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Downstairs with David Laris and our very own Irish chef Siobhán Gough are proud to be part of the Féile Shanghai Ireland Festival 2012. Supported by the Irish Consulate General of Shanghai and Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board, the festival is Shanghai’s celebration of all things Irish.

In honour of the festival, Chef Siobhán has created a set of Irish-inspired menus that will be exclusively available at Downstairs during Ireland Week. Siobhán and the team at Downstairs will be working closely with Bord Bia to host a series of media and industry events during the week that will highlight Irish cuisine and specialty Irish food products.

Showcasing well-known artisan goods from Ireland as well as boutique brands, Chef Siobhán will be creating modern interpretations of traditional Irish fare, in addition to some delightful new dishes. “I will definitely be going beyond the usual ‘lamb stew and potatoes’ style dishes that people tend to think of when it comes to Irish cuisine. I am looking forward to introducing beautiful Irish products in interesting and new ways. Classics will be modernised without losing soul,” says Chef Siobhán.

Specialty Irish menu items that guests can look forward to will include:

Seafood soup with cockles and mussels

 Organic Irish salmon pate with dillisk soda bread

Buttered brown crab with spring garlic and brown bread

Pork terrine with apple and plum chutney

Rabbit rillettes with pickles and toast

Knockanore BLT sliders with organic smoked bacon and Ballymaloe relish

Potted leeks with crubeen jelly

Gooseberry fool with hazelnut biscuits

Coolea with Mileeven pure Irish honey

Guinness cake with fudge icing

A series of events will be featured throughout Féile festival week, culminating in a gala St Patrick’s Day recovery brunch on Sunday, 18^th March. Guinness will be on tap in our back Garden Bar and plenty of handcrafted cocktails will be available. Ryan Noreiks will be creating an Irish-inspired drinks menu that will feature a variety of premium Irish liqueurs, spirits and seasonal, local ingredients.

Says David Laris, “We’re excited to partner with Bord Bia and participate in Ireland Week this year. With Siobhán in the kitchen at Downstairs, it was a natural fit for us to take this opportunity to celebrate Irish cuisine. Ireland is a country with its own unique history of food culture, as well as exciting new artisan products that are gaining more attention in today’s culinary industry. To be able to introduce some of the latest in Irish cuisine to the Shanghai market is really exciting for our team, and we know that diners here will be delighted with what Siobhán has created.”

Féile bia!

For more information, to make a booking for a private event during Ireland Week or to guarantee lunch or dinner reservations, please contact General Manager Fergus MacDougall at fergus@urbnhotels.com or (21) 5172.1300.

For media inquiries regarding Downstairs with David Laris or Siobhán Gough, please contact Christina Kao at ckao@davidlariscreates.com.