20th Dec, 2008

Tom Doorley, Irish Times

 

‘It's been a good year for eating out in Ireland - here are some of the restaurants that stood out...

 

Annie's in Sunday's Well ... turned out to be a pleasant surprise. The team there have impressive London gastropub credentials ... the food is good and well-priced.’

 

 

23 Aug, 2008

Tom Doorley, Irish Times

 

‘Annie's Gastropub is an important addition to the Cork dining out scene

 

My polenta cake with peppers and Parmesan shavings, served on top of a salad of tender young rocket leaves, was quite simply delicious. I think it was Alistair Little who said that polenta must be the most unhealthy dish in the world if it tastes good, by which he meant that it needs prodigious quantities of butter and cheese. This polenta had it all, and the peppers - yellow and green - had been softened in olive oil. It was good stuff, a small main course or a large starter, and just right for my lunchtime.

A thick steak of tuna, grilled to impeccable pinkness within, was served on a kind of Niçoise salad of baby spuds, French beans, olives, salad leaves.’

Annie’s