The Irish Stew

The Irish Stew

So why do we keep going back to… Goldie

Shine on you crazy diamond.

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Sep 17, 2026
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We first ate in Cork’s Goldie Restaurant in November 2019, having been fleetingly introduced to chef Aishling Moore at the annual Food on the Edge conference the previous month.

Two facts signalled that Goldie was something different. First, Aishling was espousing a fin-to-gill style of fish cookery with seafood sourced from day boats.

Secondly, she was a…

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