The Fish Health Team works with the marine food industry to protect the health status of Irish farmed salmon, trout and shellfish.

While the menu may change, keep an eye out for Irish smoked salmon (caper-decorated) with apple-dotted horseradish sauce.

A few specialty shops carry smoked wild Irish salmon.

The Irish salmon will sell for the same price as wild salmon, $10 to $11 a pound.

Irish salmon and Nova Scotia salmon also come with the blini.

Among the better appetizers on the mostly American menu are the Irish smoked salmon and chilled oysters with champagne vinegar mignonnette.

Irish salmon sliced to order from a larger fish, making the slices moister and milder, is $21.95 a pound.

It took 25 minutes to get a half pound of Irish salmon, and it was very poorly cut to boot.

Appetizers were hardly encouraging: rubbery shrimp in garlic butter ($8.95) and Irish smoked salmon that had all the flavor of a salt lick ($9.50).

Smoked Irish salmon of incomparable buttery texture and a gentle smoke flavor, 2 to 2.3 pounds, $69.25, includes shipping.