Sometimes the days that don't go to plan are the best days. Laurence and I had big plans yesterday (I'll go into that in a later blog) which ended up falling to pieces. It was quite disappointing and frustrating, but we decided instead of sitting around moping we'd change our plan for the day instead.
The lovely Eva, head chef at Harry's Bar & Gastropub in Rosses Point, had invited Laurence and I along for dinner a few weeks ago but we hadn't found time to go - until yesterday. I messaged Eva early in the morning (sorry Eva!) asking would it be ok if we came that evening. She booked us in for 7 p.m. so we had that to look forward to.
We spent the rest of the day charity shop shopping which was fun. I love charity shops, I buy 99% of my clothes from them. Not only is it for a good cause but you also know you won't be wearing the same thing as everyone else and it also costs a fraction of the price! I ended up getting a pair of leather leggings and a top for 50c. Bargainer.
We mooched around town for ages until it was time to head out to Rosses Point for our meal. Harry's is decorated very fittingly with a nautical theme - one of the tables also has a well down the middle of it where you can see fish if you look down! Unfortunately I couldn't get a good picture as the camera was playing up.
The lovely waitresses were quick to show us to our table and explain the vegan options on the menu for us, which was brilliant. There was a white bean, sage and parsnip soup, asian potato cake with an asparagus & sesame ginger salad, curried chickpea, spinach and lemon salad or a pad Thai. It was such a tough choice as everything sounded delicious! The rest of the menu also had tons of options to suit everyone, including gluten free options. In the end I chose the potato cake and Laurence went for the pad Thai. We also went for a side of onion rings, because, well, I really like onion rings.
Our food came really quick which was great, I hate waiting years for a meal. Everything was presented beautifully and the portions were massive! The vegetable selection in our dishes was really nice, no mushrooms or aubergines like you'd usually get in a vegetarian meal. You could just taste how fresh the food was and it was all piping hot too. My potato cake was so tasty and came with a massive salad with a lovely sesame and (I think) wasabi dressing with some asparagus on the side. Laurence's pad Thai was also scrummy, of course I tried some. The onion rings were those gorgeous crispy type ones that I love, I could've eaten bowl fulls. Everything was seasoned perfectly. Laurence remarked how nice it was to have a nice 'normal' vegan meal, as we've seen a lot of menus offering quinoa salads or stuffed mushrooms and things that we don't really like. We both sat there 'mmm'ing the whole way through. Everything from the service by the pleasant waitresses to the music to the chilled atmosphere and the gorgeous food - perfect.
We also decided to go for a dessert as Eva had made one vegan for us which was so nice! She made a banana coconut cream topping with strawberries, summer berries and a biscuit base in a jar. So, so good, and it actually would be divine as a breakfast too. I definitely got some inspiration for my own cooking from our meal.
When we'd finished, Eva herself came out to chat to us. We chatted for ages. Eva is such a talented chef and she's so passionate about what she does, and so interested in a challenge and using different ingredients rather than your bog standard stuff, which I admire. It was so nice she took the time to come sit with us and ask how our meal was. We told her we'd most definitely be back, and I'm looking forward to it already!
Eva was very kind to give us a voucher towards our meal, so thanks a million to her and all at Harry's for a wonderful experience. It was my first time going to Harry's, so if you haven't tried out this hidden gem yet I can't recommend it enough!
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