More than just meatballs

Tuesday 22nd December 2009, 3:00PM GMT.

Ingalill's Swedish Kitchen chef Pierre Östman and Maria Tengdahl-McLaughlin (00793830)

Ingalill's Swedish Kitchen chef Pierre Östman and Maria Tengdahl-McLaughlin (00793830)

A NEW restaurant in Gorey is proving that Swedish cuisine is much more than meatballs.

Ingalill’s is a family-run Swedish kitchen that even serves a traditional Sunday roast with a Swedish twist.

And owner Carolina Tengdahl-McLaughlin (30) has recently acquired a new member of staff – her four-month old son, Emil.

‘I didn’t plan to have a baby and start a business in the same year,’ she said, ‘but I like that I can bring him into work with me.’

The restaurant is named after her grandmother – the woman who taught Mrs Tengdahl-McLaughlin everything she knows about cooking.


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