Fancy a bite after a walk?
Walking is a great way to build up an appetite, especially with all of the wonderful restaurants and food experiences we have here in Sligo. This week we team up with Sligo Food Trail to see what is available locally which incorporates two of our favourite pastimes – walking and eating!
NEANTÓG Herbalist and naturopath Gaby Wieland will next Saturday August 11 th, lead a group around Ballintrillick, looking for wild edible plants, explaining as she goes about their uses and benefits. You’ ll then head back to the Neantóg kitchen where you’ ll learn about their culinary uses, creating some exciting – and healthy – dishes to sample.
IRISH SEAWEED KITCHEN Streedagh doctor Prannie Rhatigan has been extoling the superfood virtues of seaweed for years. Her Irish Seaweed Kitchen cook book k is a great guide for those who want to discover how to incorporate seaweed into everyday dishes as well as some unusual ones – dillisk chocolate truffles anyone? Contact Prannie to organize your next culinary trip.
LOUGH TALT ACTIVITY BREAK Cawley’s Guesthouse and Wild Wet Adventures have teamed up to offer you a chance to get active in south Sligo, followed by a delicious two-course meal. You get to choose between a selection of outdoor activities ranging from stand-up paddling or kayaking on Lough Talt, to archery, or hill walking in the Ox Mountains, all accompanied by a guide. Afterwards head back to Cawley’s in nearby Tubbercurry for a well-earned and delicious lunch. COOPERSHILL Located near Riverstown, Coopershill is a Georgian mansion which provides a beautiful woodland setting for walks and fine dining. With over 500 acres of fafarmland to walk, you’ ll have no problem working up an appetite for the wonderful four course dinner which awaits. The menu is dictated by what food is available locally, so your dining as well as your walk will have a distinctly local flavour.
DRAFTHOUSE WITH THE DOG The Drafthouse in Strandhill has a number of kennels at the rear of the restaurant where your pooch can relax with a bowl of water after a walk, while you and the family can enjoy great food in comfort.
IRELAND’S EARLIEST TAKEAWAY Experienced archaeologist Auriel Robinson runs sea trails to Culleenamore Strand which is also a seal sanctuary. Culleenamore is said to have the oldest oysterbeds in the country and features shell or kitchen middens dating back to prehistoric times. These middens are the discarded remains of our ancestors’ shellfish feasts. Freshly harvested mussels will be cooked for us on the rocks by one of Hooked chefs. You can quite literally dine as your ancestors did, in exactly the same place. The experience is seasonal.