Carton House in Kildare is home to The Linden Tree restaurant. Voted the best hotel restaurant in Kildare in 2015 and 2017, it is stacking up quite a few accolades. Continue reading
The Linden Tree at Carton House
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Category Archives: Food
Wowburger
Sometimes a burger is just a burger and sometimes its a Wowburger. A relatively recent chain of burger joints which has expanded to six locations in Dublin and one in Cork, Wowburger’s original home was in the Workman’s Club. Continue reading
Chocolate Restaurant Berlin
Ich mag Schokolade, or in English, I like chocolate. If you find yourself in Berlin and you feel the same, then the chocolate restaurant upstairs in Fassbender and Rausch is a must visit. Continue reading
Recipe Rewind: Chocolate & Orange Pudding
Christmas Day is a day for fat pants. Families and friends gather to celebrate the day raising toasts and eating twice their body weight. I know I like to tuck into the full fry for breakfast followed by turkey, ham and all the trimmings for dinner. If that wasn’t enough there is also the usual inhaling of a tin or two of Roses or Celebrations. It’s certainly enough eating and drinking to send you into a food coma for the afternoon. Continue reading
The Smell Of That Bread
My mum would arrive home from my Nanny’s with a loaf of soda bread wrapped in a candy striped flannel pillow case. The type everyone’s grandparents seemed to have an endless supply of. Continue reading
Foraging on Lambay Island
Foraging on Lambay Island was a highlight of this year for me. I have previously written about it but decided to share the additional piece below. Continue reading
Skinny Kitchen – Ibiza
The Skinny Kitchen was a welcome find on a recent trip to Ibiza. The clubbing capital of Europe had me waving my hands in the air like I just didn’t care (I actually didn’t) until all hours of the morning. Interestingly their tag line is ‘eat clean, rave dirty’, and damn did I rave dirty. After a few days of that my 40-year-old body needed a bit of a break. Continue reading
The Pig’s Ear
Tucked away behind an unassuming door on Nassau Street you will find The Pig’s Ear. They also have a sister restaurant called Mr. Fox on Parnell Square East. An experienced team behind the scenes won the restaurant a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2009 and they have worked hard to retain it. Chef Stephen McAllister you may already know as a familiar face on The Restaurant TV show. Continue reading