For most, Irish cuisine means potatoes, corned beef, and cabbage. Gifted chefs are making the most of fresh, natural ingredients and creating a new Irish cuisine.
Simple meat dishes and boiled root vegetables such as the ubiquitous potato, carrot, turnip and parsnip formed the principle constituents of traditional Irish cuisine.
Before the 8th century, Irish cuisine consisted mainly of meat and dairy and sometimes included seafood and a vegetable here and there.
Irish cooking is, after all, a heritage of the past. Whatever you want to eat, from traditional Irish cooking to the more exotic, you can find restaurants in every Irish town and city.
What makes traditional Irish food special is that it's fresh, simple, and hearty!
