Locks Brasserie Portobello

Happy Easter everyone!

It was a beautiful day here in Ireland.  In the morning, we walked in to the city with the dog and hung out in St Stephen's Green.  On the way in we met our neighbour who has got a new Shi Tzu - really cute dog called Lady!

We were booked in for lunch in to Locks Brasserie at 2.30pm so we picked up a Dublin Bike and cycled down the canal.  It was a nice short cycle.

We've been wanting to visit Locks for a long while so I was very happy to be eating here today.

This restaurant is so pretty and is in such a nice setting facing out on to the Grand Canal.

We chose from the 2/3 course set menu.  The other alternative was a surprise 5 course tasting menu that you could pair wines with.

We ordered a bottle of Chilean Merlot which I really liked.

The bread was sourdough and potato bread and was served in a sack with warm beads in the bottom to keep the bread warm.

We were served an appetizer of Parmesan Churros with corn puree and compressed gem.

For starter, I chose the Oxtail Risotto which was very creamy, rich and delicious. 

Ciaran had the beetroot starter.  I had asked whether there were nuts in any of the dishes and had been assured there was none so it was a little annoying to see that this dish had candied walnuts in it.  I am allergic to them so if I had ordered this dish it would have been going straight back. 

My cod and lobster main was divine!

Sides were delicious.

Homemade croquettes and pumpkin mash (so good)

For Ciaran's main he had the Beef Cheeks with chorizo.  He found it very rich.

Chocolate Tart with passion fruit sorbet - we shared a dessert.

We had petit fours with coffee (handmade marshmallow and meringues with a fruit filling)

The portions may look small but were so rich and over the top that we really were very full by the time we finished.  The walk home helped us walk the food and wine off.  But we didn't have a whole lot of energy for much else and were asleep by 9pm!