I was up early as usual with the Monkey (our 14mth old) on Sunday so decided to make a dawn supermarket visit so my husband could lie in. On the way home I stopped at the fabulous Gerbe D'or in Paddington for takeaway hot chocolate and croissants. As you can imagine, I scored serious points when I returned home with my loot. La Gerbe D'Or continue to make the very best croissants in Sydney - they are golden yellow from all the butter and if you dip them in the super rich hot chocolate, you end up with a buttery film on the top of your drink. For once, I refrained from dipping and instead opened some Rose's Spring Rhubarb jam which was the perfect accompainment - nice and tart against the croissant and the sweet hot choc.
No, we still hadn't eaten enough.
After the Monkey refused to nap for more than half an hour at lunchtime, we headed to Balmain to the Welcome Inn (http://www.thewelcomehotel.com) for a winter favourite - their Murphy's Irish Stout Meat Pie. The courtyard is baby friendly so the Monkey enjoyed the side dish of peas with ricotta (not sure why they add ricotta?) while we tucked into our giant pies. The pies are served in large bowls with a pastry top and less greedy people would be better to share one between two with a side of the delicious creamy mash. I was reminded yet again what a small town Sydney is as we bumped into no less than three groups of people we knew in the Welcome, a place that we only ever visit maybe once or twice a year.
By the evening I was fortunately able to find a little space left for some lovely salads made by my sis served with take out chicken from Waverley Chicks - one of the only chicken shops where I don't get a strange smell off the chicken - does anyone else find that?
I'm sorry that there are no photographs of the weekend's exploits, unfortunately most items were already consumed before I remembered to get the camera out. Looks like I'll have to do it all again......
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