Quiet Friday

Great fire in the firebox last night.

Well, time to start winding down. Today is our penultimate (I love that word!) in Dingle. And the weather was darn good. Lots of sun with just the occasional brief spots of rain. We had two different rainbows. We didn’t do much. Returned library books. Lit candles in the church. Had a pint at Curran’s. Had another at O’Flaherty’s. We haven’t seen much of Fergus O’Flaherty this trip. His sons pretty much run the bar these days. But he was there today behind the bar, and we had a nice long conversation with him as we were his sole customers at that moment.

Our last dinner out in Dingle. It was at the Half Door and it just grand. Conor O’Connor is the son of the former owners, and he now runs the place. He’s the chef while his wife Eileen runs the front of the house. The wine was a German pinot noir. Elaine had terrine of duck confit for her starter followed by cod served in a sauce of lobster bisque. I had delicious Glenbeigh oysters from nearby Cromane followed by a whole black sole served on the bone. I don’t usually order fish on the bone because it can a mess to eat successfully. Glenbeigh oysters are in running for best oysters in the world (although the ones from Île de Ré in France are tough to beat). Pictures below including black sole on the bone and the bones when I finished. I deboned it like a professional! There was no room for dessert.