In Saturday’s Irish Independent John and Sally McKenna, authors of the new ‘Bridgestone 100 Best Guides to Ireland,’ presented readers with their “Irish Top Ten” favourite places to eat and stay which included our own An Cruibin. Here is what they had to say…
Only in Cork would you get a restaurant as funky, surreal and inspired as An Cruibin. This smart newcomer fits like a glove in this city of idiosyncratic cooks, and you won’t find food like the cooking in the Silk Purse restaurant anywhere else.
If you had your favourite tapas bar from Barcelona re-styled by a hip designer and then dropped down by the River Lee, An Cruibin is what you would get. A whole new way of being a Celt.
A gift from Eimearjean McCormack; A print from her Horse Head Series that you may have seen here in An Cruibin
When those dark thoughts of roasted coffee beans and choc cloud your mind… simply follow the four essential steps of making such a salacious treat as this:
1. undress your eggs onto a sweetened bed of pure castor
2. Tenderly whip the whites
3. Add the chocolate and espresso shots and let it all get a little messy…
4. Serve with cream on loved one!
A little memento from Paco Guzman’s visit to The Silk Purse last October…
Stay tuned to hear about any future events and cultural exchanges that will take place here at the Purse!