Irish food can be really bland, or it can be outstanding. At Gogarty's, I had the Trinity chicken and I have to say it wasn't all that great. Sounded fabulous on the menu, but clearly enough spices were not used for my taste. Now the stew and casserole, however, were different stories. Tommy and his parents had those and they were outstanding. Lots of meat and vegetables in the stew, and the casserole was more like a thick beef stew whereas the stew was more like what we consider soup. But they were good.

Scytheboy wasn't too thrilled with his beef appetizer salad either, so we opted for dessert. He had chocolate mousse and I had strawberries with ice cream. The ice cream was like nothing I've ever had...it was a vanilla bean mixture that included brown bread. This gave it a really unique flavor and texture that was to die for.

Later that night, we found O'Shea's...a quaint little storefront eating establishment with a few tables in side and outside on the patio. Tommy had a sausage plate that looked really good while his parents had some fish. I opted for the lasagna...um....don't get lasagna in an Irish restaurant. It tasted like the stuff you can get from the can here. But they gave me fries on the side so that was okay. Scytheboy had the burger so he was happy. I think by that point we were all so tired we would have been okay with anything.

The next morning, we ate at the hotel buffet. You could get everything from a traditional "proper English breakfast" (including sausages, beans, tomatoes, eggs, bacon, toast) to a typical continental breakfast or a straight-up eggs, bacon and toast American style meal. Can I just say that the yogurt is way better over there than it is over here? Probably something to do with a higher fat content...I don't know. But it was better. I had the bramley apple Yoplait and it tasted just like custard.

I've talked about The Castle Inn by Dublin Castle. We had lunch there on day two and it was really, really good. Here is a picture of the outside of the establishment (It's the blue and gold sign second from the left) so you can find it if you go:

Here is a good picture of the bar, across from where we sat:

And here is the food. You can see Tommy's Guinness beef pie in the foreground, and our fish and chips and of course Scytheboy's burger are also on the table. Finally, the Smittick's is what you see in the Guinness glasses. A perfect, perfect meal all around. Although I must say were all a bit jealous of Tommy's pie....

Looks damn good, doesn't it? He gave us all one bite each, but that was all he would allow. It was just TOO good.

As I've mentioned in an earlier post, we finished our Irish eating at the Hard Rock in Dublin. Nothing special about the food, but it was still good to go.

The morning we left all we had time for was a small scone and some coffee from the hotel barista. Then it was off to the airport for more airline food during the trip home.

So there's your post on the food we had in Dublin. Mmmmmm.....Guinness beef pie and brown bread ice cream.

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That pie did look good. But I am with Scytheboy. Burgers were created in heaven and sent down by angels of the beef industry.

Posted by: DrinkJack on October 21, 2005 08:56 PM

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