Restaurant Review: Bodega, Waterford

PART I: I once gave my heart to a woman from Waterford but all that remains of that love, decades later, is a lingering grá for her homeplace, writes Joe McNamee.

I also have several very good friends from the Deise tribe, all sharing a trait I also observe more generally amongst their county compatriots, a tendency to avoid ‘rooftops’ and ‘shouting’ when it comes to promoting their home turf or, indeed, self-promotion of any stripe, a modesty even more pronounced when you consider their location next door to the self-ordained Real Capital of Ireland.