Irish Food Fleadh

Superquinn are having an Irish Food "Fleadh" (pronounced "Fla" it is the Irish word for Festival) so I picked up some great fillet steaks and also a great free little recipe booklet. They also had some Cashel Blue cheese on sale so I got some of that to have with our favourite Wheaten crackers. Here's some of the recipes. Enjoy!

Afternoon tea

We had Ciaran's parents for tea this afternoon.  I decided to serve sandwiches and apple tart with cream.  I got the apple tart in the Butler's Pantry and also picked up a fudge cake in Superquinn. I made a round of crumbled ham & cheese sandwiches.  I would normally make much fancier canapes when having friends for afternoon tea but I think older people like more traditional simple food. Pots of tea helped wash down the food.

Breakfast

After the Butler's Pantry we went to the Fumbally Cafe for breakfast.  You may be wondering why we aren't in work.  Yesterday was a bank holiday for St. Patrick's Day and today we both took annual leave so we could spend some time together.  Here's some pics of the Fumbally cafe......make of it what you will!
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The Butler's Pantry

We are having Ciaran's parents over for tea later today so we called to the Butler's Pantry to pick up an apple tart.  There are two Butler's Pantrys close to us.  One in Donnybrook and the other in Rathgar. 

In Dublin's Fair City....

We were in Dublin City today and took the dog for a walk in St Stephen's Green. It is a good sized park in the centre of town just off Grafton Street. I especially like the band stand!

Weathering steel

Check out the patina that has developed on our Corten Steel.  It will continue to change and get darker. I love it, so organic. 

Here are some Before & After pics.

Wilkies Chocolate

I saw an article in the Irish Times about a new chocolate maker in Dublin.  Wilkies Chocolate is handmade in Dun Laoghaire using a process that takes five days or so .  I saw that bars were available in Fixx Coffee in Dawson street for €4.95 so we popped in to get a bar and see what it tasted like.

It is nicely packaged (a little too much glue on the seal however makes it difficult to open without breaking the chocolate thereby robbing you of your first chocolate "snap") in brown paper with an attractive print.

Taste wise it is a very bitter chocolate that goes well with coffee. I love bitter chocolate so I thought it was delicious.