[][1]All that's missing is you and a curry Ashoka at The Mill has opened an extensive hidden beer terrace overlooking the fast flowing Brock Burn. The terrace gives up to 40 diners an opportunity to soak up the rays while getting outside...
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...
[][1]Matthew Martins of The Four Seasons in Perthsire Congrats to Matthew Martins, Head Chef of the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Fillans, Perthshire, for winning the Scottish Heat of the prestigious Escoffier Challenge. Matthew will now go...
[][1]Haggis: now made by Welshmen in Paisley The blog was amused, bemused and tickled by news of a bar in Paisley which claims to sell Welsh haggis. The Station Lounge is a new place on Canal Street. The chef is a Welshman called Gary...
I liked this piece on The Daily Beast website about spotting contaminated seafood. It’s all about how people can use a simple sniff test to ascertain whether or not the seafood in front of them has been contaminated by oil from the...
[][1]Dominic Jack: king of the castle? Four years ago, Tom Kitchin launched his eponymous restaurant in Leith. Within six months, The Kitchin had been awarded its first Michelin star and, not long afterwards, Tom was becoming a regular...
[][1]They think it's all over. It will be on Sunday. After last night’s matches, we now know that on Sunday the winner of this year’s World Cup will either be Spain or the Netherlands. For most blokes this is vitally...
[][1]The bar at The Pioneer A new bar has opened on Elderslie Street in Glasgow. Called The Pioneer, it has started pouring the pints on the former site of the Bollywood Indian restaurant. Those with longer memories might recall that it...
[][1]View of the Old Course from Rocca Your correspondent once tried to smack a golf ball down a fairway and ended up with the golf club thirty yards nearer the hole while the ball finished behind me. Much to the relief of groundskeepers...
[][1]OMG! Jamie's Italian opens today It’s not every day that one of the UK’s biggest cooking stars opens in your town but that’s what’s happening in Glasgow today as Jamie Oliver opens his long awaited...
[][1]Edinburgh Farmers' Market is ten years old Happy birthday to Edinburgh’s Farmers’ Market which celebrates its tenth anniversary tomorrow. It wasn’t the first (that was Perth in 1999) but Ed Farmers’ Market has...
[][1]Gino D'Acampo: the King of the Jungle is coming to Perth. Photo: Rex Features Perth is celebrating its 800th anniversary as a city this year and one of its big food-related events kicks off today as Perthshire on a Plate gets...
[][1]Adam, Nick, Aaron are Team Scotland Following on from this week’s earlier blether about the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup, we have a regional winner. Nick Reed from Raconteur, Aaron Jones from Rick’s and Ben McFarlane from...
[][1]Ruya Iridag and Stuart Anderson have got each other's back in Nargile There’s big news brewing in Glasgow for next week (think Jamie) but, at the mo, all the goss is happening in Edinburgh. Turkish restaurant Nargile has just...
[][1]Swans: 'One couldn't eat a whole one' A partner of one of the in-laws was recently invited down to the Garden Party at Buckingham Palace; an invite which caused sharp intakes of breath among the more republican wings of the family. A...
[][1]The heat rises at the World Cocktail Cup Your favourite team may or may not still be in the football World Cup. To any readers who follow the England team, this blogger offers his genuine commiserations but I was still tickled by the...
