Gaway city: Kai Cafe is pure rustic and chique

Kai Café + Restaurant, Sea Road, Galway 091-526003, kaicaferestaurant.com

THERE’S an art to a good lunch. Why is it then, that we so often view this humble, middle-of-the-day meal as something to be gotten through — a bit of nosebag, or a window in which to wolf down soup and a sambo — before eating something ‘proper’ later that evening?

Right now, lunch offers some of the best value-for-money in the country.