I feel Pichet was the pinnacle of fine dining in Dublin.
From the first moment we stepped in, I had a good feeling. The decor and vibe of the place almost made it seem like we weren’t in Dublin anymore. It wasn’t super gaudy but it still had this perfect balance of royalty and homeyness.
When we ate dinner this night I’m pretty sure we walked to the restaurant so I’m not sure of the parking situation. I don’t think theres street parking since its in a part of the Temple Bar area thats really just meant to walk to. I definitely would check for the nearest parking garage.
As for our meal, we started off with some cocktails. I got the Rum Punch to start and I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t a super burst of fruit like I am used to. I tasted the rum but also got those pineapple and passionfruit flavors on the end. It also had more frothiness to it than the cocktail normally has due to the egg white which was fun. That’s why I love sours after all.
For food they had a Tomahawk Steak special for 2. Now let me first say, if you see this as a special and you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend you do. This was easily one of my favorite meals on my Ireland trip. The steak was amazing just on it’s own but the the 3 sauces it came with was icing on the cake. My favorite one was the peppercorn sauce. It was so rich, and peppery but it also was a little thick like a gravy. It’s something that you don’t really see on a menu from where I live in California. Most you would have is an Au Jus with some horseradish sauce for a Prime Rib. Most other steaks you eat alone unless it comes with wine reduction of some sort. So it was extremely fun to try something new and fall in love with it. Literally everything we had was good. I hate corn and I actually liked the corn soup. Like…how is this possible man?
Oh. We also did order wine with our meal but I couldn’t remember if I tried. It was that good…What we did was just have our server recommended one and that’s what I would recommend for you too. The people working here aren’t just a friendly face. They are very knowledgeable on food so if you run into any crossroads definitely pick their brain. But man that peppercorn sauce…No other sauce came close to the one I had at Pichet. I want to try and perfect this at home now…