Lignum’s heat-and-eat pork belly prompts squeals of delight
Like many of us these days, I carry around a dog-eared mental checklist of places to visit “when things go back to normal”. Loughrea restaurant Lignum has long been near the top of that list.
Though still in his late twenties, Lignum chef-patron Danny Africano has pedigree. His Irish mother and Italian father ran Slatefort House for almost a decade. He has solid training, too, with a culinary arts degree from Dublin Institute of Technology and practical skills sharpened in kitchens around the w
