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Brudair’s Coffee Shop.
Brudair’s Coffee Shop
Abbey Court
SOMETIMES you just want something simple.
I was in town on Friday with a few jobs to do, so I needed a quick, simple lunch and a cup of tea.
I left the car in the Tesco car park and while strolling down Abbeycourt I realised I hadn’t reviewed Brudair’s.
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The coffee shop has been there for, what seems like, donkey’s years now and there’s always a steady stream of people going in and out getting their pastry fix.
I wandered in and perused the lunch menu written on a whiteboard. It’s pretty basic fare with soup, sandwiches, baps and rolls with the usual chicken, bacon, tuna and salads fillings.
I queued up and ordered an egg salad roll with red onion and lettuce and tea for one. I’m a big fan of the old egg salad and regularly make my own with iceberg lettuce, finely cut onion and tomato, sea salt, cracked black pepper and – vitally – real Hellman’s Mayonnaise.
Roll made up and paid for, I took a seat and tucked in. The roll was the real star of the show with it being so crispy and the fresh inside, but the egg salad was also really good in fairness. Filled the gap with aplomb.
I also noticed, while eating, the amount of people coming in buying bread, cakes but especially the pastries and buns by the box load.
Maybe it was for the Friday 4pm tea break treat in the office, but having sampled their buns in the past, I’d say they’re doing a roaring trade all the time.
The bill came to €6.50. I must go back for their buns sometime.
3/5
