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You might not think that traditional
Irish food would have as much pulling power as traditional
Irish drink - and in broad global terms you would probably
be right. The balance may be shifting, nevertheless.
So popular have the potato pancakes, bacon and cabbage and
bread and butter pudding proved at Gallagher's Boxty House,
Dublin's first truly traditional restaurant that it doubled
in size after just one year in business. Fortunately the cosy
country kitchen atmosphere remains unchanged. It was while
Pádraic Óg Ó Gallchobháir from
Leitrim was cooking abroad on yachts sailing between Venezuela
and Antigua that he dreamt up the plan for a restaurant of
his own - inspired by homesickness for the Boxty pancakes
his mother cooked on Friday nights in Mohill.
Less than two years later, he and his brother Ronan were installed
in Temple Bar, watching rock stars like Ron Wood, the stick
insect-like guitarist with the Rolling Stones, come through
the door. The place is usually busy and no reservations are
taken in advance, but a civilised system operates whereby
you while away the wait for a free table in The Auld Dubliner
across the road. |
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