Gastro Gays

Nov 17, 2024 | rte.ie | Gastro Gays

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Nov 4, 2024 | rte.ie | Gastro Gays

Remember meal kits? In varying stages of COVID lockdowns, they were the 'it' thing for the food industry. The closest we could all get to eating in a restaurant, but packaged-up and delivered to your door or collected at a distance. Different to a takeaway which might arrive hot and eaten on your lap, this was more ceremonial and worthy of a special occasion. At its height there was a dizzying amount of options, unprecedented levels of demand and certain restaurants even offered all-island delivery.

Oct 30, 2024 | rte.ie | Gastro Gays

Sometimes seafood is the prime option if you want something quick, filling and delicious. Though the scale of deep sea delights runs all the way from village chip shops to fancy fine dining restaurants, seafood bars seem like the perfect middle ground. A step above a chipper, but more casual and a lower price point than a restaurant set out in three-courses or tasting menus, these are cool beacons of light bites, casual catch-ups and drop-in tables chanced.

Oct 5, 2024 | rte.ie | Gastro Gays

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Sep 25, 2024 | rte.ie | Gastro Gays

From a Tudor heritage to a Titanic legacy, Southampton is a seaside city with an impressive history. The city may be more known nowadays as the UK's key site for embarking and disembarking massive cruises, which dominate the port skyline with a daily-changing line-up of mega liners, at least that was the impression I had having never visited before.