Blair's Bistro

It's fitting, somehow, that the last meal we have in Ireland is at the same place in which we had our first meal: Blair's Bistro, located within the Park Inn, a perhaps five-minute walk from Shannon Airport.

I started with chicken satay, which was rather oddly served
atop what tasted like lo mein. I'm not sure if this counts as
fusion food.

I also had the spaghetti and meatballs.

T3 Bar & Restaurant

My husband and I attempted to fly home today, but it looks like all the flights out of Dublin to anywhere in the States is overbooked, so we'll be in Ireland for an extra two days and departing from another airport instead. We're staying at a Dublin airport hotel - the Radisson Blu - and had dinner at T3 Bar & Restaurant, located within the hotel restaurant.

I started with some rustic garlic ciabatta.

I also had the Irish lamb stew.

Trinity City Restaurant

My husband and I arrived in Dublin this afternoon, and decided to stay close to "home" by having dinner at the hotel restaurant instead of going out. We had an excellent meal at the Trinity City Restaurant.

We shared an appetizer of sesame coated calamari, served on
a bed of rocket, ginger, and lime mayo.

We also shared a Charcuterie Board, which featured a selection
of cured meats and pâté, warm ciabatta, olives, semidried
tomatoes, and relish

We both had prawn linguine (tiger prawns, garlic,
chili and tomato concassé,  buttered linguine and garlic bread).

Barroco Tex Mex Bar & Grill

My husband and I stayed overnight at the Westcourt Hotel in Drogheda; the particular package we chose came with breakfast.

I had the smoked salmon with eggs. 

It was my duty to also have some sausage and white pudding.

The Restaurant at the Fitzwilliam Hotel

My husband and I had plans to have dinner at Mourne Seafood Bar this evening, but when we arrived, we were told that there were no available bookings, so we went back to our hotel, The Fitzwilliam Hotel, and had dinner in the hotel restaurant.

starter: local Irish goat cheese, carpaccio and heritage beets,
pickled oyster mushrooms

entree: smoked Donegal haddock with sautéed new potatoes,
baby spinach, and Rockefeller garnish

side order: creamed cabbage and bacon

dessert: strawberry and elderflower tart, crème patisserie
raspberry and gin sorbet

Blair's Bistro: Breakfast

I awoke ready to eat a horse this morning (metaphorically speaking). I was delighted to see that our hotel had a wonderful hot breakfast buffet option, so I went to town.

Blair's Bistro

After about 11 hours of flying (and three or four additional hours sitting around between flights), my husband and I finally made it to Ireland this morning; our hotel was perhaps 5-minute amble from the airport, and after a shower and a nap, we headed downstairs to the restaurant restaurant, Blair's Bar, for a (very) early dinner.

I started with some very good seafood chowder.

The chowder came with some excellent dark soda bread. 

We both got fish and chips, which came with mushy peas.
(You can't tell, but there were mashed potatoes served as well.
Somehow, it didn't surprise me that there were two types of
potatoes served.)