Afternoon tea brought to your home is a real treat

Back when The Menu roamed the professional kitchen ranges, he had the pleasure of working alongside the very excellent Mags Curtin and it was no great surprise that she went on to become the very first Pastry Chef at Café Paradiso, for she is a fine producer of sweet baked comestibles.

While The Menu has hitherto survived by procuring Mags’ delightful confections at farmer’s markets or in retail outlets such as Ballintemple Food Stores, he no longer needs to even leave his home for Mags has set up a vintage afternoon tea service brought to wherever you desire, including cakes, biscuits, sandwiches, savouries and even a glass of bubbly or vino, if required, all served on vintage china and she does the washup to boot ( www.facebook.com/thepastryfork )! For those with a hankering for similar up in the Big Smoke, SocialBee are offering same, including picnic hampers to cart off to the nearest park. ( www.socialbee.ie )

From virtual shop to bricks-and-mortar presence