Restaurant review: Cirillo’s, 140 Baggot Street, Dublin 2

WHEN we think or write about food (or wine for that matter), it is all too easy to focus on flavours and smells. We have other senses too and how a food feels in the mouth has an enormous influence on how much we enjoy it.
Nobody (or nobody I know) likes soggy chips, tough steak, heavy dense bread or rubbery eggs. Give us contrast — crunchy fluffy frites, crusty bread with a soft chewy centre, char-grilled meat where the juices flow when you cut it.