Of Porridge

Discovered a very useful and tasty item this this am… porridge at the cafe! It was a lovely morning this and I was into the office by 7. Started a few routines on the new equipment and decided I’d take a nice read and latte, so wandered to our nearest cafe. The nearest Cafe Sol is located at the top of Upper Pembroke at Leeson and has a pleasant sit-in parlour and four very nice outside tables underneath an awning along the street. I was going to grab a pastry with a latte and then I see a wonderful sign: “Peigi says eat your porridge.” Brilliant! what’s more they offer two choices…honey and maple syrup, right across the counter. How absolutely perfect. My quest to find Bob’s Red Mill organic Steel Cut Oats here has been for naught. This is a pleasant happenstance. They even have two sizes: regular and large. The regular seeming quite generous to me, but the 20 ounce latte remains a staple. A shot of vanilla in the latte and I was good to go. The people hustling off to work, the folks stopping in for their morning fix and Dublin life passing me by, I had a nice sit and read for an hour before heading back to the DHO. One word of caution however: do not, at any cost, attempt to spoon porridge, using a smallish spoon over the resting arm your nicely pressed dress shirt! Oops.