Beautiful.

At home, most of us pile our plates with fish and chips and get stuck in, but in Cork’s finest restaurants, arranging food is an art form.

Here are twelve mouthwatering seafood plates that are almost too pretty to eat… make it your mission to devour every one this summer.

1. Bastion, Market St & Main St, Kinsale, Cork

“Fish finger sandwich” – Bacalla, apple, truffle, celery and cress.

2. Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry

Pan fried Ballycotton turbot with chilli oil, parsley, bok choi and mangetout.

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3. The Ivory Tower, 35 Princes Street, Cork

Octopus

4. The Fishbar at Electric

Plateau de fruits de mer…

5. Rachel’s, Washington Street, Cork City

Dover Sole topped with Dublin Bay prawns and seasonal sea kale.

6. The Supper Club, Cork St. Kinsale

Trio of Monkfish: spiced with harissa, chorizo stuffed and tempura with sauce vierge and tabouleh salad

7. Miyazaki Cork, Evergreen Street, Cork City

Harusame soup noodles, oyster, langoustine, okura and ume.

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8. Sage, Midleton

Charred mackerel, cucamelon, tomatoes and radicchio.

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9. The Black Pig Winebar, Lower O’Connell St. Kinsale

Oysters.

10. Cask, MacCurtain Street, Cork

The mixed Seafood Plate

11. Fishy Fishy, Crowley’s Quay, Kinsale

Steamed Local Mussels with fresh basil and lemon butter sauce.

12. The Cornstore, Cornmarket St. Cork

Oven roast cod, grilled asparagus, sweet potato spiral and maltaise sauce.