Ayumi Ya

~ ~ This was Dublin’s first ever truly ethnic restaurant, that opened its doors for business back in 1983. At that time Ireland was not the go-ahead and multi-cultural society that it has since become, and to open a traditional Japanese restaurant to cater to Irish palates that were more used to fish and chips and meat and two veg, was a considerable risk, and one that many thought was bound to fail. As the restaurant opened out in the middle of a suburban housing estate just outside the small village of Blackrock in South County Dublin, it didn’t do itself any favours in regard to its location either, as there was no passing trade to speak of, and ...