A very bold week

Saturday to Saturday

Saturday started off with brunch at Taco Taco.

I had mimosas and the chicken and waffles which comes with amazing sweet potato fries and a delicious coleslaw which has a kick. The portion size was HUGE - it'd put American portions to shame! That doesn't mean I didn't demolish it because that is exactly what I did!! Ah-mazing.

Sean ordered white wine and he decided to be a veggie for the hour and chose the veggie breakfast. No photos of that. He did say it was all v well cooked.

We both had coffee which was v hot!!

The seats are like something out of a primary school. My only complaint is that the tables are really close together!!! We only had the table for an hour and most of that was spent eating so really it wasn’t an issue.

From there we went to the O’Brien’s Wine Fair in aid of the Jack & Jill Foundation. Lots of fun trying various different wines that I wouldn’t usually go for. Favourites were probably the Greek Gaia Agiorgitiko found at John Wilson’s (Wilson on Wines) table and also the Lingenfelder Scheurebe. 

After there it was a quick stop into Fallon & Byrne for coffee and some other items. Decided to try out The Barn coffee for a change. Was ok but definitely back to 3FE this week!

Then headed to The Cupcake Bloke. Just had to pick up some of their Tayto Cheese & Onion Chocolate Chip cookies. So glad I did – they’re surprisingly good.

Last stop that day was Peruke & Periwig for another glass of wine before heading home to the fire!

Tuesday we went to the cinema to see The Lady in the Van. Lots of junk food that day – popcorn, giant buttons & tangy minions jellies!!

Thursday I was in London for work. Started my morning off with a Butlers coffee and one of their chocolate flake sweets. As you do at 6 in the morning!! 

After the conference finished I checked out the Sky Garden at 20 Fenchurch Street. The views over London are just incredible. 

Unfortunately it wasn’t possible to eat there as the earliest table available was 10pm! 

That evening I had dinner at Rhubarb at London City Airport. I chose the pulled beef brisket roll. Was quite like roast beef on a roll. Delicious!

I bought these Fortnum & Mason sparkling shortbread in the airport shop – haven’t tried them yet!

I had one of these on the plane on the way home before I fell asleep :)

Then Friday. Fat Friday indeed. 

At lunchtime I picked up a box of the new Butlers Chocs Festive dessert menu chocolates. Yumminess!

Was out in Liffey Valley for shopping after work. 

Had dinner at Gourmet Burger Kitchen. I chose the Cajun blue chicken burger and we shared some rosemary fries. The burger was great, the fries were so-so (But I should mention that I am not a fan of potatoes so that's actually praise!) 

On Saturday we headed to Avoca in Kilmacanogue to place our order for Christmas (yes, I did just mention the "c-word") meat at James Whelan Butchers. 

While we were there I noticed that Revolution Bakery had a pop up there. 

I couldn't leave without picking up some doughnuts. I chose four - classic jam, vanilla and raspberry, apple crumble and salt caramel and honeycomb. I ended up giving two away to Sean's brother so didn't get to try them but the ones I did try. OH DEAR GOD were they epic. The filling just oozed out of them and I really enjoyed them on Saturday evening. 

Then went into city centre to pick up some Christmas (Yes there's that word again) presents and do some normal shopping. My first stop of the day was Kaph to pick up new beans. I grabbed an Americano to take away.

After there I went to The Cupcake Bloke. No cupcakes this week (although I did try some of the apple and cinnamon and it was v good) but I did get more of the Tayto Cheese & Onion Chocolate Chip cookies. 

They had mince pies there this weekend and got a couple to try – I will probably be in trouble for saying this but definitely my favourite mince pie so far :)

For lunch I went to the Ugly Duckling with Sean and his parents. I had to go with my usual prawn po’boy. More of a kick to it than previous - definitely a firm favourite!

Sean went for the new curried chicken wrap. His mum had the sweet chilli chicken again (She really is a fan!) and his dad chose the steak sandwich. V happy bellies all round!!

Really bad week – got to get back on the Rice Krispie Squares now this week!! Booooooooo :(