Taste your way through the story of RMS Titanic with a signature two hour food tasting tour – the ultimate combination of culture, history, food and fun! Enjoy a guided journey through the Titanic Belfast Galleries; learn about the fascinating story of the world’s most famous ship and sample culinary delights from the era. Whether it is a shipyard worker’s hearty snack or a First Class champagne treat, Titanic Belfast will take you on a culinary and cultural journey, using only the best of local produce.
What’s Included?
Entrance to Titanic Galleries
Guided Tour
Food and Drink Tastings
Branded Souvenir Photo
Friday 21st August, tours will run at 6.30pm or 7.30pm and will last approx. 2 hours. £35 per person. To book, visit www.titanicbelfast.com or call +44 28 9076 6399.
Afternoon Tea by the Grand Staircase
Enjoy Sunday Afternoon Tea at Titanic Belfast in the opulent surroundings of the Titanic Suite featuring the stunning replica staircase with live jazz. Sunday 9th , 23rd and 30th August, starting from £24 per person. To book, visit www.titanicbelfast.com or phone +44 28 9076 6399.
It’s been home to the world’s most expensive cocktail and the world’s oldest Old Fashioned, now Belfast’s Merchant Hotel is breaking the mould yet again with the launch of Ireland’s first dedicated water menu. This summer, The Merchant Hotel will launch its new water menu, with an exclusive range of 13 bottled waters. The handpicked selection has been curated to include some of the world’s purest waters, with bottles originating from 10 countries including Italy, Iceland, Finland, the Faroe Islands and Fiji. Prices on the new water menu start from £4.95 and go right up to £26.45 per bottle, with a description of the water and its mineral content guiding guests through the options available.
Never ones to do things by halves, The Merchant has also appointed two new water butlers that can help guests choose the water that is right for their palate, explaining the unique benefits, tastes and attributes of the different brands, many of which can be rarely found in the UK and Ireland.
Gavin Carroll, general manager of The Merchant Hotel said: “Just like wine, the location where water is produced will impact on its taste and flavour. Whilst experts can differentiate between the mineral content and PH balance of different types of water, discerning consumers are also increasingly demanding a wider choice of waters.
“The brands featured on our new menu are some of the world’s best and have been sourced from a range of global locations including glaciers, tropical islands and mountains.
“Of course, we know these luxury waters won’t be to everyone’s taste and new menu will be offered as an additional option to our current water menu that includes local Irish brands and for those that don’t want to splash out on water, we can still offer a glass of ‘Belfast water’, free of charge.”
The spotlight is firmly on Yellow Door’s latest box office success – the Native eatery at the MAC, Belfast’s iconic arts venue in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter.
Simon Dougan, founder of Yellow Door deli and outside catering, has teamed up with Phil Rodgers, a fellow chef and consultant with the Yellow Door Group, to stage this exciting new restaurant and bar.
“We chose the name ‘Native’ because it embodies our whole philosophy at Yellow Door – we have a passion for fabulous, locally produced food, and a desire to get the very best out of it,” explained Phil.
Promoting sustainability is at the heart of this philosophy, and to this end Simon and the team have created their own roof garden at the MAC building to grow herbs for the restaurant kitchen.
“At Yellow Door, it’s all about low food miles, lowering our carbon foot print, recycling, urban gardening – and of course freshness and food quality,” added Simon.
While championing the cause of quality local artisan food and drink producers, Native restaurant and bar also puts a keen emphasis on affordability and relaxed dining options.
Taking centre stage on the menu is ‘Native Bites’ – yet another exciting innovation from the ever inventive kitchen team, featuring a selection of scrummy snacks, like Leggygowan goats’ cheese and sun blushed tomato fritters with Armagh honey and thyme, or Gracehill black pudding fritters with apple purée – prefect for theatre-goers or those preferring a light bite as part of a relaxing social get together.
Firmly setting the scene as a ‘must visit’ venue, Native attracts an eclectic mix of diners – MAC visitors, shoppers, tourists, students, office workers, arty folk, business people…… a melting pot of diverse diners, untied by a desire for delicious tasting food and drink at a reasonable price.
The style of food during the day is informal, starting with breakfast and moving on to lunch, with hot deli-style sandwiches using Yellow Door’s own bakery sour dough and other classic artisan breads, as well as salads from the Yellow Door kitchen garden.
Evenings are different, with a choice of smaller ‘bites’ and more hearty meals, all complemented with an extensive local, artisan beer and cider list served at the bar.
Open from 9am until late, seven days a week, Native by Yellow Door has a fully licensed bar and serves everything from breakfast, coffee and Sunday brunch, to take-away lunch and pre-theatre dining.
Rugby international star, Chris Henry gives Native chef, Barry Heaton a helping hand planting herbs for the restaurant kitchen. Located in the MAC arts venue at St Anne’s Square in Belfast’s busy Cathedral Quarter, Native is the latest outlet for Yellow Door Group, which is also the exclusive corporate caterer for Ulster Rugby at the Kingspan Stadium, Belfast. Picture by Geoff Telford Photography.
Heavenly Organic Superfoods are delighted to have 6 products nominated in the 2015 Maternity and Infant Awards and in two categories. These awards are based on the number of votes gained and so they need your help!
To collate all votes and to ensure Heavenly Organic Superfoods have a stronger chance of winning can you all put your vote in for product:
Coconut Squishies Strawberry, Apple and Banana.
This will allow us to gather as many as possible and remember to vote in both categories.
Broughgammon Farm announce that their first Seaweed Harvesting Course is happening on 4th August!
The course starts at 10am with a chat on various varieties and uses at the farm. Then attendees will then head out to the beach and pick for around 2 hours, being shown the best ways to harvest and what to look out for. The course concludes with a Broughgammon lunch including some delicious homemade seaweed recipes.
There are limited spaces available so it’s first come first serve, but for anyone that doesn’t get a space Broughgammon will let you know when the next course will be! They are offering an introductory reduced rate of 50% off, so the course is on just £75 per person.
If you’d like any more information or to book a place contact Broughgammon Farm: info@broughgammon.com
