Hot Flavours is all sorts of excited about the arrival in Kevin Street, Dublin 2 of Pang, the city’s first Vietnamese Rice Paper Roll restaurant. A sort of Asian take on burritos, the Prawn & Mango with Pea Shoots, Thai Basil, Noodles and Leaves with a Coconut Curry Sauce combo is the pick of a very fine bunch, and will set you back a mere €4. They also have a range of more substantial Bánh Mí open baguette sandwiches – the Beef Brisket rocks! – and traditional Pho noodle soups. lovepang.ie.

At the posher end of the culinary scale, Michelin man Andy McFadden has taken over the Fitzwilliam Hotel space vacated last year by Kevin Thornton. Promising “sensual mementos you’ll treasure”, Glovers Alley offers a two-course lunch – we’d recommend the Violet Artichoke with Bitter Leaves, Hazelnut & Foie Gras followed by the Sika Deer with Smoked Bone Marrow, Beetroot & Grapes – for €35 which is decent value for cooking of this calibre. gloversalley.ie.

Food will once again be at the heart of February 16-March 4’s Dublin Chinese New Year Festival celebrations. The opening Friday is free dumpling day in the Asia Market on Drury Street, D2 – see dublinchinesenewyear.com for details of the Mama Wong-hosted pig/veggie out.