The season of wild edible mushrooms continues.

Saffron Milk Cap (lactarius deliciosus)

For detailed information please refer to the Wild Food section

Aniar Galway!

Exceptional food prepared by an exceptional chef.

For more information please visit my Food section.

Chapter One!!!!!!

A recent two week stage at Chapter One in Dublin, made me realise how many excellent food ingredients Ireland has to offer, as the menu features prominently the best produce from around the country. The time went by way too fast, but the experience was so much more than I had wished and hoped for.
The following pictures will try to give a glimpse of the outstanding food produced at the restaurant. The skill and determination of the kitchen brigade under the constant guidance of Ross Lewis, delivers way beyond what the photographs are able to tell.



Carpaccio of Tom Durcan’s spiced beef with creamed shallots and horseradish,
West Cork Gouda and shaved baby vegetables



Crab salad with pickled Atlantic seaweed, cucumber and dill



Tomato jelly with salted cherries, tomato cream, coriander and fried onion bread



Cured Clare island organic salmon with smoked pear and mustard puree,
compressed apple and a mandarin vinaigrette



Slow braised lamb shoulder, gratinated stuffed carrot with gremolata,

creamed savoy cabbage, fried sweetbreads



Monkfish cooked in aromatic oil with Japanese spice, brown crab,

roasted white asparagus and pickled white radish



Stuffed loin of rabbit wrapped in pancetta with broad beans á la francaise, rabbit liver parfait

Rarebreed pork plate with parsley creamed barley and roast carrots,
Jack McCarthy’s black pudding and smoked aioli, pickled thistle sauce

Summer berry and vanilla jelly with fresh berries, elderflower granite and maple syrup cream

Warm chocolate mousse with lemon marshmallow and praline, chocolate mint cream and spiced bread biscuit with vanilla ice cream

Toonsbridge buffalo ricotta cheesecake with crushed oat biscuits, lemon curd and strawberries,

Copsey dairy yoghurt and vanilla foam 

Chilled black cherry soup with a hazelnut and orange genoise sponge,

Earl Grey ice cream and dehydrated milk

Lunch at the Green House in Dublin!

An experience not to be missed.

For more details refer to the Food section.

Chanterelle in Irish forests right now.