Four floors of foodie heaven

The cheese shop in Fallon & Byrne. I got an amazing Irish cheddar from Cork.

All the cheeses were labelled with where they were from and what they were made with.

OK, I am now officially obsessing about the food of Dublin. We had some amazing meals while I was there. And if truth be told, I was kind of surprised. I just didn’t expect that. It’s not like people typically go on about Irish food, after all.

At Fallon & Byrne, we had a fantastic afternoon of food. Described as four floors of foodie heaven, Fallon & Byrne has a wine cellar, restaurant and food hall.

The burger.

Asparagus salad.

At lunch in the upstairs restaurant, Zanne and I both tried the beef burger with mature cheddar and smoked bacon. One word: wonderful. Kathy had the asparagus, crisp speck and poached egg salad with truffle dressing. Also excellent.

And had we had enough then? No, then we went back down to the first floor food hall and shopped. Their web site says, “The food hall at Fallon & Byrne stocks the best of everything, and that’s all. Just-caught fish, well-hung meat, mighty coffee, sinful cakes, fine artisan foods of every kind, the freshest of fruit and vegetables.”

You know what? They did have some amazing stuff. We sampled and bought cheeses and butter and chocolate and tea. So good.