Brass Monkey

It's been a while.. but I actually went out last night. Faye was leaving where I used to work so we went out for a meal & drinks. We went to The Club House up on Chavasse Park & drinks at Brass Monkey.

The Club House

We all thought The Club House was a pop up restaurant as it appeared last summer & looked temporary. As it's still here now definitely here to stay. The interior is really nice, set up like a nautical club house with telescopes, barrels, cupboards with old books & furniture. Shame I didn't take a picture but I'm sure I'll probably go back at some point.

The food really isn't me at all.. Burgers & kebabs. I ended up getting a burger as everyone else was.

Sex On the Beach - Vodka, melon & raspberry liqueur, pineapple & lemon juice, sugar syrup

BBQ Pulled Pork Burger with Sweet Potato Fries

It was nice, better than what I thought it was going to be. 

Brass Monkey

We went to Brass Monkey a little hidden cocktail bar which is down one of the side streets off Hanover Street behind Primark. It's really cute & cosy. It has swings inside, (people were already on them so couldn't get a photo on them) hanging umbrellas on the ceiling! 

They do food as well as drinks which I wanna try so will be coming back at some point & to get my photos on the swings!

I stayed for 1 drink & was home before 12. Been up since half 6 for work so ready for bed come 10, was well past my bed time! Joys of a full time job. It was nice to catch up since I left there before Christmas so not seen any of the girls since then.

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Sweet Potato Mash Fish Pie

Sweet Potato Mash Fish Pie - so easy to make & doesn't even take that long!

2 large Sweet Potatoes

25g Butter

A Leek - cut into chunks

Onions

25g Plain Flour

400ml Milk

Chunky meaty boneless fish - Cod, Pollack, Haddock, Salmon or fish pie mix

Preheat your oven to 200°C

Peel & boil your mash potatoes in pan. Once soft mash it. You can add some butter or cheese if you like but I just seasoned with some salt & pepper.

In another pan melt you butter than put add you onion & leek. Cook it until your onion is translucent. 

Add you flour so your veg is coated.

Add the milk, mixing it continuously so you don't get any lumps until you get a nice thick white sauce. Season with salt & pepper.

 Take your pan off the heat & add your fish.

In a casserole dish place your mixture into it & top with the sweet potato mash.

Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until bubbling at the edges.

You can use white potato. I changed the recipe for sweet potato as I prefer it & wanted to try something different. It's up to you what fish you choose to use. Any chunky meaty fish will do & most supermarkets/fish mongers do fish pie mixes where they have different chunky bits of fish you can put into a pie. You can also put the left overs into a box & freeze it to eat whenever you don't want to cook.

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