Last night we had dinner with a couple friends and she chose Claddagh's Irish Pub. We've never ate at an Irish Pub so I was all game to try something other than our 3 or 4 REGULAR restaurants. I (we, Nicole, Rosie and I) tried to meet at Cavanaugh's Irish pub in December if you recall but their kitchen was not open till 4 and that was not when we were there. So I was all about still trying out Irish food.
We took Donna's advice and ordered the beer battered onion rings. They were not too greasy as sometimes they are at various restaurants. So then for my meal I chose something I never had before, I'm guessing it's Irish...called Chicken Kildare. It was a stuffed chicken breast consisting of herbed garlic butter, parsley, sauteed baby spinach, mushrooms and Irish rasher bacon (I know, I had to ask too, but, it's like Canadian bacon) it was pan fried to an awesome crispness and then had a dab of garlic butter on top. Champ mashed potatoes ( whatever CHAMP is) and Julianne veggies of yellow squash, zucchini and red onions were the accompaniment. All was totally delish with me! I want more.
Everyone was done but me. Donna and Todd asked for the dessert menu, the waiter asked Sam and I but I told him I was still enjoying my dinner and that was yummy enough for me. I had my first sampling of bread pudding and It was OK, I always wondered what that stuff tasted like.
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Great Old Friends
I told you earlier in the month my "original friend" yano original means first one, right? OK, so then my "original" friend, Donna found me at the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert, we hadn't seen each other for many, many years. She was my very first friend I met when we moved to Ohio in 1990. You can find more on 
us on my post dated January 11th. Anyway, we made plans to meet up. We were going to do lunch and then a movie. She wanted to stop at Ikea before the movie and I met up with her there. We talked about Applebee's for lunch but she left it open for me to decide if I wanted to eat at Ikea or anywhere else. I said why not try Ikea. Last time I was there I had breakfast with my sister. I laugh, "last time" (it was my only other time there other than Monday). We met at their cafeteria and I was unsure what was good so I followed her food choice..Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy and some nasty cranberry stuff. I had my eyes set on their Almond cake. That was totally delicious! I'm getting everything I just said next time, course I guess that will be dinner at the rate I am going. Here we are leaving the store. I had to get a shot since the movies would be too dark for a photo. The balloon in the plant was from her over 16 years ago...Yip that's not a typo guess they don't make em like they used to:-)
us on my post dated January 11th. Anyway, we made plans to meet up. We were going to do lunch and then a movie. She wanted to stop at Ikea before the movie and I met up with her there. We talked about Applebee's for lunch but she left it open for me to decide if I wanted to eat at Ikea or anywhere else. I said why not try Ikea. Last time I was there I had breakfast with my sister. I laugh, "last time" (it was my only other time there other than Monday). We met at their cafeteria and I was unsure what was good so I followed her food choice..Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy and some nasty cranberry stuff. I had my eyes set on their Almond cake. That was totally delicious! I'm getting everything I just said next time, course I guess that will be dinner at the rate I am going. Here we are leaving the store. I had to get a shot since the movies would be too dark for a photo. The balloon in the plant was from her over 16 years ago...Yip that's not a typo guess they don't make em like they used to:-)
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