GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL 2016

Happy Easter!

 We made our annual visit to the Galway Food Festival yesterday, Good Friday. It was VERY blowy around Fishmarket Square but there was no end of good things on offer and interesting foodie stalls to explore. I had a tdf salted caramel brownie in The Skeff and, later tofu and veg in Lime. Yum!

Beechlawn Organic Farm, Ballinasloe - our local farm - had a stall

These were delicious as was their Paleo Brownie (available as a mix)

These would make great airplane snack boxes from The Foods of Athenry

The Yum Tree Kitchen man

Polish Easter goodies

Polish Easter cake

Alannah and Róisín of Beechlawn Organic's stall -
I won that heart cake in the foreground (and below) in their raffle!

Scones by Sugar and Spice

The Galway Food Company is based in Loughrea - they do BEAUTIFUL biscuits

The Wild Irish Foragers and Preservers - fab, flavourful syrups and jellies

Harvest Moon's Basil Hummus - two of my fave things combined!

American Village Apothecary always impresses 

Sun-squinty Juno

Lovely lunch at Lime

Husband's Nasi Goreng at Lime

GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL 2015

We went into the city for the annual food festival today. It's a beautiful Easter Saturday here in Galway: dry, almost warm and almost sunny :) The festival continues all weekend and is well worth a visit. Great food, gorgeous atmosphere around Wood Quay and the Claddagh, especially.

We stopped at the Skeff for cakes on the way to the festival - Mr V and I shared a salted caramel brownie.
Juno opted for milk and a giant cookie

Juno Bunny

Giant bunny outside Yes Flowers

Every house in Galway probably has a piece of Judy Greene's lovely pottery

Skeff cakes at the marquees at the Spanish Arch

America Village Apothecary syrups - so pretty

Róisín Fahy of Beechlawn Organic Farm, Ballinasloe

More Skeff goodies

Bowl A Granola

Man of Aran fudge

Creme egg bun anyone?

Easter buns by Goodness Cakes

Man of Aran mint choc fudge

Pad Tofu for lunch in Lime Restaurant in the Claddagh. Yum.

GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL

We went into the Galway Food Festival yesterday - they had a gorgeous day for it. We enjoyed cakes from the Skeff and bread from Les Petits Douceurs down at Spanish Arch; the market at Woodquay was lively with chocolate makers and comedians, and we had a glorious lunch in Kai on Sea Road.The Festival continues today.

The Food Festival Village at Spanish Arch

Cakes from the Skeff

Bunny biccies from Simply Divine Cakes

Skeff stall

Cake by Niall Diviney of Simply Divine Cakes

Myself and Juno enjoying chickpea curry and 'parslip' soup at Kai

Chickpea curry with cucumber yog, Steve's leaves and mizuna grass

GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL

The Galway Food Festival takes place the Easter weekend. They have a great blog here featuring some of my favourite spots like Kai and Griffin's Bakery. Worth a look!