Super Supper Club

A few weeks ago Ugly Duckling tweeted about a Supper Club in their George's Street Arcade - €39.95 for a five course tasting menu with drinks and I managed to get two tickets and last night we went along. 

Started off with a Wimbledon cocktail - Gin, Pimms, cucumber, lemon and lime. Soo good :)

First course was a crispy hen's egg with asparagus and Hollandaise sauce. The egg was so good. When you cut into it the yolk just oozed. I think it was the nicest Hollandaise I've tried. This was paired with a glass of white wine. 

Second course was scallops with grapefruit and a pea and avocado purée. The scallops were really well cooked and v moreish :) They paired this with a Brooklyn Sorachi Ace beer.

Next up was a passion fruit, mango and gin sorbet. Seriously refreshing! 

Main course was pork three ways - a pork chop, crispy pork belly and a  ham hock croquette served with mash, carrot purée and cabbage with apple and vanilla. This was paired with a delicious Floris apple beer.

Last course was chocolate heaven!!! Chocolate macaroon, chocolate sauce, chocolate brownie and a warm chocolate soup. Absolutely amazing and I wanted to lift the bowl and finish it off but managed to behave :-) 

This was the first time they've done the supper club and it was mainly the guys' families that were there but I'm chuffed to have been part of it - huge thanks guys!!! 

If you've been to either Ugly Duckling spots then this is is not what you'd expect to be eating but OMG the guys are incredibly talented. The supper club definitely needs to become a regular thing. Brilliant night 

Nothing Ugly about this Duckling

You may have noticed from recent blog posts that I'm a bit of a fan of the prawn po'boys at Ugly Duckling in the Epicurean Food Hall so you can imagine my delight when they invited us along to a preview evening at their George's Street Arcade branch.

The menu... 

The sega mega drive and Nintendo 64 on their counter... Total childhood throwback - I love it!

The preview included wine, craft beers from 8 degrees brewing company, Sam Adams, Galway Hooker & Little Creature. I think the cocktail was a fancier G & T - the nicest one I've tried!

As good as the alcohol was the main event was obviously the food! Sample platter included mini (not very!) versions of  the Brisket, Pittsburgh, Po'Boy, Shredded Chicken & the new addition - Grilled Halloumi!

The crispy onion strings on the brisket were sooo moreish! The gravy on the brisket was finger licking good.

I loved the BBQ pulled pork and coleslaw. I actually don't like potato but their fries are fast becoming a new addiction! 

Of course my favourite was still the Po'Boy and this little slider version was the perfect introduction if you've never had it before! 

I really REALLY want to bring home the Cajun Mayo that they use on the Po'Boy and same goes for the BBQ sauce!!! Derek might've mentioned something about them bottling and selling this - I hope that's true! Will definitely be picking that up.

When Derek asked about more food I prob v cheekily asked for another Po'Boy (don't ask, don't get!) but when they brought out this tray I was v reluctant to share! :)

Great hosts, brilliant food, the drinks flowed and good chats in a really fab setting.

I'm so so glad these sort of sandwiches are available in Dublin. I can't criticise anything about my Ugly Duckling experiences so far. Darragh & Derek should be v v proud. Keep reaching you guys!