You thought you knew DUBLIN
Dublin is well established as the perfect destination for lovers of history, culture and the craic. But it’s starting to appear on gastro tourists’ lists too as the city’s thriving food scene establishes itself as a hotspot for the hungry.
The essence of Irish cuisine is in the ingredients. Much like New Zealand, the country is blessed with rich soils, a temperate climate and plenty of rain – the perfect conditions to produce a bounty of world-class meat, dairy and vegetables. As an island nation, abundant seafood is also easily accessible.
Much as Dublin itself is steeped in history yet alive with a buzzing, youthful vibe, the general culinary ethos is built around respect for the solid foundation of those quality ingredients brought to life by a new generation of restaurateurs and chefs.
The new guard has on some level been born out of the recession in 2008; when many restaurants were forced to close their doors during the global financial crisis, chefs went abroad to find work.
