5 things we want to eat in Dublin this week

A seafood twist on the steak-frites commotion, a bulging platter of Brazilian meats, and a supergreek salad for when you're not quite ready for Autumn soups and stews. Here's what we're thinking about too much this week...

1) Seafood-frites, The Seafood Café

Bualadh bos for The Seafood Café capitalising on all the steak-frites drama with their own stamp on the French (or not) classic. Their swordfish au poivre-frites has just hit the menu, as well as a Thai curry moules-frites. Both are available at lunchtime priced at €14.50, and for genuine, un-copied food this sounds like a steal.

2) Smoked pork and anchovy ragu bianco gnocchi, Hera

Everything that comes out of the kitchen in Hera in Drumcondra lately seems to be gold, and the latest dish calling us back to D9 is this hand-rolled gnocchi with smoked pork and anchovy ragu bianco. Has a Dorset Street pub ever served a more compelling list of ingredients...

3) Chapa Mista, Rei Momo

Meat fiends assemble. Rei Momo's 'Chapa Mista' features everything from the churrasco (wood-fired grill) section of their menu for €50 a head (minimum of two people). We're talking peri peri chicken, moqueca prawn skewers, picanha steak with chimichurri, lamp chops, pork chops with pineapple and more. Did we mention the caipirinha menu too? Ours is a coco verde.

4) The SuperGreek salad, Sprout

Sprout's super fans all have their favourite salad, but we think this new Greek unveiling might convince them to take a punt on something new. There's roast chicken, lemony rice, cos lettuce (from their farm), tomato & cucumber salad, pickled courgette, feta, crispy pita chips and a charred red pepper & olive salsa, and while it doesn't come this beautifully assembled in real life, we bet the taste will take you back to Sifnos.

5) Caramelised apple mille-feuille, Library Street

Tis the season for pumpkin carving and apple bobbing, and we'd quite like to bob for the caramelised ones in this new mille-feuille at Library Street. The thinnest, crispiest pastry is also sandwiched with white chocolate, tonka bean namelaka, and a green apple and lime sherbet. We don't quite get how the engineering here stops the pastry from collapsing onto itself - we'll need to take a closer look in person.