It happens every single year without fail. The school bell rings for the last time, the kids come thundering through the front door, bags and shoes abandoned somewhere between the hallway and the kitchen, and within approximately four minutes the fridge has been raided. Again.
There’s something almost impressive about the appetite of a child during the summer holidays. The sheer dedication to eating. The frequency. The absolute confidence with which they appear at your elbow asking what’s for lunch when they’ve only just finished breakfast. If you’ve got more than one, you might as well just set up a permanent buffet and be done with it.
But here’s the thing – you deserve a break too. Six weeks is a long time to be chief snack provider, lunch maker and kitchen cleaner-upper, and at some point the novelty wears thin. So let’s talk about handing that job over, just for a day.
Hog Roast Howth is made for exactly this kind of occasion. Think of it as your official summer holidays treat – a proper, generous, crowd-pleasing feast that takes zero effort on your part and gives everyone, kids included, something genuinely exciting to sit down to. Get the extended family over, drag the neighbours in, spread out in the garden and enjoy it. Even if Dublin decides to do its Dublin thing with the weather, the food alone will make it worth it.
Every Hog Roast Howth menu is built to be generous – because we know the kind of crowd you’re feeding – and there’s plenty of variety to keep even the most opinionated little eaters happy. Round things out with canapés, charcuterie platters perfect for picking at, a selection of sides and something indulgent for dessert, and you’ve got a spread that covers all bases.
Here’s the bit that might just make you love us even more though: whatever doesn’t get eaten on the day, we’ll box up neatly for you to take inside. Leftover pulled pork for tomorrow’s lunch? Yes please. A couple more days off kitchen duty? Even better.
Summer holidays are meant to be enjoyed – by everyone in the house, including you. So, let Hog Roast Howth take care of at least one day of it.