Sushi in Dublin

Our day three in Dublin was a long one but after our nap at the hotel it was time to go and get some food. I grew up in an Irish family in an Irish neighborhood alongside of a lot of Italians and black people but people always talked about going to Ireland and at the same time complained about the food there. For a long time Ireland was not known for good food except for some seafood along the coast. Things changed in recent decades as Dublin became more of an international city undergoing tremendous growth. The restaurant industry grew too and now Dublin is known for it's fine dining and good restaurants at every level.

When we were researching Dublin we had selected many restaurants as possible stops during our five days in the city. I had my Google maps marked with dozens of possibilities located near museums and sites where we had planned to visit. 

There was one restaurant that we walked or rode the tram past several times and it looked interesting. This was the J2 Sushi Grill on the North Quay Wall on the River Liffey a few blocks from our hotel. It sat there on the waterfront along with several other interesting restaurants but this was a Japanese sushi place and it looked good. We went there for dinner.

We loved it and the Japanese people working at the restaurant were wonderful and very friendly. We had great sushi and couldn't believe we were in Dublin Ireland enjoying this outstanding food overlooking the river and the city. We sat there and watched the sunset. I had an Asahi Super Dry Japanese Rice Lager from Asahi Brewery.

On the way back to the hotel from the restaurant we walked by this interesting lit up building which was part of the Dublin Convention Center right there on the riverfront.

We had an exhausting day and when we got back to the hotel we crashed and slept very well. We were looking forward to our fourth day in Dublin.