Warm hospitality gives a sublime taste of the true West
West at The Twelve's Connemara scallops with leeks, smoked black pudding, a potato and dried seaweed terrine, and a scallop roe cream was one of the best dishes I’ve eaten so far this year
West at The Twelve
Barna, Co Galway
091-597000, thetwelvehotel.ie
Chef: Martin O’Donnell
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – or at least it was for my wallet during an August trip to the west, a part of the country I’ve only got familiar with relatively recently.
I’m an east coast girl who didn’t learn to drive until the age of 30, a fact that ruled out holidays ...