A simple salad that screams of the seasons, a beef tartare that has us in a bind on how soon we can get to town, and a lamb dish that we may or may not have lost our minds over - these are dishes consuming us this week...
1) Crab toast, Charlotte Quay
Charlotte Quay's latest starter is hardcore making us miss summer. Oh to be sitting on their terrace, sun warming our arms, with a large glass of white, this light, and fresh crab with pickled apple on brioche toast in front of us. As that's not likely for the foreseeable, we'll settle for an indoor table watching it lash outside.
2) Beef tartare, Bar Pez
Bar Pez, the seafood forward sister spot of Fish Shop, is changing gears with the seasons, introducing two carnivorous tapas - crepes filled with the Spanish blood sausage morcilla, and the one we haven't stop thinking about since it cross our feeds - a zingy beef tartare on toast. See you on a stool at the counter.
3) Rainbow beet and goat's cheese salad, Brighton Road
Hazelnut season is in full flight and Brighton Road in Foxrock are taking full advantage of the mythological nuts. Paired with rainbow beets and whipped goat's cheese, it's colourful, it's creamy, it's crunchy, and it's a textbook example of letting the produce do the talking.
4) Irish lamb rib, Bootleg
Bootleg on Drury Street are a naughty bunch, showcased by these slow-braised Irish lamb ribs. They're finished on the BBQ, topped with dukkah and tatemade (a charred Mexican salsa), and served with a crispy lamb fat skewer and chimichurri, There's nothing more we would like on a skewer this week.
5) Carrot cake, Jean-Georges at The Leinster
We all know carrot cake is good year round, but Autumnal spices are very much the it girl right now, and Jean-Georges at The Leinster is taking it to another level with pecan tuile and coconut sorbet. It's totally normal to plan dinner around dessert right?
