of everyday Irish soda bread, but it’s cooked in a flat pan...
Here in Western Ireland, it took me a long time to find the cuts of beef we use for “fajitas” or carne asada tacos. If you are used to eating tacos all the time,...
Every Irish tasting menu seems to include a raw oyster or two for each diner. The oysters are uniformly of that ever-so-dainty size that slide easily into the mouth in one bite. What’s unique are...
Lighter than a breakfast roll but more substantial than a croissant, the cheese and ham-filled hot pastry called a jambon is my recommendation for an Irish fast-food breakfast. by Caitriona Devery Jambon means ‘ham’ in...