Summer flavours to celebrate the last few weeks of the season, a brand new cheese, and an all American kitchen sink of a dessert - these are the dishes we can't stop thinking about this week in the capital...
1) Tuna Tataki, Floritz
Cool down in this heatwave (haha we wish) with some wild bluefin tuna from the Western Mediterranean. Flortiz are serving their Balfegó tuna tataki-style, with the oh so summery flavours of yuzu, ponzu, gari and daikon. If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, here's a good excuse. Read our once over here.
2) Crispy Hen of the Woods, The Legal Eagle
The Legal Eagle are very diligent at making sure that the veggies of the world have a good time too, and if you need proof, take a look at their latest main course to hit the 'gram. This ultra crispy Hen of the Woods mushroom is served fried chicken style, with bok choy, kimchi and a soy glaze - who needs chicken when you've got hens like this.
3) Tomato and Stracciatella Salad, Osteria Lucio
The combination of summer tomatoes and cheese will never cease to amaze, and Osteria's Lucio's latest is a tomato and stracciatella reverie. Mixed summer heritage tomatoes and that creamy, string cheese are served with basil, and the very fancy Chianti-based winery Felsina's first press extra virgin olive oil.
4) Régalis Cesar Brebis, Sheridans
Summer is for picnics and no picnic is complete without a cheeseboard, and no cheeseboard is complete without a blue. Sheridans have just introduced a brand new pasteurised sheep’s milk cheese from the French Pyrenees, Régalis Cesar Brebis, into their rotation. Milder than a Roquefort, think of it as a gateway cheese for those looking to dive deeper into the world of creamy blues.
5) Atomic Cake, Hawksmoor
Steak legends Hawksmoor have just opened up their second Stateside location in the windy city of Chicargo (as your parents call it), and to celebrate, the iconic Atomic cake dessert has come to Dublin. Bakeries on the southside of the city started whipping it up in the 1950's, and it consists of three different flavoured cakes – banana, chocolate and vanilla – layered together with custard, cream, banana, strawberry jam and fudge sauce, and a Hawksmoor twist of roast-banana ice-cream. Stick that in your cone and slurp it.
