Belfast City Food and Drink

One thing we highly suggest on your trip to Ireland is a visit to Belfast city.

Becoming well known in the 1800’s for its linen industry, Belfast later took the word by storm in the heavy industrial revolution and ship building industry. The famous Titanic begun here where she left for her first and last voyage from Belfast Harbour. The museum takes visitors into a time when hard men made great achievements and is also a huge architectural accomplishment.

Experience the surprise factor of the food and beverage scene in Belfast when you are surrounded with amazing restaurants and fresh produce. Check it out at St George’s Market. The market has been operating since 1604 and in the early 19th century it became a major trading hub. In 1997 St George’s underwent a transformation, taking it to a new level of providing fresh food, crafts, entertainment and a variety of goods on sale.

Belfast City Food Tours take Trevor on a food tour where he meet the workers of a farm just 20 miles from Belfast, this farm produces shorthorn beef, provide rare grade pork and free range chicken that have been doctored by two llamas named Strawberry and Shortcake! The beef is unique because the traditional feed of cow is fed with the farm’s own brew of beer. The beer is so good it is also now brewed for human consumption.

Trevor sees some delicious cheese, which is Northern Ireland’s only raw-milk cheese. It has been created recently within the last year and a half and has taken off with most restaurants in Northern Ireland having it on their menu.

He is introduced to the comber potato, which comes from County Down, and has the same geographical protection as the champagne region, as Parmesan or merino. All of the farmers of this potato came together and it now has its own festival!

This sensational market is just part of the food experience of Northern Ireland.

For more information, visit the Tourism Ireland website: www.ireland.com