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In traditional Irish fashion, the remaining surface of the
plate was covered with vegetables: cauliflower in a milk sauce,
slightly over-cooked for my taste (this wasn't a stew) and
carrots.
I decided to broach the tricky subject of these years Board
Fáilte/ Ballygowan restaurant awards. Nobody can doubt
that fine Irish restaurants have been honored with an award
and equally we can pinpoint many fine Irish restaurants that
haven't. But the point where the systems breaks down is in
the under £8 category where pack them in bypass burger
joints offering a diet of sugar and salt are put in the same roll of
honor as places that actually cook food, not just process
it.
Can there be a justification in those who say the company
inside? Is it too democratic?
"Perhaps where the award system needs review is that
more participating restaurants." Said Martin, reminding
me that the awards only come when customers fill in nomination
forms (in all the many restaurants I've eaten, I've never
been proffered one of these).
We finished with homemade brown bread and Bailey's
ice cream for me and bread and butter for Martin Dully. Both
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