Let me preface this review by saying that I love bubble tea. For those of you who are unaware of bubble tea, it is a chilled drink that can be made with either tea or milk powder, and which has “pearls” or “bubbles” (usually tapioca) added to it. I first…
Having spent a few evenings at what I affectionately knew as “Vodka Rev” during my Freshers’ Week many years ago, I was not sure what to expect of the food offered on Revolution’s new menu. If I’m honest, all I was really aware of was the fact that they did…
I must confess, I’ve never really liked whisky. But after accepting a recent invitation to a tasting evening with Lady of the Glen, I’m happy to report that I now appreciate its complexities and sensory delights. Lady of the Glen is an independent bottler of Scottish premium cask whiskies, founded…
Something I have always dreamed of doing is a sleigh ride. I guess dashing through the snow is more likely to be found in a novel rather than in Edinburgh. However, there I found myself squeezed into a rickshaw with two other giggling people having the times of our lives…
Don’t you find yourself craving for fresh ripe fruit or crisp vibrant vegetables at this time of year? Today at Hula Juice Bar I was in heaven. Owner Susan Doherty and I sat down to sample some juices she’d created. A few weeks before 3p Fruits, a Spanish family agricultural…
I recently went along to Thai restaurant Chaophraya, on Castle Terrace, for the Ron Zacapa Experience Launch Party. Chaophraya have partnered with rum brand Ron Zacapa Centenario to create a new Terrace Menu, including special canapes and cocktails. The menu was certainly a complement to the new cocktails, as both…
Danielle Hot from our Valentine’s Night In suggestions, Blythe and I went along to All Bar One to try a different Valentine’s Night out – one making cocktails. At All Bar One until the 15th February, you can sit at the cocktail mixing experience table from 5pm to try your…
I am writing this with a gale howling outside. It’s January, its almost dark even though it’s three thirty. I’ve had far too much caffeine already today. What should I have to drink? We talk quite a lot on this blog about alcoholic drinks. Beer seemed to pop up quite…
A warm welcome to 2015, which rather excitingly is Scotland’s Year of Food & Drink. I was along at the launch of Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink, a couple of months ago. It set the scene for the type of events and topics that we could likely expect at…
We’ve been talking about coffee lately. Surely we’ve not lost our taste for tea? I was beginning to worry. During my recent extended stay in France I discovered that my favourite blend no longer tasted as good. I then bought what was supposed to be Earl Grey and there again…
