Tonight is the last night for me in Doblin; for this year. (It's Doblin with a big open O as in "door".) I have to go pack for my trip to Albuquerque where I will spend the next four weeks. Before I do that, I thought I'd send you a quick greeting.
I went out with Kostas the Greek ;-) for dinner at the Winding Stair. It used to be a used-book store next to the Liffey occupying several floors of a building not far from Trinity and the theater schools. Now the bookstore part is only on the ground floor but still has a unique charm; this is not a Barnes'n Noble!
Above it is now a nice restaurant that serves "modern Irish food". We climbed the stairs and walked into a room packed full of people with a great view of the Ha'penny bridge. After we admited that we had no reservations, we were told that they were full.
Disappointed, we started the descend down the narrow (and winding ;-) stairs when a waiter came running after us. He said he had a table and took us back up, and then up again. On the floor above was a room full of empty tables all set and we got to have one right next to the window from where I took the picture above. Some of the lights are reflections of lights inside.
The food, wild Irish game venison for me, and Smoked Silverhill duck breast
for Kostas, was excellent. Probably the best restaurant meal I've had in Dublin so far. The knowledgable waitress recommended a bottle of Hecula Castano from Spain. It is made from Monastrell grapes which I have never even heard of. Nice earthy and heavy. It was great!
While waiting (briefly! ;-) for the 38A, I took this picture on O'Connel street.
No comments:
Post a Comment