The ‘pop-up restaurant’, a phrase I guarantee you’ll be hearing a lot more of, was conceived as a fly-by-night dining event where a chef with a background in fine dining takes over a restaurant or vacant space for a brief window. There’s an indie, even underground vibe to the concept. The menu changes daily
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WINE IN PUBS – some thoughts
Drinking is never a random activity. In all cultures where alcohol is consumed, drinking is hedged about with unwritten rules, social norms and stigmas regarding who may drink how much of what, when, where, with whom and in what manner. The rules are different in different countries and different social circles, but there are always
WINE: Keeping New Year resolutions – how did I fare?
Just done my annual piece on vinous New Year resolutions for The Sunday Independent. I looked back at the corresponding article this time last year, to make sure there were no (or anyway, not too many) duplications. Here are the ones I made – with my notes on how well I managed to keep them.
On the Hop – the Pleasure of Beer
How’s your zythology? Okay, I can see you’re puzzled. The name is a contraction of two ancient Greek words, zythos, meaning beer and logos, meaning study. A zythologist is, in effect, a connoisseur of beer. “What’s to be picky about?”, you might say. “Beer’s a drink that comes in cans, bottles or out of taps.
Gruel
Swanky Dublin restaurant La Gondola is offering 3 courses, Monday to Friday, for €16.95 including a half bottle of wine, a taxi home and the opportunity to snog the waitperson of your choice. Well it would, if it existed. It seems that fellow Herald contributor Michael O’Doherty’s observation that restaurants never seem to have January
Fylde Hotpot
Beer and food? The combination of stout and shellfish is well-known. Not many people realise that a small glass of dark strong ale is the perfect companion to the big fry. You should try it. Young’s Double Chocolate Stout will make a better job of complimenting a heavy dessert than many a ‘stickie’. A dry
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