The Menu: Déise delights as Waterford's food reputation goes from a whisper to a roar

Paul and Máire Flynn, of The Tannery, are Waterford food heroes, contributing immeasurably to the transformation of Dungarvan into one of Ireland’s most popular tourist destinations ever before the Greenway arrived, but its opening has only compounded the seaside town’s success

Paul and Máire Flynn of The Tannery Restaurant, Townhouse & Cookery School, Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Photo Joleen Cronin

Every time I return from Waterford, it is always with a sense of bafflement at how it is rarely mentioned when doling out plaudits in the Irish food world. 

But after my most recent ‘fat-finding’ mission to Déise country, I am convinced all is about to change, that a hodge podge of disparate edible elements is set to unify, turning Waterford into one of Ireland’s premier food tourism destinations.