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It might sound odd, but when you’ve been a food blogger for a while, going out and not writing about it is a treat. So I wasn’t going to write about Fhior. But, you know, it was too good not to share. Give me a few minutes to tell you…
A while back, I had an email from a Chinese restaurant on Dalry Road saying we should come in and review them. We didn’t manage to arrange a date then and I forgot all about it. Occasionally, I’ll walk past. It’s either dead or full: it’s a tiny place with…
Floral and delightful: spritz of summer #1
This summer, the spritz is the thing. You can get your hands on it across the UK thanks to a collaboration between William Grant – owner of many popular spirit brands – and Britvic – maker of sodas and cordials and owner of The London Essence Company. There are five flavour profiles. I went to Southpour to try them all*.
We had a friend staying for the bank holiday weekend. C. and I like to show Edinburgh off and wondered where to take Nina: it’s not her first time and we have ranged widely already. Then C. had a brainwave: we haven’t been to Leith together. Saturday dawned sunny and we had a…
We’re continuing our tour of middle-eastern restaurants. This time: Hanam’s. It was the first restaurant in the local empire that includes Souk, Leila’s and Pomegranate. Somehow I’ve managed to miss Hanam’s Johnston Terrace entrance but I have seen, and been intrigued by, the one on Victoria Terrace. That’s Hanam’s shisha…
This is not the first time we’ve been to Hotel du Vin: we’ve enjoyed the chef’s table in the past as well as the Sunday brunch. Recently, we were invited again to try the new menu. This summer, Hotel du Vin is focussing on classic French cuisine. And what a…
Scotland has a lot of good gin. The latest brand to be launched is Kinrara, a London dry style highland gin. I went to the launch party at Kin, off Broughton Street.
The spirits we tried and a clean, delicious Kinrara martini.
We reviewed Fahrenheit a while back. The reviewer at the time loved it. Last week, Christopher and I went. As you might know, Fahrenheit is the restaurant in the Genting Casino at Fountainpark. Christopher, it turns out, is a Genting member. He used to play roulette every now and again. Last week, though,…
Today, guest writer Lea Harris, who you might know as BakersBunny, shares her visit to Souq last week. I would have loved to be there with her but was in bed with a cold. What did I miss out on? A lot more than food.
I’m avoiding the cliché ‘nuts about’ but must admit to having a great space in my heart (and stomach) for nuts and the products made with them. Particularly nut butters.
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