This week’s Tuesday Goodie Bag features
🍽 Mourne Seafood Bar, Belfast
🍽 Havana Bank Square
And our OPPORTUNITY of the week:
🔵 Jolly Big Business Boost
Mourne Seafood Bar, Belfast
https://www.mourneseafood.com/
Mourne Seafood Bar in Belfast has built its success on a celebration of fresh, sustainable, locally sourced seafood and has had enormous praise from top critics, including the Observer Food Monthly Awards.
On our recent visit, we began with a few tasty nibbles- Crispy Whitebait, and Smoked Salmon Pâté with Melba Toast.
We then enjoyed main dishes of Grilled Grey Sole on the bone served with sweet potato & carrot purée, crispy capers, romanesco, & garlic mussels, and a Mourne Seafood favourite of Ginger Beer Battered Langoustine Tails with a creamy Caesar Salad.
It’s always a pleasure to visit this popular City Centre institution to enjoy freshly prepared, high quality seafood dishes.
Havana Bank Square
Tucked away on the corner of Chapel Lane and Berry Street is Havana Bank Sq, a smashing little Bistro with a modern, contemporary menu, a quality wine list, and excellent service.
We decided to go “all-out vegan”, so tempting did the dishes sound; no boring chickpea curry on this meat-free menu!
To start, we shared some Crispy Chilli Ginger Mushroom Wontons which were drizzled with a spicy peanut oil and served with pickled mooli.
Two of us plumped for two very different but equally satisfying burgers, one a Korean Fried Cauliflower Burger with pickled red cabbage, vegan cheese & mayo, and the other a Mushroom Seitan Burger with crispy vegan bacon, mac sauce and gherkins. Both were served with perfectly crispy fries.
But as good as these burgers were, the star of the show for us was the Salt Baked Celeriac served with red cabbage, charred broccolini, salsa verde & hasselback potatoes. An absolutely delicious dish. Havana Bank Sq has top notch vegan fare which could convert even the most committed carnivore!
And luckily we had just enough room to share the dessert of the day, a cocoa-rich and very moreish Chocolate & Salted Caramel Pie.
Watch out for great things in the future from this terrific city centre restaurant, and its neighbouring bar, “The Sagart”. We can’t wait to see what’s in store.
Jolly Big Business Boost
Link here to our previous post with info and application form to download
WOULD YOUR BUSINESS WELCOME A JOLLY BIG BUSINESS BOOST?
Market Place Europe Limited, operators of the Belfast Christmas Market have launched their bid to find the most exciting young businesses in Northern Ireland, with the announcement of the Jolly Big Business Boost competition. The lucky winners of the competition targeting young entrepreneurs, will be given the opportunity to trade for FREE at the Belfast Christmas Market from the 19 November until 22 December 2022. To boost their chances of success, they’ll also be supported by the Christmas Market team with business mentoring and PR opportunities.
The festive market, which opens in the gardens of Belfast City Hall on 19 November is set to attract in excess of one million visitors throughout its duration, offering a unique platform for new businesses to promote themselves.
The Jolly Big Business Boost competition offers a once in a business lifetime opportunity for those that have been operating for at least six but no more than 24 months. Over the four weeks of the Christmas Market, the winning business will have an invaluable opportunity to showcase their product(s) to over one million potential customers.
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