That included a trip to Choccywoccydoodah on Foubert's Place...
The windows are something you should definitely experience - the cakes are incredible!
But what's best of all is the bars of chocolate he brought me home - chunky monkey (milk chocolate with peanuts, peanut butter and honeyed banana) and a bacon chunky bar (milk chocolate and bacon flavouring)
Only tried the chunky monkey and OMG! Just wow - it tastes as good as it looks :)
We went went out for dinner on Saturday evening and had decided on a return visit to Platform Pizza Bar, Strand Road Bray.
First stop was Brew Dock on Amiens Street.
I had a bottle of Savanna Dry Cider here.
Thanks to a delay in finishing our drinks at Brew Dock on Amiens Street (that sign makes me giggle everytime!) we missed a DART and ended up being 15 minutes late but there was no issue raised which I find really impressive.
We were sat across from the entrance to Narnia (the toilet!) so got a better photo of it this time :)
For starters we shared some of the boneless chicken wings. We chose the Bootleg (sweet smoky BBQ sauce) and Caribbean Jerk (Mellow Jamaican Jerk seasoning) wings... They were sweet, tangy and had just a little kick. They went really nice with the Craigie's Ballyhook Flyer cider I drank to start.
For main I ordered the same pizza as last time - goats cheese, mozzarella, pancetta, walnuts and maple syrup. I should really apologise to them again - I'm so fussy as I don't like tomato sauce based pizza and so I ordered it without. Unfortunately it came out with tomato sauce. They had no problem at all swapping it over - they really were so good about it but I still feel guilty as I hate being one of "those" people that make a fuss.
Sean chose the pizza with anchovies, tomatoes, capers & green olives.
His brother went with the chorizo, mozzarella and tenderstem broccoli - no photo of that though ha!
We ordered a side of sweet potato fries
There were three v clean boards when we were done and no fries left either!
Then it came to dessert. Sean's brother wanted the pecan pie but I suggested ordering the Nutella pizza. I didn't realise it was so big until we were ordering it and Kate (I think that was her name, she was excellent!) advised that it's the size of their pizzas with a slightly different base. We agreed we'd share that between the three of us and if there was any left then we could take the rest home. The pizza is served with strawberries and ice cream...
I am not ashamed to tell you there was none to bring home in the box - another empty board! It was absolutely amazing - chocolate lover's nirvana!!!
The second visit (its actually my third visit it a quick stop to pick up a takeaway pizza counts) was as good if not better than our first. I can only tell you that the food is delicious, the staff are lovely and it's well worth a visit out of the city to try here!
How the bill is presented... The damage!!!
So completely stuffed we headed into town. Knowing the city centre would be very busy after the rugby we took a stroll to Alfie Byrne's (a Galway Bay Brewery bar) in the Conrad Hotel. They actually had Founder's Breakfast Stout (my favourite stout!) on tap so I got that.
Sean and his brother got whiskeys and so I got to try Teeling Whiskey's 21 year old. Smells and tastes v good!
On Sunday we visited Avoca Kilmacanogue. Had their white soda bread and tea before sharing a slice of deep dish apple pie with Sean...
The crust was nice (and seeing as it's GBBO season) with no soggy bottom!! The apple filling was sweet and tart and moreish!!
Last stop then was to pick up stuff for dinner. I got a Honey Roast Ham Sandwich (Honey Roast Ham, butter, mayonnaise, whole grain mustard & salad on sourdough bread) from Poulet Bonne Femme - decided I needed to mix it up from getting their chicken sandwich everytime!!!
That was washed down with some Craigie's Dalliance cider ;)
So that pretty much sums up my weekend... How was yours?!
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