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3 to Try - Tempting Tapas

3 to Try - Tempting Tapas

Saturday 30 August 2014

3 to Try - Tempting Tapas

15 Mill Street,Timoleague, Co Cork. Tel: (023) 884-6348, monkslane.ie

Style: A hip new bar and eatery with a beer garden. The menu ranges from small and large plates to charcuterie boards and smoked duck salad to Spanish fish soup and striploin steaks

Price: €4-€20.95

Try; West Cork Plate - Gubbeen chorizo cooked in red wine, potted crab, Durrus cheese crostini and Ummera smoked salmon, €11.50

Wine: From €19.50
LAS TAPAS DE LOLA

12 Wexford Street, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 424-4100, lastapasdelola.com

Style: Located on the hot, hot fast-food corridor of Wexford/Camden Street, there's an extensive range of tapas here, including white chorizo, marinated pig's cheeks, octopus, whitebait, and anchovies

Price: €3.75- €11.95

Try: Gambas al ajillo - prawns with garlic, chilli and olive oil, €7.95

Wine: From €22

CAVA BODEGA

Unit 1 Middle Street Mews, Middle Street, Galway. Tel: (091) 539-884, cavarestaurant.ie

Style: JP McMahon brought the colour of Spanish food to Galway, with a huge range of adventurous dishes from chicken hearts to wild rabbit, and pig's-head fritter to hay-smoked quail

Price: €4-€15.50

Try: Turbot with artichoke, clams, celeriac and saffron puree, €13.50

Wine: From €23

First Published in the Sunday Independent