Our First Meal in Galway, The Kitchen Cafe

Make your way to the Galway Museum and the Spanish Arches and you're sure to come across the Kitchen Cafe. We'd heard that the head chef was amazing with flavors and adding new items to the menu, so we just had to taste something from the daily specials. The obvious first choice was the Cucumber and Almond Gazpacho which was perfectly chilled and incredibly tasty.

The brown bread that was served with the gazpacho also came with the open-faced ham and cheddar sandwich. Consisting of four solid ingredients, pick this sandwich if you want distinctive flavors and have some room in your belly for a good feed. The cheddar cheese is sharp and aged. The ham is fresh and generously cut. We've seen the brown bread before and it has a delicious sweetness to it without tasting too much like cake. There's a bit of chutney between the ham and the bread that brings it all together quite
nicely.

We also went for egg noodles and marinated and fried tofu. Even if you've given up on tofu, this dish will make you a believer again. The chef brilliantly brings simple ingredients together in this dish. You'll wonder what you've been doing wrong in the kitchen, really. This dish has leaves, peppers, egg noodles, green onions, some soy and maybe some sesame oil.

We hobbled out after our meal and watched the swans at the docks on the River Corrib. What a wonderful introduction to Galway this was! I'm trying to finagle a trip to the Museum proper tomorrow just so I can continue sampling the menu.

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Location:The Kitchen, Galway, Ireland