The blog was at the launch of Tom Kitchin’s new Edinburgh restaurant last night.

Called Castle Terrace, the 50 cover dining room will open to the public on Wednesday. At the helm in the kitchen is Dominic Jack, an old kitchen comrade of Tom Kitchin from the two chefs early days at Gleneagles. We blogged about it here last week.

As his old friend Tom helpfully pointed out last night, Dominic started his kitchen career in a Pancake Place. His first job in a French restaurant was making the staff meals.

The chauvinistic French chefs didn’t think that a ‘rosbif’ would be much cop but Dominic impressed them so much that within three years, he was running the place.

Several more years working in very starry French restaurants followed before Dominic returned to his native Scotland and the launch of Castle Terrace.

One of the new restaurant’s more interesting features is a wee area in the kitchen where guests can watch the chefs at work while having a pre-dinner drink.

Sensible idea. I’ve never really wanted to sit in a kitchen and eat an entire meal among the heat and stress of people working at full pelt.

I’d happily go for a quick drink though.

The Scotsman and The Herald have pieces on Kitchin, Jack and the new restaurant here and here respectively.

At the other end of the country, those mischievous BrewDog boys have just relaunched Musa on Exchange Street in Aberdeen.

As well as live music and art exhibitions curated by the fast rising Johanna Basford, the new Musa features a good range of BrewDog beers and some interesting food options.

How do you fancy haggis and coriander spring rolls with spicy apricot chutney? Or the mac and cheese topped with dark Belgian chocolate?

Right, the blog is making tracks for Central Glasgow. Trampy of Glasgow World of Curry notoriety tells me that there is a new Indian restaurant called the Mumbai Brasserie on Sauchiehall Street.

Apparently, it’s right next to 5pm member Kama Sutra.