This morning we went for breakfast at Carluccios.
I love Carluccios. They do fabulous coffee, great cakes, and awesome breakfasts. I am a huge fan of their scrambled egg and mushroom on toast, but today, being particularly peckish, I had what they describe as a colazione magnifico. This was basically: thin strips of grilled pancetta, eggs of your choice (I had scrambled eggs), sauteed mushrooms, fried tomato, and delicious, toasted Italian bread. It also comes with tea or coffee and a juice of your choice (I had freshly squeezed orange juice).
It was good.
Carluccios is a temptation. Not only because of the fact that their restaurant pleases me. Their deli pleases me too, and today I was particularly excited by their Easter treats.
I don’t usually get that excited by Easter. I do love chocolate, but I’m not that fussed about Easter eggs. The problem, I have diagnosed is that an Easter egg is predominantly air based, and the chocolate that ‘enrobes’ (to use the technical chocolatey term) the air you buy at vast expense is usually sub standard, thin and entirely unsatisfactory. Over the last few years it has been possible to get more interesting Easter treats, and my interest has been piqued accordingly.
I also hate Cadbury’s cream eggs, which everyone gives you because they are readily available, plentiful, and cheap. I loathe the fondant in the middle and find them far too sickly. They depress me.
These, being basically the same thing, should not have appealed to me, but they just looked so lovely, even I got excited.
I particularly loved these teeny egg boxes.
And I really wanted these chocolate flowers. The whole bunch, obviously.
I can feel the onset of a begging letter to the Easter bunny.
I find Cadbury eggs sickly as well. They are all over the USA as well. Never buy them……
Mary-Anne
I really want to like them because really they are exceptionally good value in terms of bang for your buck, but I just don’t.
*whispers* I’m really rather fond of Cadbury creme eggs….
*/end whisper* Anyway, I went into my local Sainsburys last week and was astonished to see a display of Easter Eggs on sale for half price. I couldn’t work out if this was a particularly canny marketing ploy or if I’d fallen into some kind of coma without knowing it and it was actually now sometime in April, post-Easter….
Mrs Jones
Everyone else I know loves them too. The kids practically salivate at the mere mention.
A sale? Already? That is odd.
We loathe the ubiquitous creme eggs too. Nasty, nasty things shudder! Elder son liked them when he was a mere stripling but has outgrown such youthful folly now. I have rarely bought Easter Eggs for Easter, preferring to buy a gift or a large bar of chocolate, excepting at half price after the event. I consider them to be a colossal con-trick when measured by weight of chocolate for your dollar/pound/cowrie shell etc.
Cadbury’s mini eggs are always good though, right?
For taste, yes, Value for money? Not so much. Post Easter wonderful
Ooh some lovely treats!
I feel a trip coming on!!
That said – I am ALWAYS disappointed when chocolate does not taste of cadbury’s.
Mrs Sock
That is a shame. I quite like Cadburys’, but I am fairly eclectic in my chocolate tastes as long as there is no carob to darken my door.
Those chocolate flowers look amazing!
Nom. They are good. I bought the children a flower each once and ‘helped’ eat them.