It has been almost a year since I blogged about Eataly in NYC. I visited again over the weekend and wanted to share some photos of what I have to say is one of the most incredible food stores I have ever seen. It is somewhat outside my price range but it is enjoyable to walk around and look at the delicious items for sale.
If you follow the rules of the Catholic Church and abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent you might as well do it in style. Here are some of the Catch of The Day Specials we have been serving.
When it comes to restaurant dishes writing recipes can be very difficult. Each plate can be a combination of several component recipes. In the case of these dishes it is some simple but quality fresh ingredients well prepared and artfully presented. I cannot take credit for these dishes as they are a product of the culinary team. I am much more involved in the catering end of our operation but this is the kind of food that is produced in the main restaurant.
Before I go on to share my love of small plates with you allow me to ask that you drop over to my Share The Harvest giveaway and share a link or leave a comment to be enter.
I guess we have to give the Spanish and their Tapas the credit for the proliferation of small plates in restaurants. When travel there is nothing I enjoy more than finding places that have small plates available as it gives you the opportunity to taste more than you normally would. I sometimes overindulge but at least I get to experience many tastes
A couple of these are from my job the rest are from various places have visited around the USA. Do you have a favorite small plate? or are you a big plate meat and potato type?
All the tastes in the collage Crab, Scallops,Beef, Sausage and Cheesecake would only make a small meal so it leave room for more.
Time was a little tight for my trip to Dublin and the weather did not play in my favor.I decided that being a tourist in the city where I grew up might be interesting. After a little research I chose Fabulous Food Tours. I have been out of the culinary loop in Dublin for quite sometime and was quite impressed at how the scene has changed.
Growing up in Dublin it certainly wasn’t a destination city for food. There were a limited number of fine dining restaurants and quality ingredients were hard to come by.
The food scene has changed radically over the last few years and even with the economic downturn people seem not to have lost there taste for quality food.
The tour does not focus on fine dining but rather introduces some of the fun food trends.
As much as I enjoyed seeing what new stuff Dublin has to offer some of the things in old Dublin were interesting. When we visited the butcher shop we were shown an old photo which showed how the place operated before supermarkets took an enormous toll on local butchers.
Fabulous food tours will give you a taste both figurative and literal of some of what Dublin has to offer. We did a walking tour of some nice little food spots that have opened in Dublin in the past few years and also got a peek inside an old Victorian era bar and a traditional butcher shop.
