Restaurant: Fade St. Social
Location: Fade Street, Dublin
Wesite: http://www.fadestreetsocial.com/
Price: €€
It's about as trendy as trendy gets (do people even use the word trendy anymore or is everything trendy now just hip?) but don’t let that put you off the casual and buzzy Dylan Moran vehicle Fade Street Social.
Situated over three floors and rammed to capacity on a Saturday night three of us opted for the tapas bar where you could watch on as your dishes were prepared with mechanical focus in the open plan kitchen.
There’s nothing particularly Spanish about this tapas experience but the menu offered plenty of choice and was quite intriguing. We chose two dishes each for sharing and a couple of sides including parmesan skinny fries. Two wines (rioja, a sauv blanc) and a beer washed it all down.
The feast consisted of:
Bacon and Cabbage Burgers fried pork belly in balsamic, smoked pudding, crispy cabbage, peppered bacon, lyonnasie and a milk bun
Chinese Pork Belly slow cooked pork with Asian spices, crispy peanut brittle
Whole Soft Shell Crab in sesame spice flour with miso mayonnaise, crab and lemongrass dipping sauce
Cod Cheeks fried in breadcrumbs dipped in carrot puree and spiced bread
Beef Carpaccio with celeriac and apple remoulade bound with wasabi mayonnaise, apple puree and horse radish
Truffle Pasta charred artichokes and parmesan
We finished off with a couple of banoffees and a chocolate and rose yogurt ice cream cone
Everything was more than satisfactory bar the soft shell crab which was rather bland.
Service was chummy but smart and the bill came to a pleasing €120 with tip.
Basically its very high-end fast food set in a bustling but well organized environment.
It reminds me a little of Wagamama in its heavily branded, canteen style, stack ‘em high, sell ‘em cheap pitch but the food is good (although the portions could be a little more generous for sharing purposes), the atmosphere very lively and the value excellent if you’re after a fuss-free bite to eat with some quirky but thoughtful dishes and plenty of choice.
7.5/10
Location: Fade Street, Dublin
Wesite: http://www.fadestreetsocial.com/
Price: €€
It's about as trendy as trendy gets (do people even use the word trendy anymore or is everything trendy now just hip?) but don’t let that put you off the casual and buzzy Dylan Moran vehicle Fade Street Social.
Situated over three floors and rammed to capacity on a Saturday night three of us opted for the tapas bar where you could watch on as your dishes were prepared with mechanical focus in the open plan kitchen.
There’s nothing particularly Spanish about this tapas experience but the menu offered plenty of choice and was quite intriguing. We chose two dishes each for sharing and a couple of sides including parmesan skinny fries. Two wines (rioja, a sauv blanc) and a beer washed it all down.
The feast consisted of:
Bacon and Cabbage Burgers fried pork belly in balsamic, smoked pudding, crispy cabbage, peppered bacon, lyonnasie and a milk bun
Chinese Pork Belly slow cooked pork with Asian spices, crispy peanut brittle
Whole Soft Shell Crab in sesame spice flour with miso mayonnaise, crab and lemongrass dipping sauce
Cod Cheeks fried in breadcrumbs dipped in carrot puree and spiced bread
Beef Carpaccio with celeriac and apple remoulade bound with wasabi mayonnaise, apple puree and horse radish
Truffle Pasta charred artichokes and parmesan
We finished off with a couple of banoffees and a chocolate and rose yogurt ice cream cone
Everything was more than satisfactory bar the soft shell crab which was rather bland.
Service was chummy but smart and the bill came to a pleasing €120 with tip.
Basically its very high-end fast food set in a bustling but well organized environment.
It reminds me a little of Wagamama in its heavily branded, canteen style, stack ‘em high, sell ‘em cheap pitch but the food is good (although the portions could be a little more generous for sharing purposes), the atmosphere very lively and the value excellent if you’re after a fuss-free bite to eat with some quirky but thoughtful dishes and plenty of choice.
7.5/10
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