Curry clubbing
If you have an interest in Glasgow’s many splendid curry restaurants than you might like this blog. Wittily written, it details the adventures of an intrepid band of Glaswegian curry hounds as they trough their way around the...
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The curry chronicles
The Central Belt’s ever active curry merchants means that Indian food gets regular mentions in this blog. But it’s not just us. There is something so thought-provoking about the stuff that seldom a week goes by without a new curry...
Eats shoots and leaves
It’s a busy old time of year for national food weeks. No doubt most people are still recovering from last week’s double whammy of excitement when the bunting was being hung not just for British Sandwich Week but also National...
Potato Portraits
Stumbled upon this interesting work by everyone’s favourite Lebanese artist Ginou Choueiri. She explains her project on her site: ‘I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels. Not only...
Ciao poochi
Just over a year after David Ramsden opened The Dogs on Edinburgh’s Hanover Street, the colourful restaurateur has followed it up with (a) more Dogs, an Italian offshoot that opens today. The former owner of fitzhenry and rogue...
Le Whif
Often thought that eating should be more like breathing? You’re not alone! Harvard professor David Edwards says ‘Over the centuries we’ve been eating smaller and smaller quantities at shorter and shorter intervals. It...
Room with a vu
West Lothian has a new fine dining restaurant called the Water Lily. It is part of The Vu complex which, as the name suggests, enjoys stunning vistas across the Ballencrieff reservoir by Bathgate. The Vu operates as a wedding...
Fish Assholes with that, Sir?
OK Jonathan, I’ll see your pork brains and raise you some fish assholes. I’m sure these are very tasty, the label says they can be used as a side dish OR a main course. We could have them as a side dish with chicken. Maybe...
Just say no
The financial climate means that many restaurants are controlling costs by being inventive with cheaper cuts of meat. Supermarkets are reporting that sales of offal are booming. The brawn, hearts and livers which fed older generations are...
Tuscany on a plate
There are some restaurateurs that become part of a city’s eating out fabric. They don’t necessarily have the profile of celeb chefs but they have a long and widespread effect on the city’s restaurant scene. In Edinburgh,...
Freestyle your cocktail
A friend who went to a very posh public school claims that the most useful thing he learned there was how to make a decent gin and tonic. On a day to day basis, I can see how that would come in handy more often than knowing...
Shouldn’t have eaten that
The Guardian recently ran a feature where they asked chefs in the public eye what their guilty food pleasures were. It makes for interesting reading. Who would have thought that Gordon Ramsay protege Angela Hartnett had a...
Pizza nonsense
This YouTube clip of a man complaining about his pizza to a supermarket help line may well be a spoof. For comedy’s sake, I hope it is real although it does have worrying implications for the British gene pool. ...
Sentenced to a nine course stretch
Many of us eaten in basement restaurants that had more in common with a dungeon than a dining room but, unless your CV lists a stint spent at Her Majesty’s pleasure, then few of us have eaten in an actual prison. That could change after...
What does Scotland taste of?
Tesco’s Enjoy the Taste of Scotland food fair takes place in Glasgow’s George Square this weekend. A free to enter event which showcases the Scottish producers used by the giant supermarket, it attracted 21,000 people last year. ...
The ghost of Pierre
Andre’s Bistro is a new restaurant on Glasgow’s Argyle Street. Open since April, it serves French/Mediterranean food on a monthly changing menu which you can see here. It’s a 5pm member so you can book a three...