Fish 'n' Chips, Dolmades and Falafel in the Harbor town of Howth

Howth is a harbor town just a few miles from Dublin, but is a quaint village that feels countries apart and millenniums away from the hustle and bustle of the capital's city center. After a twenty minute ride on the aptly named DART, a train serving the greater Dublin area, it was like I had stepped out of a transporter and back in time.

Howth had things I could feel Dublin longing for. Howth had fishermen. Howth had sailboats. Howth had a fresh food market.



Of course, the first thing we did was stave off our hunger with some treats from the locals. I rekindled my long term love affair with food from the middle east with two dolmades and a falafel wrap from a Lebanese vendor in the Sunday market.


Jake, sticking to the town's true palate, had a fresh serving of Fish 'n' Chips.


Our hunger for legitimate edibles satiated, we began to satisfy our need to find a beautiful landscape. On the way we found these guys, also enjoying a lunch of local fare:


Bellies full and content as a couple of lazy seals, we decided to change our focus from gastronomical pleasures to aesthetics. We began a winding hike around the peninsula of the town and it was not long before we were salivating over the views du jour.