Suso Dublin

A very quick post on Suso Gelato on O'Connell Street.

Stopped in here after a Sunday afternoon shopping (On the Northside of the river)

This is in the middle of O'Connell Street beside Beshoffs. 

They have a choice of flavours. Coffee smelled pretty good too! I did notice some people having both - is that actually a thing (I mean besides iced coffee!!) 

I chose the medium cup and went with the cookies and the Belgian Chocolate.

Lovely flavours. Really enjoyed it! Nice treat for a nice bank holiday Sunday..

Probably a good place to get dessert after a visit to Beshoffs :) 

Thursday night date night

To stave off the post holiday blues we booked a table at AVenue by Nick Munier.

First stop on the way was Beer Market (http://www.galwaybaybrewery.com/beermarket) which is the new Galway Bay Brewery bar in Christchurch where they're "only" serving beer here. 

The tap and bottle selection is bloody impressive!

Anyhow after checking the list I decided on Founders Blushing Monk.

I just want to say that €6.50 a glass might seem steep but I think that's pretty good considering it's just shy of €22 for a 750ml bottle in most off licences in Dublin!! 

Was quite a nice Dublin evening and we strolled down Dame Street to Temple Bar until we got to AVenue (www.avenue.ie) 

This is the new Nick Munier (of Masterchef Ireland and Hell's Kitchen fame) venture... 

Yes this place is in the centre of touristville but there's just something about the place that as soon as you walk through the door you'll forget that's where you are! 

I got a voucher from the taste.ie so it worked out at just under €50 a three course meal for two plus a bottle of wine. A great deal if you ask me but even without that they do a three course set meal for €25 per person. I thought there was a good selection to choose from and that's bloody brilliant value for a restaurant in Temple Bar by any means.

So to the food..

For starters I had the chicken liver parfait with brioche. Sean chose the tartare of salmon...

For main course I had the butternut squash ravioli and Sean went with the hake.

Dessert (most important!) was apple and cinnamon doughnuts with dips. Sean tried their pear shortcake special (I think!) and Americanos to finish. 

So what can I say? I loved everything about it! Awesome service, the food is great (tastes better than it looks - I don't think my photos does it justice) and v well presented, comfy seats and the tables are also nicely spaced out. I can't actually describe it other than to add there's such a nice buzz about the place! 

By the time we were leaving the place was filling up and I think they turned some walk ins away so book in advance because you have just got to try here!!!

So we left Avenue and went to Vintage Cocktail Club VCC Dublin (www.vintagecocktailclub.com) for a drink

If there's no doorman there ring the doorbell and who knows what you'll discover! 

 

There's a huge selection of cocktails to choose from in that book! I went for a Tiki Peeky and Sean chose the Cuban Rum Cake. 

Candlelight cocktails and I like that they served water with the cocktails - we got this in Berlin last weekend and thought it was a great idea!

Left Temple Bar and went back to where the evening began, Beer Market, for another Blushing Monk!

Krust bakery

A visit to Krust Bakery on South Great George's Street was a great way to brighten up a very dull Wednesday morning...

The smell as you walk in the door is just incredible!!! 

Lots of donuts to choose from and it would be a hard decision but as I had gone there for a cronut I chose a chocolate one. 

This was soft and not too flaky. It was delicious.

They're serving Marley coffee which is really nice. Even better is their current special is that you can get a coffee and a cronut for €4.50 - how can that be wrong?!

At the back there's a sandwich, salad and pizza counter. All looks fab & fresh. 

Grab a seat in the window and you can do some serious people watching over George's Street. 

The cronut was that good I picked up jam and Boston donuts to bring home...

Holidays are over!

I always find the last day of the holidays to be depressing and we had a long day to put in our last day as our flight wasn't until 10pm. 

We were a bit like bewildered tourists when we realised no shops were open for the Bank Holiday Monday in Berlin...

Still that wasn't an issue. We had a wander around the Potsdamer Platz Arkade (the shops werent open but the food places were) They currently have an exhibition celebrating 25 years since the Berlin Wall came down. This is well worth a visit. 

 

A watchtower that was on Potsdamer Platz... 

1961 construction of the wall

The original signs that were around Checkpoint Charlie

Just grabbed a quick ice cream at Caffe & Gelato. This was ok. 

Then we went for lunch at a beer hall. I tried the Nuremburg sausages and a pretzel. You get six of them and they're served with sauerkraut and mashed potato. Also tried a bit of Sean's schnitzel... That was huge! 

After that we went back to Fassbender & Rausch for dessert and hot chocolate. 

The view from our seat was pretty impressive... 

This time I got the mini chocolate mousse tort and a mocha with half dark / half milk hot chocolate. Sean had amaretto hot chocolate and his brother tried the irish hot chocolate. Sean chose the vanilla torte and his brother had the mini blueberry cheesecake. 

After we finished we headed back towards the hotel via Checkpoint Charlie. 

Picked up our cases & then went to the airport... Sad times as our Berlin adventure is over but glad to get home. After all Nil Aon Tintean mar a Thintean fein!!