Review: A little taste of paradise in Michaels, Dublin

CHER, Nigella, Bono — they don’t need second names. Neither I suspect does my guest on this review – Manuela. Manuela you will remember became the nation’s darling during her time as Giovanni Trappattoni’s interpreter as she masterfully converted his baroque Ital-Inglesi into witty soundbites. Manuela is also prominent in the food world here and runs the chef’s organisation Eurotoques.
Myself and Manuela have been trying to find a good Italian restaurant to review for a number of months now and both of us were intrigued by Michaels in Mount Merrion in South Co Dublin which seems to have been around forever. It used to be Michael’s Italian but since Gaz Smith took ownership in 2016 the name has been shortened to Michaels.