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EATING OUT:A good meal in Belfast with liberal use of local produce by chef Alan Foster

VALENTINE’S WEEKEND, to be fair, may not be the best time to try for a late reservation at a restaurant, but we had a sudden rush of blood to the head and made a mad dash from Dublin to Belfast for a 5pm sitting at Tedfords, having heard great things about the cooking from welldonefillet.com, an always entertaining blog by a waiter who calls himself Manuel, which is typically on the money. Given the night that was in it, we had to promise to give the table back within two hours, which we decided would be just about doable.