when we took over The Legal Eagle, we inherited some of the glorious features, and the building really spoke to us of old-fashioned pub-grub. The trouble is, we don't have a tradition in Ireland of real gastro pub cooking... so what to do. We looked to the old English traditions of pickled eggs and eels in the pub for the downstairs bar, but knew we should honour our own traditional lexicon of producers where possible. That style of food is very much in the 'nose-to-tail' world of dining, but the more we thought about it, the more we realised that 'nose-to-tail' (use every bit and don't waste it!!) sits alongside a celebration of vegetables very comfortably! Both are a celebration of produce, and we hope to use some lesser celebrated vegetables and vegetable tops etc.