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April 2025

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at this Weekend’s Mexican Festival in Smithfield

This Saturday, you can enjoy a festive day of Mexican culture, food, and community to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with some of the best local Mexican businesses in Dublin. The Cinco de Mayo fiesta will take place at Spade Enterprise Center, Dublin 7, on Saturday 3rd May from 11am-4pm. Expect delicious eats, colourful crafts, and

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Here’s What’s on the Menu at This Weekend’s Japanese Festival in Phoenix Park

Want to try authentic Japanese pastries, yakitori, sushi and more? Experience Japan’s Hanami Festival this Sunday 27th April from 12–4pm, where you can enjoy all sorts of family-friendly activities, plus a mixture of Japanese food vendors, from sweets to savoury. The festival is a free, family-friendly event celebrating Japanese-Irish culture, including performances, demonstrations, and food

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This Blackrock Wine Bar is Doing a Polish Wine & Irish Oysters Night Every Wednesday

This is the midweek treat that dreams are made of: an evening of Polish wine and Irish oysters at Sea Shanty, a cosy seafood and wine bar in the heart of Blackrock. Sea Shanty has teamed up with Polish Wine Fest for a weekly walk-in, ticketed tasting event where the spotlight shines on Poland’s emerging

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Competition: Win 3-Course Lunch for Two With a Bottle of Cava at ELY

ELY Wine Bar, one of Dublin’s most loved wine bars, is delighted to announce the arrival of lunch service in the heart of Dublin 2, just a stone’s throw from St. Stephen’s Green. Now, guests can enjoy a lovELY lunch every Wednesday to Friday, 12pm – 3pm, in the cosy surroundings of this iconic city centre

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Experience Japan’s Cherry Blossom Vibes at Dublin’s First ‘Sakura Afternoon Tea’

Couldn’t make it to Japan this year to see the cherry blossoms? Us neither, but luckily you can still enjoy the Japanese spring vibes right here in Dublin. To coincide with the arrival of Hanami – a Japanese tradition of appreciating the beauty of cherry blossoms – Chef Stephen Maguire at the College Green Hotel

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A Chat with Marcin Szczodrowski – Head Chef at Ocean Sands Hotel

We speak with Marcin Szczodrowski, Head Chef of Ocean Sands Hotel, Enniscrone, County Sligo and former winner of Yes Chef Rising Star and Best Chef in Connaught awards about his approach to and kitchen philosophy… What was the moment that sparked your passion for cooking, and how has that evolved over time? From a very

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Final Line-Up Announced for Ballymaloe Festival of Food 2025

Ballymaloe Festival of Food returns to east Cork from 16th to 18th May, the final additions to this year’s incredible line-up have just been announced.  This three-day festival is jam-packed with activities and meals for food and sustainability lovers. With so much to see and savour, Ballymaloe Festival of Food 2025 sponsored by Kerrygold, is

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The Elusive Epicurean: A ‘Not Quite A Gossip Column’ About The Irish Dining Scene – April Edition

Finally, spring has arrived – and while the weather gives the phrase “hit and miss” a whole new meaning, it’s still the season of new beginnings. Menus are awash with spring lamb, wild garlic, and blood oranges, and with any luck, salad season will kick soup season to the metaphorical kerb any day now… But

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Cava Bodega Welcomes Guest Chef Fadi Kattan for a One-Night Celebration of Palestinian Cuisine

Cava Bodega in Galway will welcome Palestinian chef and author Fadi Kattan into the kitchen for a special one-night-only event on May 15th, featuring a selection of special dishes inspired by Palestinian cuisine alongside a Palestinian wine list specially curated by sommelier Anna Patorowicz. Fadi Kattan is a Franco-Palestinian chef, hotelier, and author, renowned for

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Competition: 1-Night B&B with Dinner at Radisson RED Galway & Private Galway Food Tour

Win a unique Galway experience with 1-Night B&B with Dinner at Radisson RED Galway & Private Galway Food Tour – See how to enter below We have a wonderful getaway prize from Radisson RED Galway, a new vibrant, stylish hotel located just outside the heart of Galway city, and Galway Food Tours, an award-winning walking

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Shanghai-Based ‘World’s Top 50’ Bar is Popping Up in Ireland

Just when we thought the cocktail scene in Ireland couldn’t get any better at the moment, along comes the World Class Cocktail Festival, a highlight of which are three incredible bartender takeover events in Dublin and Cork. As part of these takeover events (which are free to attend on a first-come, first-served basis), Shingo Sasaki,

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A Five Minute Chat with Ireland’s Small Food Producers: Saltrock Dairy

Part of our series with Euro-Toques Ireland TheTaste.ie is a proud community partner of Euro-Toques Ireland, and we are delighted to relaunch our Producer Series for 2025, where we shine a spotlight on the passionate people behind Ireland’s exceptional small-scale food producers. We chat with Catherine Kinsella, Founder of Saltrock Dairy, which is a family-run

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Ashford Castle Estate Restaurant Reopens with Menu of Local & Estate-Grown Produce

Ashford Castle’s Cullens at the Cottage restaurant – with its charming thatched cottage setting – has reopened with a new seasonal menu featuring produce from more than a dozen local Irish producers, together with produce grown, picked, pickled, foraged and produced on the Ashford Castle estate. Cullen’s at the Cottage traditionally closes for the winter

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There’s a Matcha Pop-Up Bar Coming to Brown Thomas Next Week

OMMA Matcha – a Dublin-based independent brand focused on ceremonial matcha and specialty Japanese tea – is launching a pop-up café on April 17th at Planet Beauty, Brown Thomas, Clarendon St. Launched in Dublin in June 2023, OMMA has been dedicated to “educating and immersing people in specialty ceremonial matcha” through matcha ceremonies, workshops on

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“The Last Drops” – Midleton Has Released Oldest Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Ever

Midleton Very Rare has unveiled the final chapter in the Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection, the rarest and oldest Irish whiskey collection in the world.  50 years in the making and released to celebrate the distillery’s 200th anniversary, the final chapter of the Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection is a true taste of

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