Farmhill: Something’s stirring in the suburbs
The neighbourhood restaurant is one of the nicest trends in recent times
Farmhill, 9 Farmhill Road
Goatstown, Dublin 14
01-4413871, farmhill.ie
Chef: Michelle Wickham
My late grandmother had a lot in common with May Mole, grandmother of Adrian Mole, that wonderful comic creation of the late British author Sue Townsend. May, Adrian tells us, was a plain cook who regarded eating as a gross indulgence.
“It was her proud boast that she had never eaten in a proper restaurant in her life,” he says. “She ...