COOL COLLABORATION

Jess Murphy's choc cake - recipe at link below

My poor neglected blog!!! I am so busy with Miss Emily promo that I haven't had time to blog here. The guilt!

Anyway, I came across this cool collaboration between two of my favourite Galway spots: Meadows and Byrne and Kai Restaurant and thought it was worth sharing.

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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 FOR VEGGIES - CAKE!

My husband and I love food. As veggies it's not always easy to eat out. But Galway city is good. Fantastic veggie food can be found at Da Tang Noodle House; at Ard Bia at Nimmo's; and at Tamarind by the Spanish Arch. These are firm favourites with us.

New places we love for food are Kai on Sea Road, where we had great curry recently, and the ever so cutesie tearoom Cupán Tae on Quay Lane. Think kitschy china, quirky teapots, net curtains and proper cake plates. We had scones, carrot cake and a divine lemon drizzle cake there lately. Droooool. And the staff are friendly! It's our new dessert place of choice but they also do salads and sambos, including a Veggie Deluxe. I look forward to our next trip into the city to sample more of what Cupán Tae has to offer. There are only 40 miles between me and their lemon drizzle cake :)