Victorian Charm At The Crown, Belfast

Ireland isn’t known for its fancy cuisine, it’s known for comforting, heart warming meals. The Crown “liquor saloon” and dining rooms in Belfast offers a traditional drinking venue and dining rooms, with the most comforting of comfort foods, cottage pie. This Victorian pub was established in 1849 as a gin den, but now caters mostly…

St Patrick’s Day Breakfast

With St Patrick’s day a national holiday in Ireland finding breakfast in the capital was a struggle. We visited Cup Cafe, purely because it was open. Cup had a limited menu but what was available was tasty and the coffee a good kick start for a big day. A good find in central Dublin. http://www.cupcafe.ie