The Menu: Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival
While The Menu is a fierce man for drinking deep at culture’s well, to date he has been unable to actually physically consume the objects of his admiration. But that all changes with the launch of Ireland’s very first ‘edible’ Économusée, at The Connemara Smokehouse, Ballyconneely, Co Galway. The Économusée concept, whereby a small artisan craftsman or speciality food business acts part-time as a museum and interpretative centre, originated in Quebec over 20 years ago and there are now over 50 providing a fascinating insight into the workings of small food businesses and producers. As the nation slowly finds its feet in the burgeoning global gastro-tourism market, the addition of the Roberts’ family smokehouse, smokers of exquisite fish for over 30 years in The Menu’s beloved Connemara, adds yet another jewel to what should prove a most glittering crown to the foreign visitor with cultural cravings best satisfied via the belly. www.smokehouse.ie
