Fork it

BY SEJAL SUKHADWALA

Sample the best food around the Ryanair network this month, from Victorian East End grub in London, to acclaimed veggie fare in Ireland

Marrakesh, Morocco

Maison MK

The kitchen at this stylish new boutique hotel serves French- Moroccan food, with the option of shopping with the chef for ingredients. The six-course seasonal menu includes dishes such as lamb and chicken brochettes, seared tuna with chilli and olive oil, baklava, and fresh fruit sorbets. You can choose to eat in the cosy MK Restaurant, a private dining room, or on the lovely two-tier rooftop overlooking the Atlas Mountains. And at night, the roof terrace transforms into a stunning lounge area, complete with soft music and twinkling candlelight.

SIX-COURSE SET MEAL, €35. 14 DERB SEBAAI, KSOUR. TEL: +212 (0)24 376 1 73, WWW.MAISONMK.COM

London, England

1802 bar, lounge & dining

This bright, modern restaurant located inside London’s Museum in Docklands is serving up a Victorian-inspired menu to coincide with the Jack the Ripper and the East End exhibition on 15 May–2 November. Bringing to life once-popular East End dishes, it is giving visitors the chance to sample the flavours of late 19th-century England. Long-forgotten favourites include London Particular pea soup, Londoner sausages, whitebait from Billingsgate fish market, and “oranges and lemons” custard tart.

TWO-COURSE SET MEAL WITH ONE DRINK, €15. MUSEUM IN DOCKLANDS, WEST INDIA QUAY. TEL: +44 (0)20 7538 2702, WWW.MUSEUMINDOCKLANDS.ORG.UK.

Cork, Ireland

Cafe Paradiso

Banish all stereotypes about vegetarian food – there’s nothing “brown and boring” about truffle sunchoke cream with sheep’s cheese and pinenut risotto fritter, or “worthy” about Crozier Blue cheese with lavender honey, fresh pear and sourdough crispbreads, is there? Chef-owner Denis Cotter’s iconic restaurant with rooms – widely acclaimed as one of the best vegetarian venues in the world – showcases top-notch Irish cheeses like Gabriel and Coolea, vibrantly fresh local fruit and vegetables, and wild and foraged ingredients like sea spinach, samphire, elderflower and rosehips.

TWO-COURSE MEAL WITH A GLASS OF WINE, €40 APPROX. 16 LANCASTER QUAY. TEL: +353 214 277 939, WWW.THEFOXHUNTER.COM

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