One of the things that has made the Dingle Food and Wine Festival (October 2nd-4th) such a standout over the last years has been the taste trails – pairing shops and cafes with food producers to offer food beyond the usual places – restaurants and supermarkets – and put it all around the town. It’s worked a treat – fun and unexpected.
I’ve just received the list of this year’s taste trail, and it’s impressive!
2009 Dingle Food and Wine Festival Taste Trail:
- Adam’s Bar – Spinach Pancakes
- An Canteen – Neil’s Homecooked Delights
- An Grianán – A Taste of Organic Snacks
- An Moncaí Ocrach Youth Café – Sweet and Savoury Pancakes
- Ashe’s Seafood Bar – Scallop and Prawn Kebabs & Seafood Soup
- Bee’s Tea’s – A Taste of Their own blend Fine Tea’s
- Benner’s Hotel – A Taste Of Old Ireland
- Blue Zone – a Taste of the Zone
- Charthouse Restaurant – A Sample of Karwig Wines
- Cúl Gairdín Wholefood Café – A Taste of Their Fine Produce
- Curran’s Bar – A Seafood Counter with Ballyhea Seafood Soups, Ted Brownes, Wild
- Side Foods & Glenbeigh Shellfish
- Deirdre’s Café – Seafood Chowder
- Dillon Gallery – A Taste of Ninth Island Wine
- Dingle Bay Hotel – Longs Smoked Salmon pâté
- Dingle Crystal – Wattle Tree Wine’s
- Dingle Reel Fish and Chip Shop – Fishy Fishy Treats
- Doyle’s – A Taste Of The Sea
- Finn McCools Surf Shop – The Dingle Dingo’s Aussie B.B.Q.
- Fish at the Marina – Crispy Chilli Squid and sesame fried ricecake.
- Fitzgerald Centra – Medal winners from Blas na hEireann ’09
- Foxy John’s Bar – A Taste of Ashe’s Black and White Pudding
- Gallery Beag- A Taste of Ted Browne’s
- Garden Café – Ruggero’s Italian Delights
- Garvey’s – Medal winners from Blas na hEireann ’09
- Global Village – Porter House Irish Pale Ale and Asian Scallops
- Goat Street Café- The Wine Buff and Sweet Things
- Greenlane Gallery – Wine tasting with Bubble Brothers
- Half Door Restaurant – Fishy Bites
- Hannie Agnes’s Bar – Piog Pies
- Irish Artman Gallery – A Wine Tasting with Pallas Foods
- Jerry Kennedy Butchers – Samples of their Excellent Produce
- John Benny’s Bar – Oysters and Guinness
- Lantern Town House – A Taste of Sweet Things
- Marina Bar – Steamed Glenbeigh Mussels w Homemade Brown Bread
- McCarthy’s Bar – A Taste of the German Butcher
- Murphy’s Bar – A Taste of Murphy’s Bar
- Murphy’s Ice Cream – Pride of Place – A Taste of Irish Ice Creams
- Novocento Gourmet Shop – Fernando’s Excellent Pizza Slices
- O’Cathains Fish Shop – Seafood B.B.Q.
- Out Of The Blue- Tim’s Taste of the Sea
- Paudie Moriarty Butchers – A Taste of his Fine Produce
- Paul Geaney’s – Paddy’s Cottage Seafood Paella & Stuffed Mussels
- Quills, Strand House – Spiritual Chocolate
- Sheehy’s Spar – The medal winners from Blas na hEireann ’09
- Ti Koz – A Festival Crepe
- Tir na Rí – Taste of China
- Waterside Restaurant – Suckling Pig and Crab Toasties
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