When deciding to plan a Middle Eastern theme for 11 March’s supper club, no one could have predicted the awful events that have occurred in Turkey and Syria.
With this in mind, all proceeds from the next Sunnyside Supper Club will be donated to the earthquake appeal.
So please come along, enjoy some great craic, good food and the chance to contribute to a worthy cause.
Sunnyside Supper Club – 10 March 2023
Join us for a night of Middle Eastern food, good craic and the chance to try something a little bit different.
Welcome cocktail on arrival, and you’re welcome to bring your own beer or wine.
N.B. 24 Hour cancellation policy
If you haven’t tried it before, you’re in for a treat. Middle Eastern food pulls influences from along the Silk Road. Flavours range from zingy citrus, fresh herb filled salads to deeply unctuous stews and soups and delicate fragrant desserts.
To make things even better, we’re BYO
Supper Club Menu
Welcome cocktail/mocktail
Starter
Mezze of fresh tasty Middle Eastern salads, frittata, dips and flat bread.
Main Course
Fesenjan – Persian dish of chicken cooked in a fragrant sauce enriched with ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses
Jewelled Rice
Spice Roast Vegetables
(V/Vg version made with aubergines)
Dessert
Persian Love Cake – So called because Persian women would bake these for men who caught their eye, served with yoghurt or rose ice cream.
N.B. Because of the menu we cannot cater for people with nut allergies. If you have any other dietary needs, please let us know in advance so we have something delicious for you.
Sunnyside Supper Club – 10 March 2023
Join us for a night of Middle Eastern food, good craic and the chance to try something a little bit different.
Welcome cocktail on arrival, and you’re welcome to bring your own beer or wine.
N.B. 24 Hour cancellation policy
Votes have been counted and the Italian menu has pipped the French menu to the post once again.
If you haven’t been to the Sunnyside Supper Club before, it’s a bit like the Little Paris Kitchen (only in Belfast, and I don’t look anything like the fabulous Rachel Khoo).
Everyone shares a communal table and eats the same menu. The aim is to enjoy some great food and enjoy a meal with new people. Guests are usually a mix of friends on mates dates, people who are new to Belfast and want to meet locals and couples who want to do something a bit different.
We only ever have a max 8-9 guests so book early to avoid disappointment.
We’ll great you with a welcome drink, and then it’s BYO (no corkage)
Italian Menu
Starter – Gnocchi with Hazelnut Pesto
Main – Chicken Marsala, chicken thighs cooked in a creamy mushroom and Marsala sauce, (vegetarian option-Aubergine Parmesan), Italian Salad, Homemade Italian Bread
Apologies, but I have to change the date of the next Sunnyside Supper Club to 10th September.
My little Kitchen Elf and general dogs body (her term, not mine), has been surprised with a romantic weekend away on the original date planned, meaning we have to push things back by a week. Never let it be said that I got in the way of true romance!
In the mean time don’t forget to vote for your favourite menu.
Main – Chicken Marsala, chicken thighs cooked in a creamy mushroom and Marsala sauce, (vegetarian option-Aubergine Parmesan), Italian Salad, Homemade Italian Bread
Dessert – Tiramisu
To book please complete the form below, or feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Well the pandemic wasn’t a big pile of craic was it?
Now that things have hopefully calmed down a bit, the supper club is back.
If you haven’t been to one before, we have a max of 8-9 diners and past guests have been a mix of couples, friends catching up on “mate dates” and solo diners who love food but who’s friends just aren’t into eating out. It’s all very laid back and a chance to have dinner people from different walks of life while enjoying some great food (After lock down aren’t you fed up looking at the same people) .
Previous Supper Club
You’ll be greeted with a welcome drink (people are welcome to bring their own beer or wine, with no corkage), and then everyone eats the same 3 courses (we’re happy to cater for vegans/vegetarians, just let us know in advance).
The theme of the supper club scheduled just as lock down hit was decided by a vote. So, I’m putting it to the vote again (in case our taste buds have changed over lockdown). I’m sticking with French Vs Italian.
So check out the menus and vote for your favourite, and we’ll maybe see you at the next supper club.
Main – Chicken Marsala, chicken thighs cooked in a creamy mushroom and Marsala sauce, (vegetarian option-Aubergine Parmesan), Italian Salad, Homemade Italian Bread
Hi Folks, I think this week has seen everyone reach peak cabin fever and I’ve had loads of people in the last couple of weeks asking if I have plans to run any more supper clubs.
The answer is absolutely yes! I was really disappointing at having to cancel supper clubs I had scheduled during the lock down, but thankfully everyone working together has meant COVID 19 is in retreat.
Everyone enjoying dinner at a communal table.
If you’ve ever been to the supper club, you’ll know it’s cosy. Part of the ethos behind supper clubs is that everyone sits at a communal table, and this way you get to eat and chat with people you normally wouldn’t do this with. Usually supper clubs welcome mixes of couples, solo diners, and friends who enjoy good food and the chance to meet new people.
Welcome drinks mmmm.
With this in mind, I have to wait until Public Health Agency guidance around social distancing says that its safe to run events like this. The last thing any of us wants to do is risk the health of others.
So, please be patient. Hopefully it won’t be long before we can enjoy getting out “out” again, speak to people we don’t know, and enjoying meals we haven’t had to shop, cook, and clean up after.
As soon as restrictions are lifted I’ll advertise details of the next date. If you have been to one of the pre lock down supper clubs I hope to see you again soon. If you haven’t been to one yet I promise some cracking nights ahead.
Well, the February supper club has come and gone and we had a ball.
February Supper Club
Coming to a strange house to sit down and eat with people you haven’t met before is the stuff of nightmares for some people. However, if you’re brave enough to try something new you’ll enjoy good food and meet some lovely people.
Just some of the dishes from the meze starter, beetroot hummus, Greek salad and tzatziki.
I was really bad, and forgot to take more photos, but to be honest the craic was good and I was enjoying myself too much. We had a fantastic group of guests, conversation was brilliant and among other things some surprising celebrity gossip was shared.
Vegetarian moussaka, not the most glamorous of dishes, but really tasty all the same.
A massive thank you to everyone who joined us. If this sounds like your type of thing give us a try. The next supper club is on 21 March.
I’ve always steered away from cooking fish. The honest reason is that I was never really sure how to. Growing up, my dear sainted mother was an awful cook (sorry Mo, but you are). She would cook fish until it had no flavour and was like a piece of cardboard.
I’m lucky enough to live on an island with amazing sea food, which it turns out we mostly export. I’m convinced the reason for this is that most of us don’t know how easy it is to cook, so we avoid it.
Workbenches at the cookery school.
As a birthday present, I was given a voucher for Belfast Cookery School. They have a fantastic range of classes, but I decided to up my fish skills.
The class cost £60 for 3-4 hours, and is in central Belfast with about 10-12 people in each class. Staff are friendly and welcoming and the class includes a welcome drink and tea/coffee throughout the class.
Demonstration of how to fillet flat fish.
Once settled in, Ian our chef expertly demonstrated how to fillet and skin both flat fish (brill), and round fish (salmon). He also gave members of the class a chance to try this as well.
Salt and chilli squid, with aoli and chilli jam
I love squid/calimari in restaurants, but they always looked a bit like aliens in the fish market, (I’ll admit I was intimidated). We were shown how to prepare squid, and make one of my all time favourite seafood dishes, salt and chilli squid. Which once you know how to deal with squid, is surprisingly straight forward.
Brill cooked with capers and beurre noisette.
We all got to sample some of the demonstrated dishes, the brill cooked in a beurre noisette (browned butter), and salmon with caponatta (slow roasted red pepper, onion, tomato and garlic).
Salmon with caponatta.
After trying all these we were shown the the dishes we would be cooking by ourselves. First was mussels cooked with fennel, cream and white wine. Again, super delicious and pretty straight forward once you know what to do.
Mussels with cream and fennel
The second dish was cod topped with herbed breadcrumbs, served on top of a shellfish ragu (fancy name for a stew), topped with a Dublin Bay prawn. It turns out they aren’t prawns at all, but micro lobster, 90% of which are shipped abroad.
Cod cooked with herb crumb, served with a shellfish ragu.
The whole class was excellent, and I have now faced my fear of fish. I may even break out my newly gained fish skills at a future supper club. Everything we ate and cooked was beyond delicious and I left unable to eat another bite and in serious danger of slipping into a food coma. I’ll definately go back to the school, but they are currently so popular they’re booked up months in advance. It’s definitely worth the wait, so check them out.
Sorry this event is now sold out – We still have places available at our 21st March Supper Club
Christmas is over, January is the longest month ever, and it seems like a long time until anything good is going to happen again. The Supper Club costs £25 per person, for 3 delicious courses, as well as a welcome drink and some extra treats, (drinks are BYO). Details of how to book are shown below, and all payments are protected by PayPal.
February Supper Club
Welcome drink, and 3 courses meal (plus a couple of treats)
£25.00
Why not come along to the Sunnyside Supper Club, and try something new
This month’s theme will be Greek food. Our ethos of the supper club is simple, good food, great craic and the chance to meet new people. Mainly because we were sick of the sight of all the people we already knew.
Previous supper club guests have been a mix of couples, solo diners, and friends who wanted to try something different. We get an eclectic mix of people from the very young at heart 60s, through to foodies in their 20s
October’s Supper Club.
Everyone eats at a communal table, and shares the menu shown below. We’ll meet you in front of a roaring fire with a welcome drink, and we’re BYO. Details of how to book via PayPal are shown below.
February Supper Club
Book now to secure your place at February's Supper Club
£25.00
1st February 2020, Supper Club Menu
Starter – Greek meze (small sharing plates of dips, salads and flat breads).
Main Course – Beef stifado, (vegetarian option moussaka), herbed rice, and roast vegetables
Dessert – Flourless orange and almond cake, poached oranges, Greek yoghurt or ice cream.
Let us know in advance if you are gluten intolerant, or vegan and we can be sure to have something delicious for you.
Well folks, I know everyone is super busy in December, and then generally broke in January. With this in mind I’ve scheduled two new dates for the new year. This should allow everyone time to put this in the diary, sort baby sitters etc.
The first supper club of 2020 will be on Saturday, 01 February. The theme will be Greek food. Because it’s delicious, and at that time of year we probably need something that reminds us of sunshine.
The second date will be 21 March, I haven’t decided on a menu/theme but I’m open to suggestions.
As always, we provide a welcome drink on arrival, and a few extra treats, and the night is BYO.
I’ll be posting the menus and how to book shortly, so stay in touch. Supper club tickets also make a great Christmas present for the foodies in your life, or anyone who might just like to try something new.
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