Alba

Was visiting my dad in Enniscorthy and he brought us to a relatively new Italian right by the river. I’m not one for Italian food in Ireland as I find it pretty boring and often caters to the carbonara/​lasagna eaters and not like the food you get in Florence or the like.
That was not he case here. Firstly, the starters. There were three of us. Two of us had soup, each one was different and both was lovely. The other person had a wonderful Sicilian chowder. This was a new one for me. Chowder is just creamy fish soup in Ireland but this was a tomato based soup with large chunks of fish along with whole shellfish and a massive langoustine (Dublin bay prawn). That person had been to Sicily and had this dish and she said it was 100% authentic.
Two of us had a Monkfish special and it was cooked to perfection. There was a tagliatelle pasta dish also with Italian sausage. It was very tasty.
It appeared to be good value with main courses from € 17 to € 25.
We shared a bottle of the house wine which was surprisingly good. I didn’t notice until too late that they had a few Italian craft beers that I had never seen before. They were from Birrificio Montegioco and one was called Draco, an 11% barleywine and the other was Rurale, a 5% pale ale. The waitress brought them over for me to inspect when paying the bill so I would be prepared for the next time I was in.
I can easy say that this was the best and most authentic Italian food I have had in Ireland and I will be back the next time I’m in Enniscorthy.