Extract From Bridgestone Guide Megabytes by John & Sally McKenna October 2001

The local gossip around Dungarvan about Eunice Power is that there has to be ­ there just has to be ­ two Eunice Powers, for the mystery is how could a single Eunice achieve everything that Eunice does achieve in Powersfield House, her lovely guesthouse and restaurant just north of Dungarvan.

Like, just get this: children aged 1 and 2; a spiffing guesthouse which she planned and designed when she was on maternity leave; a weekend restaurant where, having minded the babies and looked after the house and done everything else, she cooks for her guests some smashing comfort food: fillet steak (from McGrath's splendid butcher's shop in Lismore) served with a potato and leek cake and onion confit; tandoori chicken with coriander chutney and saffron rice; field mushrooms stuffed with goat's cheese and bacon; ginger crème brulee with plum compote.

The rooms are quite lovely (one of them is even named McKenna!) and the design of the house is excellent, and shows not just a discriminating eye, but the smart eye of a woman revelling in the challenge of working to a budget. We are all going to be hearing a lot more about Eunice, so spoil yourself now and get down to Powersfield and solve the riddle of this International Woman of Mystery.

© John & Sally McKenna

The original review can be read here.