[ Destination dining: 14 Irish restaurants well worth a journeyOpens in new window ]Take Irish stew. More vegetarian dishes and better non-alcoholic choicesDecent vegetarian dishes should be more than an afterthought in Irish restaurants. Higher-welfare meat – properly raised and properly priced – should be normal. If restaurants want cooks who can actually cook, apprenticeships need to return to the centre. Photograph: iStockYes, I’ve mentioned truffle oil before – the culinary foghorn that flattens everything in its path – and we’re still not rid of it.

Source: The Irish Times January 10, 2026 11:00 UTC