The Irish Stew

The Irish Stew

Ireland's Culinary Path Setters

Discussions with people who are making a living making something that matters. This week, Niall Sabongi

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John and Sally McKenna
Apr 12, 2023
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Niall Sabongi is a piscine provocateur.

In his work in Temple Bar’s Seafood Café and Klaw, Sabongi makes real the promise written in bright red neon and hanging on the wall: Island Nation. 

If something swims or settles in the sea around the coast of Ireland, Sabongi wants to catch it, and then cook it, whilst simultaneously striving to sustain it. 

He mak…

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