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Irish people typically associate the term “lock-in” with staying in the local until all hours. Now Hazel Mountain Chocolate is hosting a lock-in with a difference.
The Galway-based chocolate factory’s Chocolate Lock In invites customers to have a behind-the-scenes tour of the shop and sample delectable treats like chocolate canapés and hot chocolate cocktails, as well as a host of their signature chocolates.
Oh, and did we mention you get cacao champagne on arrival? Very fancy altogether.
The tour costs €10 and organisers say it’s been a roaring success so far. “Feedback has been great with every date having been booked up,” says John Connolly of Hazel Mountain Chocolate. “It’s great value and people have a fun and educational time learning about chocolate.” If you can’t make the December tour, they will be starting again in February.
Where: Meet Me in the Morning, Pleasant Street, Dublin 8
Since it opened in 2016, Meet Me in the Morning has established itself as one of the city’s most interesting, innovative cafés. Ahead of Christmas, they are hosting four nights of natural wine and tacos. What’s natural wine, you ask? It’s wine made without chemicals and added sulphites, and with minimal technological intervention.
Vegetables will be sourced from McNally Family Farm, while meat from Gubbeen Farm and Broughgammon Farm will also make an appearance on the menu. All the wines are from Le Caveau.
Be advised that spaces are going quickly, but there are still plenty of spots left for the 22nd and 23rd. You can make a reservation over DM and there will be a limited number of spaces for walk-ins as well.
Rejoice! The humble bao has made its way to the People’s Republic. A bao is a type of steamed bun that’s popular in Asian cuisine. It’s delicate, sweet and extremely versatile. Bao Boi, the brainchild of chef Bryan McCarthy, opened in Cork just this month.
The menu features both sweet and savoury buns, including the delightfully named Bao Chicka Bao Wow. If you’re in Cork over the Christmas season, it’s one to check out.
If you’re suffering from cabin fever over Christmas, Bow Lane is hosting a series of boozy brunches called Twixmas. Customers can enjoy their brunch with bottomless cocktails for just €18 extra. (You can enjoy bottomless champagne for €25 if you’re feeling fancy.)
The cocktails on offer include Bloody Marys, margaritas, espresso martinis and prosecco cocktails. Sure, it’d be rude not to.
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I hope this isn’t going to be case of “I saw someone with a cough, now I’ve decided to self isolate so I can milk it for social media purposes” honestly I get the feeling people are using this virus to get attention.
Forgot to wish Deputy Pringle well and hope he is in the clear.
A good example of a politician acting with good authority and not keeping quite. I believe he is not a SF representative and ditched them years ago. Just shows you can escape the cult.
@David Glynn: yes David I think the entire internet knows now you don’t like Sinn Fein, I think there are pills you can take for the obsession you seem to have…. good lad.
@Laughable: All about getting message out as contagion spreads in the North. Bots love likes for validation by like minded diehards. You’ll grow out of it.
See if you are still sneering when numbers up north exceed the south. A matter of time. But the duped never have insight.
I am trying to help. And if I fail then there are no winners.
Watch out for the social media clips of the parties up north.
He’s on the border with the North where there’s no damper on socialisng and the do nothing DUP SF executive is busy deciding how to divvy out emergancy funds if and when they implement closures. Meanwhile, party time in the North for those stupid enough to risk it. Who’s chuckling now.
I am beginning to see the Trump point about the benifit of a border wall. While the Arlene and Michelle ” we are not agreeing at the moment duo” sit on their hands waiting for the Boris experiment to play out.
Risking our lives in the South. This is what you get with SF in government when it does not hold all the cards.
Abysmal leadership.
@David Glynn: I think you’ve caught something David. Not the Virus, because as far as I know, it doesn’t make you crazy. Best get yourself checked out soon though.
@David Glynn: Aren’t we Lucky to have a Good Government in place right now. I’m not a F Gaeler but poor auld Harris has a Horrible job right now. They are holding steady.
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