Where Michelin-star chefs go for vegetarian dishes… including one spot in the heart of Belfast
There was a time when, if you didn't eat meat or fish, your options in most Irish restaurants were severely limited. If you were lucky, there might be a mushroom risotto or a spinach and goats cheese tart on the menu – but if you weren't, dinner was something hastily adapted from the meat menu.
Vegetarians were considered awkward for professional kitchens to deal with, the butt of jokes and a source of annoyance, and unless you went to a specialist restaurant as a non-meat eater you were unlikely to get anything really excellent for dinner.
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