Taco Fries: the 40th Anniversary
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...
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Irish Burgers: Bunsen
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...
Irish Bakeries: The Griddle Bread Revival
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...
My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2021 #3
#3: Monkfish and broad beans in morel sauce at Suesy Street in Dublin These sensationally tender, impossibly juicy medallions of grilled monkfish wrapped in crispy Iberico ham were served over firm fresh broad beans and...
My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2021 #9
#9: The Eire-Mex Bricfeasta Taco at Bia Cantina in Tullamore- Put the familiar eggs, sausage, beans and black pudding from a “full Irish breakfast” on a corn tortilla and you’ve got Bia Cantina’s “Bricfeasta Taco” It’s even...
My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2021 #10
#10: The Ulster Fry at Rostrevor Inn in County Down- Breakfast is included in the room rate at the Rostrevor Inn and I’ve enjoyed this stellar fry-up on several occasions. Although it’s listed on the...
F.X. Buckley: The Dublin Steakhouse
Call me a meat junkie, but there’s something about a restaurant attached to a butcher shop that makes my heart race. I have come across quite a few butcher shops with steakhouses in my...
Culinary Tourism in Ireland
When an American couple came to visit us in the Burren last week, we asked them which of the local sights they wanted to see. Castles, dolmens, and hiking trails ranked lower on their wish...