Researching in advance, the internet says “boxty” is one of Irelands main foods. It seems to be some sort of potato pancake. Gallaghers Boxty House has good reviews so we make a res. Our flight was supposed to land at 9:45am and we wouldn’t be able to check in to the hotel that early so I made it for 11:30am.
Of course, we were still in the air at 11:30 and didn’t even make it to the hotel until 2. We called the restaurant and they were super nice. Finally made it there around 4:30pm. The vibe was kindof quiet and the menu expensive since we were on the main touristy drag.
Plenty of boxty on the menu but most of it looking so heavy. We decided on sharing one Boxty item for good measure and looking around for another place after. We enjoy going from restaurant to restaurant having one drink and one or two apps. The boxty: Corned beef with cabbage and kale and boxty dumplings.
It was super yummy but basically boxty just means potato? And the dumplings were basically a harder gnocchi. We ate the whole thing but left feeling unsure about our Boxty experience.
We also passed the famous Temple Bar on the way.
Our next stop was Piglet wine bar which had great reviews online. It was a cute little place, a bar with 6-8 seats and an upstairs with maybe 5 tables. Everything was decorated with wine bottles and wooden wine boxes.
We ordered focaccia, duck gizzards, pate, and steak tartare. I’ve never had duck gizzards before, Chris is a fan and said they are hard to find. They were fine. I probably wouldn’t order them again but I’m not opposed to eating them if they are on the table.
They had a lot of unusual wines on the menu, even by the glass. Definitely a good option for wine nerds. They let us try a few so I sampled some before being very basic and getting a glass of Chardonnay. Chris drank two different orange wines. Finished the night with a dessert wine which is always the perfect end to a night of vacation.
We were both so so tired and probably should have walked around more to try to stay awake but instead, we got back to the room at 8pm and were both asleep by 8:05 smh. This caused us to be awake at midnight and the whole sleep schedule is off. I hope we recover!
