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The food warning you may not even be told about
A staggering 800 premises where food is sold in Northern Ireland have obtained poor scores in hygiene rating schemes, it can be revealed.
Joris Minne: Deanes Restaurant
Belfast is the bistro capital of Ireland. The city now boasts an enviable bijou bistro sector which includes seafood specialists, grill bars and diners.
Joris Minne: Koi Asian Cuisine
Judging by the price of houses in Holywood, Co Down, the recession has given the place a body swerve.
Joris Minne: Nu Delhi Lounge
Thank heavens for little curry houses, for little curry houses get bigger every day, as Maurice Chevalier might have crooned.
Joris Minne: Shed Bistro
The Ormeau Road in south Belfast just took a step closer to its yearned-for title of the city’s official bohemian quarter.
Joris Minne: Zen
Northern Ireland’s appetite for Asian food will never be satisfied. Judging by the number of Chinese and Indian restaurants and takeaways (about 150 in the Greater Belfast area alone) the love affair with duck, noodles and rice and chicken, curry and naan continues to run smoothly and without end.
Out To Lunch festival: Get your teeth into what will be a veritable feast of the arts
January is the month of empty pockets. Christmas has taken care of that.
Joris Minne: Coppi Restaurant
If Belfast and Northern Ireland’s restaurant sector is ten years behind London, as Matthew Fort said recently, in a kind way, then that may be no bad thing.
Belfast's Bombay Brasserie hit by £450 fine for hygiene breaches
A Belfast Indian restaurant has been fined for a range of safety breaches after inspectors found food on floors and possible sources of food contamination.
Joris Minne: Balloo House
The joy of eating is often misrepresented by those who think of food as fuel as something snobby, pretentious and false.
Eiffel Tower lands in Belfast
La Bastille restaurant on the Lisburn Road, Belfast has commissioned a 3m-high scale replica of the Eiffel Tower outside its premises.
Joris Minne: Quail’s at the Gallery
Banbridge is famous for two things: Irish Linen and David Meade. The Coach House features on my list of Banbridge landmarks, but only because as teenagers in the Seventies we would sneak away from Armagh to the irresistibly sleazy nightlife of Banbridge which, for us, was a kind of Reno, a poor man’s Las Vegas, where anything could happen, and occasionally did.
Joris Minne: Molly’s Yard
Since the last review of Molly’s Yard some four years ago this cosy little island of rustic bliss has reached new heights lifting awards and recognition in globally distributed guide books, travel websites and media reviews.
Joris Minne: Bistro Este
The most effective display of one-upmanship can usually be seen in the early autumn when friends and neighbours reconnect at the start of term.
Joris Minne: CoCo
Some restaurants are lucky. These lucky ones seem to be busy most of the time even if the food is mediocre, the décor tired and the location slightly off the main strip.
Joris Minne: Lisbarnett House
There is plenty of life in the old dog yet. Such was the attitude shared by Ronan and Jennie Sweeney and Danny Millar when they bought Lisbarnett House.
Joris Minne: Lanyon’s Seafood Grill & Restaurant
Restaurants with views sometimes trade on what’s outside the window rather than what’s on the table. One or two offer both. The Ramore in Portrush and the Dirty Duck in Holywood boast some of the finest views of any restaurant. But they also do good food and service.
Ask for doggy bag to help reduce restaurant waste
You may feel a bit redfaced about asking for a doggy bag at the end of a delicious meal out, but Belfast City Council is urging you to get over it — for the environment.
Culloden restaurant boss wins Manager of the Year
Peter McAlister, restaurant manager at the Culloden Estate & Spa in Belfast, has won the 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition following the final yesterday at the Westbury Mayfair hotel, London.
Joris Minne: Bourbon at Queen's
Belfast’s churn of restaurants seems to be picking up momentum. Looking back over four years of weekly restaurant columns (that’s 208 restaurants reviewed) the most remarkable fact is that so few have fallen by the wayside.
In Pictures: The G8 summit
Gerry forces Sammy into Mexican wave
Voice of Pomeroy pops home
Rapturous reception for Andrea
One Summer's Day 2013
We want you to get snapping!
Obama death bid fears - aircraft carriers on standby
In Pictures: Ulster Nightlife
Pubs, clubs and parties
In Pictures: The 'Big IF' concert in Botanic Gardens
Thousands turn out in the rain
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Latest Eating Out News
Joris Minne: Rhubarb
The post-industrial landscape surrounding parts of the Castlereagh Road is at its bleakest between Channing Street and Orby Link where a huge Tesco store has been erected on the site of a former factory.
Joris Minne: Brown's in Town
The UK City of Culture 2013 continues to aim high with its ongoing series of visiting events including the top-of-the-range and always controversial Turner Prize announcement this autumn, the City of Derry Regatta and the Big Tickle comedy festival. Who would have thought Derry would have an appetite for posh art, sailing and laughter?
Review: Fawlty Towers at the Northern Whig
The Faulty Towers live theatre dining experience is a largely improvised show. It started from the moment we all arrived at the venue and heard Sybil cry out for husband Basil, who was busy barking orders at hapless waiter Manuel.
Why the restaurant OX has critics and public hungry for more
It's currently the most talked about restaurant in Ireland, North or South.
