Prawn shenanigans afoot

Dublin Bay Prawn Festival

Prawn shenanigans afoot
Sat, 21 Apr, 2012 - 01:00
The Menu with Joe McNamee

While the quality of sessions in the celestial snug increased a thousand-fold with the recent passing of Dubliner Barney McKenna, you just know the maritime-loving former resident will be especially missed come the Dublin Bay Prawn Festival (Apr 27-29) in Howth next weekend.

There’s all manner of prawn-related shenanigans afoot, including the wildly popular food village, daily cooking demos and festival menus available every evening in pubs and restaurants. But what most catches The Menu’s twinkling pair of blues is a Mystery Dine Around tour of the restaurants.

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