I was in The Port House on South William Street over the weekend which is one of my favourite tapas places in the city. They do a delicious dish of Deep fried cubed potatoes served with a selection of sauces for €3.95 each. My favourite is the Patatas Mojo which is potatoes served with a [...]

Broke and busy, I couldn’t get it together to go away. Instead, I had this great plan to fool myself into thinking I was abroad by having a dish a day from holidays past. I did have two successful meals but a hundred and one things came up and I ended up barely sitting down [...]

I was one of the plebs caught up in the travel chaos the other week and marooned abroad because of the plume of ash. An extra week in the sun sounds rather nice doesn’t it? Well it was complete hell and there was no sun in the south of Spain because it was busy shining [...]

Black pudding is not for everyone but I think it’s absolutely delicious. I can understand, that if you are a vegetarian, the idea of consuming pigs blood is just revolting – even a little demonic – but as a meat eater I think it’s best to use the whole of the animal. Usually made from [...]

One of my all time favourite things to do is while away a Saturday afternoon nibbling food, drinking wine and people watching. Located on one of the Dublin’s busiest corners, The Port House on South William Street is the perfect place for such a whimsical lunch. I love this Spanish tapas bar and regularly feast [...]