Cork’s newest restaurant has an Irish heart and a European brain, serving-up foodie heaven by the sea

The Salty Dog sits on the site of the former ‘Cush’ restaurant in Ballycotton

German Oliver Falter, General Manager of the Flynn Cush Hospitality Group (left), and Czech Martin Volrab, Restaurant Manager of The Salty Dog (right).

I’m sitting down at a table and looking into a bowl.

Behind me is the iconic Ballycotton lighthouse, with the waves lapping on the shores of East Cork, while a busy fishing pier is filled with empty traps, which lie idle in wait of the next cast into the Atlantic Ocean.