3 to Try - Tempting Tapas
Saturday 30 August 2014
3 to Try - Tempting Tapas
15 Mill Street,Timoleague, Co Cork. Tel: (023) 884-6348, monkslane.ie
Style: A hip new bar and eatery with a beer garden. The menu ranges from small and large plates to charcuterie boards and smoked duck salad to Spanish fish soup and striploin steaks
Price: €4-€20.95
Try; West Cork Plate - Gubbeen chorizo cooked in red wine, potted crab, Durrus cheese crostini and Ummera smoked salmon, €11.50
Wine: From €19.50
LAS TAPAS DE LOLA
12 Wexford Street, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 424-4100, lastapasdelola.com
Style: Located on the hot, hot fast-food corridor of Wexford/Camden Street, there's an extensive range of tapas here, including white chorizo, marinated pig's cheeks, octopus, whitebait, and anchovies
Price: €3.75- €11.95
Try: Gambas al ajillo - prawns with garlic, chilli and olive oil, €7.95
Wine: From €22
CAVA BODEGA
Unit 1 Middle Street Mews, Middle Street, Galway. Tel: (091) 539-884, cavarestaurant.ie
Style: JP McMahon brought the colour of Spanish food to Galway, with a huge range of adventurous dishes from chicken hearts to wild rabbit, and pig's-head fritter to hay-smoked quail
Price: €4-€15.50
Try: Turbot with artichoke, clams, celeriac and saffron puree, €13.50
Wine: From €23
First Published in the Sunday Independent