Irish

• Nancy Spain's Irish pub is opening in Shoreditch

  

  If there's one date you want to open in time for if you're a new Irish pub, it's St Patrick's Day. So Shoreditch pub Nancy Spain's is coming in just under the wire with the intention of flinging open its doors a few days before the big day.

  The folks behind it are Kerry-born brothers Peter and Nicholas O’Halloran and they're hoping their pub will bring something new to Shoreditch. Interestingly,

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• BÓHA London mixes Irish and British influences on the King's Road

  

  A very different kind of British/Irish restaurant has just opened its door in Chelsea that's aiming straight for the luxury end of the London dining scene. BÓHA London has taken over the old Chelsea Lodge site on the King's Road with its restaurant and soon-to-open cocktail bar.

  Behind the scenes are a founding team that includes several folk from the drinks business like Jay Bradley CEO of The Craft Irish

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• Chefs Tom Cenci and Ivan Tisdall-Downes collaborate with grass fed Irish Beef on their summer menus

  

  Irish Beef’s ‘Great Taste Comes Naturally’ summer is here and chefs Tom Cenci (of Nessa) and Ivan Tisdall-Downes (of Native) are celebrating  grass fed Irish beef.

• Shankey's serves up Indian food with Irish booze in Hackney

  

  We'll be honest we missed the opening of Shankey's last year on Dalston Lane and when it moved to Well Street in Hackney last November. But when a reader brought it to our attention recently we had to admit, it does sound interesting.

  Self-billed as 'Spuds n Spice - Indian food & Irish booze in an old bookies." Clearly they're doing something right as chef and TV personality Andi Oliver bigged them up ...

• Whisht bring their sandwiches with an Irish twist to Pop Brixton

  

  We've been reading about Whisht for a while - who started selling sandwiches with an Irish twist during the most recent lockdown. Now that we've all properly emerged from lockdown, Whisht have done the same and moved onto a brand new kitchen in Pop Brixton, which opened last week. 

  The sandwiches there are made with different types of farl - best described as a dense Irish flatbread

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• St Patrick's Day meal kits, deliveries and more...

   

  This year, St Patrick's Day, Wednesday 17 March, is very much an at-home affair. But you can still get some excellent St Patrick's-inspired and Irish meals delivered to you (along with some Guinness and whiskey, of course). We round up some of the best. 

• Top London chefs have designs on your festive feasts

  If you're looking to switch things up a bit food-wise for New Year's Eve, then some of London's top chefs have come up with some suggestions to beef it up.

• Test Driving Anglo Thai's Banquet box - a feast of Irish beef with Thai influences

  

  Anglo Thai have created the ultimate steak dinner - with wine to match. We had to try it out... 

• Tom Cenci talks Grass-Fed Irish Beef and his new Stoney Street residency

  

  Tom Cenci is about to kick off a three-month residency at Stoney Street and he's teaming up with grass-fed Irish beef for the menu. We caught up with him to find out more. 

• Islington's Homeboy adds a new Irish-influenced menu (yes, there are curry chips)

   

  Islington's Homeboy bar is getting a new menu - and it's still got an Irish flavour to it. They've brought in chef Michael Williams (ex Chiltern Firehouse) and he's adding new dishes to the menu that include:

  • Homeboy Buffalo ‘Nugs’, made using nuggets of buttermilk fried chicken and served in Homeboy’s own buffalo sauce using Irish whiskey
  • Curry Chips with Ireland’s favourite classic curry sauce McDonnell’s
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• Hot Dinners celebrates the 2020 Murphia List with a party at Gibney's London

  

  With just over a week to go until St Patrick's Day, we made an early start on the festivities with a party last night to celebrate the launch of our 2020 Murphia List in association with Grass-fed Irish Beef. This is now the sixth year we've published the list, which shines a light on the creative input of Irish people on

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• Test Driving Myrtle - Anna Haugh modernises Irish food in Chelsea

  Myrtle sees Irish chef Anna Haugh bringing a modernised take on Irish cuisine and produce to Chelsea. We take a closer look. 

• Renowned Irish pub Gibney’s launches in London

  Daffodil Mulligan restaurant, the latest venture from chef Richard Corrigan on the former Nuala premises in Shoreditch has announced its new bar in the basement – and it’s a big one – the first international outpost of the renowned Gibney’s pub, which opened in Dublin over 80 years ago.

• Test Driving Daffodil Mulligan - a perception-challenging Irish restaurant for London

  

  Employing Irish talent and using Irish produce as inspiration, Richard Corrigan's new London opening challenges perceptions of what it means to be an Irish restaurant. We went down to London's Silicon Roundabout to try it out. 

• Eat Like a Girl Niamh Shields takes over the kitchen at Islington's Homeboy

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Regular readers of Hot Dinners will know that we're keen supporters of the Irish in London. As second-generation Irish ourselves we're always delighted to be able to bring Londoners a taste of Ireland here in this city.

  But we couldn't be more thrilled to break the news that one of our favourite food bloggers and authors Niamh Shields - better known to some of you as

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