The Menu: The perfect ‘hang sangidge’

Harvest Heaven

There is something especially fitting about food festivals taking place as the bounty of a glorious summer is gathered in from the gardens, fields and orchards, from the hedges, woods and forests and even the shoreline. The Waterford Harvest Festival (9-15 Sept) includes the Kinchi Dine in the Dark tasting menu with the palate flying solo, nary a visual clue. The wonderful Theatre of Food turn up for the first time, with local star chef Michael Quinn’s Wild Harvest surely unmissable. www.waterfordharvestfestival.ie

The Harvest Offaly Food Festival (13-15 Sept) is a brand new event but with a splendid seven-course long table dinner on the canal banks as just one highlight, it sounds like a keeper. www.harvestoffalyfoodfestival.com