We wanted everyone to experience the same magic we grew up with. The sensations. The emotions. The nostalgia. The flavours. The perfumes.

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Italians are great at taking something simple . . . and complicating it with extra steps, rules, and variations. Bad for bureaucracy, great for pasta.

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And being foodies in a long line of foodies, we felt getting acquainted with Italian culture is best done at the dinner table, not the post office. 

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We tried every Italian dish in every Italian restaurant in Swords. And while we marvelled at the ingenuity and resourcefulness of our city’s chefs - the food just wasn't what we were used to. 

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This isn’t a criticism - just an observation. Great food is as much the ingredients as the chef’s skill after all. And there’s a limit to how much Italy you can squeeze out of local meat from  Tesco.

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If you wanted to taste authentic Italian in Ireland - a trained chef isn’t enough. You also need original Italian ingredients.