Baba’de (bib), Baltimore, Cork

Recently visited Baba’de in Baltimore, Cork. It’s the more casual sister restaurant to the two star Dede restaurant also in Baltimore. Interestingly both restaurants specialize in Turkish cuisine using Irish ingredients. Dede is the only Michelin starred Turkish restaurant outside of Turkey. The meal was served mezze style and consisted of the following:
• Hummus, crispy chickpeas, tomato casserole and paprika.
• Langoustine spring rolls.
• Turkish fried chicken
• Oxtail, purple basil rice, pickles and mint yogurt.
• Bulgur wheat dumplings, lamb, garlic yogurt and mint.
• BBQ lamb kofta, flat bread, pickles, fermented chilli emulsion.
• lamb shank, spiced barley stew, sesame.
• Baked chocolate custard, roasted vanilla ice cream, crispy chocolate and chocolate sable.
• Warm rice pudding, brown butter ice cream and hazelnut.
Service was outstanding and efficient. Total cost including tip, two cocktails, bread, one glass of wine and water was €200.