My followers will remember the devastation I experienced last year when I had to miss the Taste of Dublin, due to one of the boys being sick. This year I prayed to the wellness fairy and she delivered ! On Friday evening BMM, the FA, the Seamstress, the Mad One and yours truly headed off in the Seamstresses amazing Skoda Superb for an evening of tasting, sipping, tasting some more, drinking...you get my drift. A sunny Iveagh Gardens beckoned us and we headed straight for the Jacobs Creek stand intending to use our relationship with the Ambassadrice to secure free bubbly. This is when it happened. A member of the sales team overhearing the chat, asked if I was the 25 year old Ambassadrice's MOTHER !The Mad One thought this was just hilarious, so I shot back my first glass with haste and proceeded quickly to my second. It was a great evening, aided by the truly amazing 80's tribute band " Spring Break" (http://springbreak80s.com) . I stuck to Thai/Malaysian/Indian fayre this year, as in small morsels, you just can't beat it for flavour, freshness and complexity.The torrential downpour did not dampen our, by now tiddly , spirits and we then rocked, like we were back in 1991 ,to the second tribute band from that era. The Mad One asked Brent Pope for a hug and duly got one, I offered the FA on a plate to numerous young executive looking types, only to find they were all attached and surprisingly happy to admit it ! Foodies are a much more honourable lot !The FA was only mildly mortified, as she too had helped me with the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. We moved on to a great Mojito and followed it with Sticky Toffee Pudding and a Lavazza...trust me it works ! In the middle of the rain though, the best thing we ate all evening turned out to be a Dubliner Cheese toastie...you can't beat the basics !

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