Every season brings change: this summer, Paul Tamborini left the Macdonald Hotel Holyrood and set off on new adventures. The new restaurant is Surf & Turf, a second outing for a concept that’s worked well for the Macdonald Hotels in St Andrews. I went to investigate.
Awaiting the arrival of Hawksmoor, Edinburgh was an understatement, especially as food critic Giles Coren, declares another of its branches as ‘Flawless. The best steak restaurant you’ll find’. So, despite having already booked a table at one of the soft-launches on the first Saturday, I couldn’t resist accepting a bloggers’…
When you’re single, Sunday roasts are a rare thing so I jumped at an invitation to join other foodies at the Captain’s Table at the newly opened Chop House in Bruntsfield for a celebration of the best of British beef, with all the trimmings, accompanied by cocktails and wines. Who…
I like nothing better than a Sunday roast but being a single girl about town, it’s not often I get to cook one, or even go out for one. So I was delighted to be invited along to Kyloe Steak Restaurant and Grill, to try their Sunday roast for…
Life is busy. One of my closest friends moved to South Queensferry last year and we haven’t seen much of each other recently. So when I was invited to review The Shore in North Queensferry I knew who I wanted as my dining companion immediately.
No. 8 Lister Square wasn’t somewhere that had caught my attention so when the Edinburgh Foody gang got an invitation to try out their new Steak and Shake offering, I jumped at the chance.
Cau, the Argentinian steak restaurant opened in Castle Street back in August. To mark their recent arrival in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Foody was invited to an exclusive beer and wine evening hosted by Cau’s expert griller, Dom Ashworth and Head of Bars, Alex McNeil with some other Edinburgh bloggers and journalists.
There’s some exciting things happening at the Arches on Edinburgh’s East Market Street, near Waverley Station and the newest kid on the block is Chop House. This second Chop House bar & butchery* opened its doors on 11 August, following hot on the heels of their Leith one, which opened…
It’s great seeing new places spring up. In the last couple of months, a new restaurant and a café have opened where Caroline lives, in the west of the city. Over at the other end in Leith, where Amy lives, there are other interesting developments. A steakhouse and cocktail bar on…
With a glamorous companion in tow, I went to Kyloe, the new restaurant and grill at The Rutland. Kyloe is an old Scots word for for highland cattle and it is obvious from the wood, leather and pony of the interior that this is a meat – specifically beef – focused…
