{"id":11726,"date":"2016-06-07T14:27:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=11726"},"modified":"2016-06-07T14:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:27:34","slug":"eel-eat-inaugural-restaurant-week-forty-restaurants-across-ni-to-celebrate-the-delicacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/06\/eel-eat-inaugural-restaurant-week-forty-restaurants-across-ni-to-celebrate-the-delicacy\/","title":{"rendered":"EEL-EAT INAUGURAL RESTAURANT WEEK – FORTY RESTAURANTS ACROSS NI TO CELEBRATE THE DELICACY"},"content":{"rendered":"

The elite of Northern Ireland restaurants have signed up to the first ever restaurant week aimed at celebrating Lough Neagh\u00a0Eel\u00a0because\u00a0eels are tasty.<\/h1>\n
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Eimear Kearney of Lough Neagh Partnership launches the first ever restaurant week celebrating Lough Neagh Eel. Eel-Eat will run in restaurants throughout Northern Ireland from 25 June to 2 July. www.twitter.com\/eel_eat #EelsAreTasty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lough Neagh\u00a0Eels\u00a0have been awarded for their heritage, tradition and authenticity and the inaugural \u2018Eel-Eat\u2019 week which runs from Saturday 25 June will culminate in the third annual River to Lough Festival on Saturday 2 July.<\/p>\n

Organisers have been overwhelmed by the interest in the event and would welcome any restaurants yet to get involved to sign up and join this unique celebration.<\/p>\n

Launching the event, which was attended by newly appointed Minister for Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Michelle McIlveen MLA, Conor Corr of Lough Neagh Partnership, said:\u00a0 \u201cWhat better way to celebrate our unique product than to dedicate a unique celebration to it.\u00a0 We\u2019re tying in our inaugural\u00a0Eel-Eat\u00a0restaurant week with the Tourism NI Year of Food and Drink and believe it will be a firm economic driver for the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Restaurants are being urged to sign up to\u00a0Eel-Eat\u00a0by Friday 10 June.\u00a0 Those already participating are:\u00a0 Deanes Eipic and Wee Love Fish, Belfast; The White River Hotel, Toome; Hastings Hotels \u2013 Culloden Estate and Spa, Europa Hotel, Slieve Donard Resort and Spa; The Tullylagan Hotel, Cookstown; Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown; Pier 59, Derry~Londonderry; Lime Tree, Limavady; Harrys Bar & Bistro, Cookstown; Caf\u00e9 in the Park, Dungannon; Ardmore Restaurant and Beechill Country House Hotel, Derry; Londonderry Arms Hotel, Carnlough; Downshire Arms Hotel, Banbridge; Central Wine Bar, Ballycastle; Truffles Restaurant, Randalstown and The Moody Boar Restaurant, Armagh.<\/p>\n

At the end of\u00a0Eel-Eat\u00a0on Saturday 2 July, foodies and families will be able to celebrate the delicacy at the River to Lough Festival.\u00a0 Now in its third year, the family festival will be situated for the first time right in the heart of Antrim at Antrim Castle Gardens.\u00a0 Festivities will run from 12noon until 5.00pm with a pop-up restaurant, cookery demonstrations and a craft and artisan food market.<\/p>\n

To become a participating restaurant in\u00a0Eel-Eat, email\u00a0Eimear@discoverloughneagh.com<\/a> by Friday 10 June.<\/p>\n

Eel-eat is supported by Tourism NI, Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council, Food NI and The Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co-operative Society.<\/p>\n

www.twitter.com\/eel_eat<\/a>; #EelsAreTasty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The elite of Northern Ireland restaurants have signed up to the first ever restaurant week aimed at celebrating Lough Neagh\u00a0Eel\u00a0because\u00a0eels are tasty. Lough Neagh\u00a0Eels\u00a0have been awarded for their heritage, tradition and authenticity and the inaugural \u2018Eel-Eat\u2019 week which runs from Saturday 25 June will culminate in the third annual River to Lough Festival on Saturday … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11728,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11726\/revisions\/11728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}