I've written about Eden before so I'll be brief. It remains in my opinion one of the best values to be had for lunch, not just in Dublin, but anywhere I've been. With three courses for just €27.00 and top ingredients used throughout (not just top techniques) it was no wonder that once again the place was full on the rainy Thursday we ate there.
I started with roast halibut with Red pepper polenta, sorrel butter & tomato pesto which was good enough that you wished you'd taken it main-course sized. No fear though since the slow cooked pork belly with colcannon, roast carrots & spiced plums was sublime. I'm crazy for pork belly and this example did Eden proud. Dessert of vanilla scented panacotta with pineapple & ginger salsa, lime syrup rounded off the lunch a treat. Dublin is one heck of a foodie city IMHO, but it's often very pricey indeed without the levels of competition found in some other European capitals to drive prices down. In this environment Eden stands out as being not only a contender food-wise but a bargain to boot.
I started with roast halibut with Red pepper polenta, sorrel butter & tomato pesto which was good enough that you wished you'd taken it main-course sized. No fear though since the slow cooked pork belly with colcannon, roast carrots & spiced plums was sublime. I'm crazy for pork belly and this example did Eden proud. Dessert of vanilla scented panacotta with pineapple & ginger salsa, lime syrup rounded off the lunch a treat. Dublin is one heck of a foodie city IMHO, but it's often very pricey indeed without the levels of competition found in some other European capitals to drive prices down. In this environment Eden stands out as being not only a contender food-wise but a bargain to boot.
Hi David, hope you are enjoying your Baltic cruise.
ReplyDeleteI was up in Tallinn last week so it looks like our paths probably won't cross there unfortunately. However, by way of partial compensation I can at least recommend a couple of restaurants you might consider trying.
The best one in town is generally regarded as Egoist (www.egoist.ee) which is the only Baltic restaurant recommended in this year's Restaurant magazine awards. All the other recommendations were for places in Helsinki.
As a fallback, Pegasus (opposite the tourist information point in the Old Town) is also highly regarded, if not quite as good as it likes to think it is!
All the best and have fun,
Mike