Next stop, The Old Chain Pier Bar
Great story about Edinburgh’s pubs laid out in a design that mirrors the iconic Tube map. Mind the gap after a long night on the Circle Line etc ...
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Broadening the Taste buds
[][1]Jean-Christophe Novelli is among the celeb chefs shaking things up at Taste of Edinburgh The line-up for this year’s Taste of Edinburgh festival continues to expand at a dizzying rate. We last told you about Glasgow’s Café Gandolfi,...
Food: the new indie rock
[][1]Motorhead's Lemmy ponders whether to have the blueberry creme souffle or the Jack D and twenty Bensons Yeah, yeah, I know. I’m behind the times but have you seen this cracking Guardian piece in which Wendy Fonarow, their indie...
Eat your sea vegetables
[][1]Samphire: could be a posh part of your five a day The blog has been banging on about the increasing trendiness of marine-based veggies for much of the year and, according to a recent PR from Waitrose, their profile is set to rise even...
New Wishart restaurant sets opening date
Martin Wishart's new restaurant, The Honours, opens in July Martin Wishart, the chef who started the capital’s Michelin star boom, has announced the opening date of his new Edinburgh restaurant as Thursday 7 July. Called The...
Ideal Home Show Scotland
[][1]There's no show without Punch Running until Monday, the Ideal Home Show Scotland is now underway at the SECC in Glasgow. It’s the only place to be this weekend if you want interior decor ideas or tips on how to make your garden...
Raising money for Maggie's
[][1]L -R Butchershop Bar & Grill owners, Louise and James Rusk and Glasgow Restaurant Association (GRA) Business Development Consultant, Anthea Turner. The Butchershop Bar & Grill in Glasgow’s West End, has raised over £1600 for...
Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards
Congrats to all the winners from last night’s Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards. The blog was at the bash at Dunblane’s Doubletree by Hilton Hydro and, in these troubled financial times, it was good to see so many of...
Fife diet changes
[][1]The stunning view from Craig Millar @ 16 West End in St Monans The times they are a ‘changing in the kingdom of Fife. For the last thirteen years, Craig Millar and Tim Butler have been in partnership running both The Seafood...
New Edinburgh restaurants
A couple of newbies in Edinburgh are preparing to open their doors. The Yocoko noodle bar on the South Bridge is promising to open soon while Tanjore, a South Indian restaurant, is taking shape in Newington opposite the old Odeon...
More curry shenanigans
Following on from yesterday’s post about The Scottish Curry Awards, both Hector of Curry-Heute and the Trampy and the Tramp’s Glasgow World of Curry have updated their blogs to report on the evening. ...
Scran ban
[][1]Marmite: no longer welcome in Denmark According to several newspaper reports, Denmark has banned Marmite as it is said to fall foul of the country’s laws on food products with added vitamins. Ex-pat website Red Herring have...
Shameless plug
[][1]Pennie Latin: presenter of The Kitchen Cafe Your blogger will be a guest on BBC Radio Scotland’s Kitchen Cafe show this afternoon. I’ll be blethering about the pros and cons of starting your own restaurant; the role of...
And the winner is . . .
The Scottish Curry Awards took place at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow last night. Founded to celebrate the men and women who make Scotland’s curry landscape such a lively affair, it’s always a spicy bash. Big slaps on the back...
Chewin' the Fat with Garry Rae
[][1]Garry Rae: Head Chef at Glasgow's Mansion House Garry Rae is the head chef at Mansion House, the recently opened Novus Leisure venue on Glassford Street. The Merchant City venue comprises four very different eating areas: The...
It's a Fork 'n' Feast
[][1]MacSorley's is heading to the Highlands for Maggie's Keen readers of the blog will know that May has been a busy month for Who Gives a Fork, the campaign which the Glasgow Restaurant Association is running in order to raise money for...