Back to ♥ Tribecca Glasgow

On request of Aa, we decided to do brunch at Tribecca.
It was his turn to savour the glorious post night breakfast. Sadly, there's still 4 more nights to go .
The place was empty at 1025am but started to fill up as we approach the 11am mark. No reservations accepted btw.




Totally love the canopy





Aa went for the stacked pancakes which he gave a good thumbs up. Fluffy as one would like them to be.

I went for THE HUDSON: A classic Honey Roast Ham, Tomato & Melted Swiss Cheese Omelette. Served with a generous portion of toast.

Mind you , these omelettes consist of 5 eggs per serving. Be totally WoWed when the UFO-sized plate land on the table. I am sure they use large eggs or ostrich egg of some sort.. (joking..)

I was extremely full by the end of the meal. Managed to stay satiated until dinner time. Certainly makes the 12 pound meal (Medium Mocha included) more value for money

Tribecca Cafe
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102 Dumbarton Road
Glasgow G11 6NX
Tel: 0141 576 0122
http://www.tribecacafe.com/menus/menu/

♥ Tribeca Glasgow

I feel so liberated having finished 7 nights. The thought of just being able to chill throughout the day not having to worry about getting up at 6pm, rush through a microwave dinner and be in for work at 8pm makes me = )

The night crew decided on American Breakfast Cafe, Tribeca, for our post night grub.

*Looking forward to the Huge portions of pancakes, potatos, honey, bread, sausages, eggs lots & lots of eggs !!!!





I settled on The Varick!.. My tired brain must have been confused. I went for the French toast instead. To say the least the portions were huge though: a Head of baguette and 2 thick toast soaked in "eggie" batter. The accompanying maple syrup provided much of the needed sugar I had burnt on my last night. I like how it came in a nice Ikea Glass jar. *Gimmicky but I like !





My friend had the Egg Benedicts on Toasted Seeded Bagel, topped with Smoked Salmon.
He must be hungry. I was barely halfway through my plate and he had finished his.





I got to try some of my other friend's Brooklyn. A 3 layer pancake stack with butter and syrup. She was hungry and needed a savoury fix. Hence the Bacon.


You know... I am glad there is some sort of an American Cafe around. I've grew up wondering what it was like having some American breakfast in a cafe sitting amongst a cool gang of friends. The deco (including that Yellow NY Taxi) and all provided a great American feel.
As for the food, I've got a bit of a mix feeling. It looks the part. Larger portions than usual but... the taste didn't blow me away.
*blame it on the tiredness. I think I will be back again just to give it one more shot

Tribecca Cafe
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102 Dumbarton Road
Glasgow G11 6NX
Tel: 0141 576 0122
http://www.tribecacafe.com/menus/menu/

TGI Friday's Food Bloggers Cocktail Event

THANK GOD its FRIDAY~~~!!!

Well maybe not.. I am just trying to psycho myself out of the Monday Blues.

Anyhow. about a month ago I got an invite from the folks at 3 Monkeys to attend a food bloggers event at TGIF. *YEEkss* ~~First ever food event invite~~.. sadly, I turned them down because i was due back home in Singapore.. pRetty Gutted..

Thankfully.. by some divine intervention (TGIF). the event was postponed and hey hey.... suits up! and off we go.!

It was amazing to finally meet the other fellow bloggers TheGlasgowFoodBlog and WoWdeWow as well as the event organiser Chris at the bar top.

To be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect but Chris and the TGIF staff were really friendly and helped us settled in. *With drinks of course!!*

TGIF have basically just introduce a new cocktail menu featuring over 60 cocktails to suit all types of tastebuds from the alcoholic to the non-alcoholic, from the wild and whacky to the mild and subdued. Ladies and Gents.. There's something for everyone. I even spotted an oreo cocktail...

O_o ~!!

One thing you don't want to miss at TGIF is the food. Pretty American style food with your usual fries and fixes. The platters were amazing. I really like the ribs but haha I din't manage to snap a shot because they were literally gone in a flash.

Just before we got on with the day's cocktail activties, Phil, the store manager brought out some platters for us to share.

As we started eating, he started telling us more about the history of how it was founded and its UK history. The story was really interesting but I was so engrossed in the food I was hardly was able to digest what he was saying. So.. here's a link for you to find out more.

While the story continued and the food was demolished by us, Ricky the bartender kept replenishing our drinks. Thanks mate. but you know... I am from the East and I can't take my alcohol well haha.

Ricky, the man behind the Bar.





Check out all his wee pins. !!! Each one has a special significance to it !!!





Eventually, we all got behind the bar and started to make our drinks of our own. Here's Briony with her Ghremlin.

Mark with his Mojito.

Graham, also made Mojito.

What's cocktails without some flaring. Ricky was on hand to show us some of his bartending tricks. Very smooth very slick. A great way to charm the gals I would say. Although they don't have any public courses just yet, Ricky hinted to me that there might just be something down the pipeline. So stay tuned to their website for more information.

Erm.. yea .. I broke something opps... lolol

The final activtiy of the day was a cocktail making competition between the four of us.

First up was Graham.





Graham's Creation. haha Sorrie man. I can't remember what you made but it tasted good. ;)

Next up Briony .

Here's her strawberry champagne creation.

Mark and his ultra intense Manhattan

Tada ! All our creations.

I am not kidding you but it came down to a tie between me and Graham and we had to do a shot pouring challenge.



*drumm rolllss....................................




I WON !!!!!!





Can't believe it myself but yea I managed to snag some TGI Friday's Vouchers.

haha guess that means I'll be returning for more food and cocktail soon aye ? haha


Thanks once again to Mark and Chris for organising the event, to Phil for the hospitality and Ricky for the cocktail tips.



Cheers !!!

TGI Friday's
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113 Buchanan Street
Glasgow, G1 3HF
Tel: 0141 221 6996