Live Long's Insiders Guide to Dublin

          Dublin's culinary speciality is modern European cuisine with an Irish twist and find a strong Mediterranean influence in the cooking of Irish produce in the city's top restaurants. Many bars also serve excellent lunches, often featuring classics such as Irish stew. Housed in the cellars of the Dublin writers Museum, this Michelin-starred gem provides the best food on the north side, some say the finest in Dublin, courtesy of its chef, Ross Lewis. The charcuterie trolley is famous, but other starters can include such delights as succulent fole gras in Madeira and duck jelly. Main courses include slow-cooked Connemara lamb or mallard in a game cassoulet and a variety of  fish dishes.
               It's a UNESCO City of Literature and if they granted City of Drinking status, Dublin would be one of those too. But that's just scratching the bar top pub. There are approximately a thousand pubs in the Irish capital, or one for every thousand Dubliners. James Joyce once said it would make a great puzzle trying to cross the city without passing a pub. The Fair City's share of Guinness while you're here, but we want to make sure you're doing it in a proper joint. This city is among the oldest and most culturally endowed in the world. The museums are free, the literary legacy rich and the city park i.e.Phoenix 707 hectares the largest in Europe, not that your odds of a sunny day to see it are very good.
                The traditional hotel enjoys an enviable location just off Dublin's main shopping thoroughfare, Grafton Street. Recent renovations have given new life to The Westbury's classic atmosphere, flourishes of modern decor taken on are Asian meets Western aesthetic with cool, rich tones. The Westbury is one of the few places in Dublin where one can still partake of traditional afternoon tea. One of the first of its kind in Dublin, the Black Sheep is an ale pub that serves the precious few and delicious craft beers made in Ireland. Traditional Irish music, or simply "trad" as it's known in Ireland, used to be a way of life, a mode of entertainment in the tiny villages and local boozers within which Ireland's social life has always been centered. Dulbin's main shopping area runs right through the city center, south of the River Liffey. Now a pedestrian, only zone during business hours, Grafton Street owes much of its lovely ambiance to the red brick with which it was paved. Avoca is a great alternative to the rather tawdry Irish gift shops, especially when seeking take-homes for the gal or gals in your life.