I grew up on Mexican food yet I am curious on other country’s cuisine, what Irish food would you highly recommend that I should try out when I vist Ireland.

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  5. Just to make sure I don’t offend anyone on this, my friend sent me this (he’s american go figure), since he knows my love for the food of other countries and my interest in Ireland.

  9. Brussels sprouts salad is not a thing here, nor is peach pudding (where did that come out of?). Irish cuisine is historically peasant food, stews etc, and we’re good at it. Traditional Irish stew is lamb, but beef stew is very common and very good aswell, proper comfort food with buttery mashed potatoes. Soda bread, currant bread, boxty is like potato pancakes. Coddle is a thing in Dublin mostly, I’ve never had it and it doesn’t appeal to me. We do bacon and cabbage here rather than corned beef usually, I think corned beef was a substitution for Irish immigrants to America who couldn’t get bacon. Could be wrong but Americans definitely seem to think corned beef is common here when it’s not really. Black and white puddings, you’ll get those with the Irish breakfast. If you’re used to spice you won’t get much in traditional Irish food, but we have a massive range of international foods and restaurants available here. The quality of our ingredients is very high, Irish meat and dairy is really high quality and tastes great. If you go to a good Irish pub you’ll usually get very decent food with several different options. I’m sure more here can specifically recommend a good pub like that, I’m down the country so you probably won’t be near anywhere I’d recommend lol. Enjoy your holiday.

  10. Basically the best stuff we have isn’t any particular dishes, it’s the quality of our ingredients. Easily some of the best meat and dairy in the world. A full irish with real butter on the toast is just about the best ‘Irish’ food going.

  15. As a non-Irish person that is fortunate enough to visit for work from time to time, I always make sure to get:

    1. Guinness. As soon as I walk off the plane, and it is different than what you can get at home. Local stouts are also great – I enjoy a beamish as well.
    2. Baked goods – bread, pastries, etc. it’s all fantastic
    3. Dairy – butter and cheese game is magical
    4. Irish whiskey – for my personal preference, give me a spot or a breast any day of the week over scotch
    5. Any type of potato-derived dish will be light years better than what you are used to at home
    6. There’s also a strong internationally-influenced cuisine in major cities.

    It might seem simple, but nothing hits the spot for me after a long trip like a Guinness, chicken burger, and chips after a long trip.

  18. The image is clearly American and features American-Irish food, not Irish food.

    When Irish emigrated to America, they had to eat what was available to them in America, so American-Irish cuisine emerged.

    The best food in Ireland is a fry, soda/wheaten bread with Irish butter, lamb stew, chowder, oysters, and steak.

  20. Start your day by finding a Centra. Make your way to the deli counter and get a full breakfast roll. Marvel at the engineering but don’t question it, it’s magic that nobody truly understands.

    If you’re going to get stew, get beef stew. Lamb stews are for tourists.

    Try a good pub carvery. You’ll get a full sized meal for a low price and the quality of the food is unreal. Have a few pints of ale with it.

    If you’re going after cabbage and potatoes, it’s bacon you want with it. This isn’t the same as breakfast bacon. You’ll believe in God again afterwards.

    By now it’s supper time. Ignore McDonald’s etc. Find a good Irish chipper. You’ll know them because they’re actually Italian. Chips, battered sausages, anything out of the hot cabinet.

    In the morning, get your breakfast roll again and wash it down with Lucozade. Sure fire cure for a hangover.

    Fir lunch today, back into Centra for a hot chicken fillet roll.

    Repeat.

  21. I’m south african living in Ireland for 3 years and all I have to say to op’s pic is, wtf is all that shite?

  22. American here who has been learning how to make some Irish stuff. I’m looking forward to authentic: Irish Stew, Coddle, Farls, Soda & Brown Bread. Also, I’m gonna hit up a fish somewhere and a chippy. I haven’t had fish in probably 20 years. Figure if I’m gonna be in Ireland I need to try that. Dingle is the plan for locale. Unless someone tells me otherwise.

    Enjoy your food pilgrimage. Cheers.

  23. Full Irish breakfast will keep you going all day, soda bread with real Irish butter is straight up comfort food in my book.
    A Meat Pie with a perfectly poured Guinness.
    Fish & Chips is always a must in my book…but the good kind, wrapped in paper, from a chipper.
    The Beef Stew is so delicious
    Boxtys were my favorite snack, so good when you are drinking lol.

    Personally, I think Irish food is at the top of the list in the way of comfort. It’s approachable, honest, & delicious. I miss it daily.

  24. Irish cooking is like the Irish government. They’ve all the ingredients to make something truly great but they just end up boiling the shit out of it.

  26. Irish food isn’t about dishes, it’s about ingredients.

    You can have a salmon with soy sauce and noodles starter, steak with béarnaise sauce for your main and crème brûlée for pudding. None of it sounds particularly Irish, but when it’s Irish line caught salmon, grass fed Irish cattle and Irish milk to make the béarnaise and crème brûlée then it’s all the real deal.

    Get that down you

  27. Since I haven’t seen it mentioned, if anywhere has fresh mussels on the menu I’d recommend.

    People love to shit on coddle, it is a real love or hate thing tbh, but it’s great comfort food. If you get drenched in the rain (likely) find a place with a fire, it’s perfect with buttered soda bread and a guinness.

    http://publin.ie/2019/where-to-get-a-lovely-bowl-of-coddle-in-dublin-pubs/?fbclid=IwAR3PBZBq-_bxVE8IJwsCn3ekeNFVktVpFJA1A-YqBX-1HI5SoekjzoBVe0Q

  28. Replace the Brussels sprouts and bacon salad with champ, the peach pudding with apple tart, corned beef with boiled gammon, remove the raisins from the soda bread, replace the streaky bacon in the fry with back bacon and then this infographic might be a bit more accurate.

  29. We must be the only island nation who do not capitalize on the availability of fresh seafood. There’s so much good seafood in Ireland yet we are not known for it as well as we should be.

    Try the smoked salmon, mussels and seafood chowder.

  30. Brown Bread with raisins is a crime. I will call the Gards on every single one of you.

    This is also missing out traditional national dish. The Chicken Fillet Roll.

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