The Darling Wife took me to this restaurant in rural Ireland specialising in local seafood for a birthday treat last year (conveniently it fitted it with a weekend visit to attend the wedding of a schoolfriend).
The wide-ranging menu made selecting rather a tough task but we finally settled upon starters of Irish Oak Smoked Salmon, served with homemade chive pancakes and créme fraiche (for me) and Local Fresh Crab Claws served hot with butter to dip (for the Darling Wife , about which she has frequently reminisced and described as "heavenly").
We both choose a main course of Fillet of Lemon Sole stuffed with fresh crab meat (for the Darling Wife) and prawns (for me), white wine sauce & gratinated cheese. These were excellent although very rich.
We should have stopped there but the Darling Wife had arranged a chocolate brownie (my favourite) with ice-cream and a birthday candle for us to share in lieu of a birthday cake!
We had a wonderful bottle of wine from their extensive wine list though for some reason it escapes me now - probably a Chablis or a Sancerre.
My Rating: 8/10
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