Irish Boxty Recipe from Gallagher's Boxty House in Temple Bar, Dublin

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The service from a young waitress has been excellent and we round off with two coffees. Although the two of us were nearing defeat, we still opted to share dessert and ordered the Lemon Tartlet (€6.90). Beautifully presented, the tartlet was accompanied by Pistachio Dust, Vanilla Cream and a Blueberry Compote, and it was quite the sight. It had such a delicious filling that was silky smooth, creamy, sweet but not overkill and had a great zing of lemon – just what you want when ordering a citrus pudding. To start our dining experience, we were each offered the Beer Tray by Jack Smyth Stouts & Ales (€6.90) that includes a taster of the Stout, Gold Ale and Red Ale.

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I get a large bowl of naturally smoked haddock, perched on a good portion of champ with a poached egg on top of it all. The fish is pale and tasty, simmered according to the menu, in milk and onions. The egg gives it a nice homely flavour and the champ is great.

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The restaurant was packed, clearly a local favourite and a dream of a spot for those looking to indulge in traditional Irish pub fare. Critic's cupcakes Ever dreamed of jacking in the desk job and making cupcakes for a living? In the interests of research I'm doing just that (for one week only). My chocolate cup cakes will be available from today at Itsa Bagel's new cafe in Ranelagh and Terenure's Union Square cafe, deli and interiors shop.

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This time he ordered the Gaelic Boxty, which was a potato pancake topped with steak and musrooms. I particularly enjoyed the corned beef Boxty, which is not currently on the menu. For mains, I always go with something corned beef based at Gallaghers. Because corned beef is not easy to find in Ireland, and Gallaghers always has it on the menu! Yes, surprise, surprise, the corned beef-Irish association is more of an Irish-American thing.

Gallaghers Boxty House Restaurant in Dublin

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Is an award-winning lifestyle site created by Toronto-based writer and photographer Andrew John Virtue Dobson. Launched in 2006 as a culinary tourism diary, Andrew’s informative and entertaining food and travel stories documented his three-year trip around the globe. Boxty House was the brainchild of Padraic Og Gallagher, a native of Mohill, County Leitrim.

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It was as conspicuous as it was forbidding, visible from the couple’s house on nearby Hillside Avenue. “This lot was in pure view—every morning, every night,” Carlotta Stahl recalled. Locals called it Pecker Point, presumably because it was a prime makeout venue. For the Stahls, it became the blank screen on which they projected their dreams of a life together, a place to build a future, a family, and a house like no other.

Restaurant Review: Gallagher’s Boxty House, Dublin, Ireland

It was a comfortable distance from boxty’s origins, the word comes from arán bocht tí or poor house bread. One account of boxty tells of a time when households were too poor to own a grater. Instead they punched holes into a hollowed half tin can and using the razor sharp edges to grate the spuds into the mix for pan (thicker soda bread) or griddle (pancake) boxty. Therefore it’s very intriguing that this Dublin restaurant not only wants to invite the public to discover Irish cuisine, but also to embrace the Irish staple, the humble potato.

We have a vast selection of whiskey from our local distillery, Teeling’s to Jameson in Co Dublin to Redbreast and Midleton from Co Cork. We are sure you will find an Irish spirit to satisfy your taste from our selection.

I last ate there about 20 years ago and have happy memories of rib-sticking food. THERE IS A SPEAKER mounted in the doorway of Gallagher’s Boxty House in Dublin’s Temple Bar playing diddly-eye tunes out into the chilly evening air. The restaurant has a green-painted front and red and gold lettering in that hunched Celtic typeface where the letters look like they grew up in a turf smoke-filled cottage. It all combines to render Gallagher’s virtually invisible to the local gaze, a “tourists’ only” place as the Elephant and Castle next door packs them in. Gallagher’s Boxty House offers a large drink list, which is surprisingly devoid of Guinness! We tried a stout on our food tour, and I ordered a cocktail at dinner.

While working in Venezuela in the early 1980’s, Padraic Og observed the Syrians that he worked with practicing their native home-cooking, preparing pittas and koftas. It reminded him of home-cooked food that his mother used to prepare when he was a child, particularly Boxty. He vowed that when he returned to Ireland he would set up his own restaurant and share his favourite food with the people of Dublin and its visitors. True to his word, Gallaghers Boxty House was incorporated in 1988, and opened its doors at Number 20, Temple Bar in February 1989. Desserts are fine, a slab of bread and butter pudding with a super-sweet custard on the side and a toffee sauce. Two disks of meringue with a Hennessy brandy cream sauce do what they promise and elevate blood sugars to brave the night outside.

These expertly crafted beers hail from Gallagher’s Boxty House’s own brewery and their kitchens in Tallaght, Dublin, to deliver strong flavours that differentiate from your typical pint. Each of the beers were strong and heady, but also very tasty. The menu at Gallagher’s is on the small side, but as long as you eat potatoes, you should be able to find something. It seemed a bit smaller this time, likely due to Covid.

Renowned for our celebration of Irish Cuisine, we are also very proud to present you with an array of beverages brewed and distilled in Ireland and expertly mixed by our bar tenders. “When I built in steel, what you saw was what you got,” the plain-spoken Koenig once said. What Buck and Carlotta Stahl got when they drove up to Woods Drive in 1954 was more than they ever envisioned. “They simply built their dream home,” their children write.

In that very moment I realized how essential restaurants such as Gallaghers Boxty House are. These institutions continue a dying tradition, a lost art, a celebration of peasant food, local flavours and inspire us to keep in touch with the historical dishes that have sustained a nation. Educating locals and visitors one mouth watering bite at a time. After studying the menu a few minutes, I opted for the Boxty Tasting Slate (€12) as my starter, which featured three different type of boxty specialities. The first of these included two slices of toasted Boxty Bread, topped with St. Tola’s Goat Cheese and cherry tomato.

Made up of cabbage, carrots, red onion, and golden sultanas sitting atop dressed salad leaves, it gave a sharp, acidic and distinctive addition to the dish. Overall, this main course was truly delicious and rather unique, and I would happily order it again. Irish beef is renowned, and this cut was reflective of our nation’s high quality meats.