PS it's dinnertime

Although my one-month marker was technically on Monday, Nick had requested my company at a little dinner this week to officially celebrate the fact that I haven’t left already, so last night we had a very delicious dinner at a lovely restaurant called PS Café on Dempsey Hill.

            Tucked away on the edge of a selection of restaurants, this beautiful glass and wood café opens out onto a tropical forest, and as we had some of the best seats in the house, facing out into the wildlife, we got to enjoy the fluttering of bats and birds while we watched the sun set with our gin and tonics.

            Once it was full dark (it does that pretty early out here) we made our way through a fabulous, homemade style dinner whilst enjoying a great breeze and the quiet of the forest, despite the fact that the place was packed out. It was made all the better when the incredibly friendly waiter brought us over a cooling glass of light red wine – this is something that I’ve only learnt since I’ve been out here; a bottle of red should always live in the fridge as it makes for a fabulous hot weather treat!

Dinner was delicious – there was bread and hummus to start, moussaka for me and the lasagne on my dreams for Nick (think lasagne, with a layer of veggies cooked on top of it, then a layer of meatballs and sauce, then one more layer of pasta and cheese, all baked together – the next time I make lasagne, I’m making it that way!).

            As a final challenge there was then an entirely unnecessary pudding to round it all off. Nick had a three tier chocolate brownie, fudge, marshmallow and chocolate sauce mountain, and I had about three portions of orange drizzle cake in one giant slice. Unsurprisingly, neither of us made it through more than half of our cake, but it was well worth the effort! I do love good cake. If any of the girls make it out here on a visit, I’m most definitely going to be taking them here for a coffee and tea session during the day – it’s too good not to!