3 to Try - Gastropub Grub
Tuesday 18 March 2014
Three to try - Gastropub Grub
The Purty Kitchen
4 Old Dunleary Road,
Monkstown,
Co Dublin.
Tel: (01) 284-3576
www.purtykitchen.com
Style
The Purty Kitchen won RAI 2013 Best Gastropub. Check out their new Saturday dinner and show, €29
Price
Mains, €15.50-€22.90; two-course value menu, Mon-Thu, €22
Try
Pan-seared monkfish with courgette, peas, cream mash, and Boston shrimp in prawn bisque sauce, €22.90
Wine
From €22; tasting tray of 3 artisan draught beers, €6
The Brook Inn
Sallybrook,
Glanmire,
Co Cork.
Tel: (021) 482-1498
www.thebrookinn.ie
Style
Head chef, Greg Murphy, grandnephew of Sean Kinsella of Mirabeau Restaurant fame, wields the pots and pans. Great steaks include a 20oz rib-eye
Price
Mains, €16.95-€27.95; early bird two-course Mon-Thu, €21.50
Try
Pan-fried sea bream fillets with roasted red pepper risotto, cherry tomatoes, baby spinach and curried parsnip crisps, €24.95
Wine
From €21.20; craft beers
Ashtons GastroPub
11 Vergemount,
Clonskeagh,
Dublin 6.
Tel: (01) 283-0045
www.ashtonsgastropub.ie
Style
Ashtons does a great range of food, from steak on the stone to French-style braised dishes
Price
Mains, €14-€25; set three-course menu Mon-Thu, €20
Try
Eight-hour braised lamb shoulder with turnip, celeriac puree, baby carrots and rosemary potatoes, €18
Wine
From €19.50; cool gin menu