Two popular NI restaurants have placed in National Geographic's top picks for food recommendations in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Regarded as one of the most highly read magazines of all time, National Geographic released a list of '10 of the best restaurants in Ireland and Northern Ireland'.
Belfast Michelin Star restaurant The Muddlers Club and Derry city hotspot Pyke 'N' Pommes both came highly recommended by in the food scene on both sides of the border.
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The Muddlers Club was ranked within the top three while Pyke 'N' Pommes came in at number nine.
Here is what National Geographic had to say:
The Muddlers Club, Belfast
They said: "Belfast’s buzzy Cathedral Quarter feels both on and off-grid; chef Gareth McCaughey’s Muddlers Club like a gourmet geocache hidden in its backstreets. Named after a secret society that met here over 200 years ago, it’s a social space, with a post-industrial feel softened by lovely ceramics, big windows and a small cocktail bar.
"The open kitchen, meanwhile, serves up a slick balance of confident, Michelin-starred cuisine that never feels overbearing — think Mourne lamb with aubergine and dukka, for example, or duck with charred carrot, miso and almond (you’ll be asking how they cook those chips, too)."
Pyke ‘N’ Pommes, Derry
"You won’t meet the rubber tyre man at Pyke 'N' Pommes, but you will get to tuck into a magnificently moist Legenderry Burger made from local wagyu beef, market fish cooked in a charcoal oven, or tacos topped with treats like porter braised brisket or battered pickled cauliflower," National Geographic wrote.
"It began with a food truck and evolved into a container and a double decker bus (which both remain on the Foyle riverfront). But now there’s also a bricks-and-mortar edition on Strand Road, with Kevin Pyke bringing serious foodie chops.
"Expect bare bulbs, school chairs and student discounts — as well as can-do spirit and artery-clogging bliss."
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