Wine, cider and Asian street food

Stopped in at Cavern at Baggot Street Wines on Upper Baggot Street after walking in the rain from the beer and cider festival at the RDS.

We didn't have food just had glasses of wine. I chose a Viognier - decent glass size.

The staff are so so nice and were v attentive! Brilliant vibe in a great space. 

You can also buy wine from Baggot Street wines and they charge corkage - I think it's €5 for wine. 

They brought out some popcorn with Parmesan, rosemary and sea salt. They were so moreish!! 

I will definitely be back for more wine and food!

The rain had disappeared when we were leaving so we took a stroll around Stephens Green and then headed Camden Street for food. 

Lots of places to choose from but we settled on Neon Asian Street food.

First off I will say that this would have been an exceptional visit but for the fact I'm not really a fan of communal style food sitting beside people and listening in on their conversations. 

You're brought to your seat, given menus and then when you're ready you go up to order at the counter.

I ordered Pinot Grigio and the Thai green curry with tiger prawns and steamed rice. The curries and rice are brought out in takeaway containers and the bowls are already on the table with plastic cutlery. 

The portions are generous and there were LOTS of prawns in the curry.  The curry had a lovely kick to it. 

The food is AWESOME!!! 

They give you cones so you can make your own soft serve ice cream but as you can see from my photo I'm not very good.

If you're a fan of Asian food you have got to try here!

Last stop of the evening was Against the Grain on Wexford Street. Just had a glass of Macivors Cider (they have it on draft here!) and then headed home! Spotted this on Leeson Street... Don't you just love Dublin sunsets?! 

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!!

Sunny Sunday

Gorgeous Spring day today so we headed into town to pick up some coffee beans.

Parked at Drury Street car park. Returned to Sasha House Petite for coffee and a pastry so Sean could try it out. I had a cinnamon swirl and an americano. He chose an apple and berry crumble tart. He enjoyed his tart but didn't agree with me about the coffee. It's a shame. I still think they do the nicest coffee! 

From there we went to Fallon & Byrne on Exchequer Street to get new coffee beans. This time we chose 3FE Costa Rica Farami De Dota: Red Honey Red Catuai

After a little walk in the sunshine (everyone seemed so happy - amazing what a little sunshine can do!) we ended up at Murphy's ice-cream on Wicklow Street. 

I got a small tub of caramelised brown bread and Sean chose rum and raisin. They have a great choice of flavours and have a little seating area at the back for you to "eat in"

It's a stones throw from Grafton St and well worth a quick visit! 

 

I will leave you with this view of the Phoenix park in the Spring sunshine