Things have been busy at Foodinburgh with several restaurant and hotel trips lined up for each week, it’s meant that I have been widening my circle of tasters to accompany me. A couple of weeks back my unofficial sister in […]
There are some restaurants that have celebrity status in Edinburgh, a couple of which are helped along with a Michelin star (and no doubt of very high quality), and then there are others that seem to go quietly about their […]
Looking for a place for a quick bite of something freshly cooked and authentic? I have just the place, Dough is a little pizzeria on Rose Street serving whole pizzas as well as pizzas by the slice. We popped in […]
We had a lovely couple of days exploring Taynuilt and Oban, dining at Etive and staying overnight at The Taynuilt Hotel. On the way back we stopped off in Tyndrum for some lunch at The Real Food Cafe before embarking […]
I’ve been to No.1 The Grange three times now, and I still have no idea where I am when I’m there. The husband tends to drive and it’s not an area of the city I’m that familiar with. It would […]
I’m attracted to a fixed price set menu for two reasons; 1. I like good value and to know what I’m paying upfront. This applies whether it’s a midweek menu that’s £15 for two courses (as Tigerlily’s new Dine Out […]
Back in 2005 I was pregnant, and apart from a trip to Santorini I spent most of my time imitating a beached whale, watching Masterchef from the couch. As a committed foodie, I LOVE cookery programmes. I watched religiously that […]
I’ve been to Greece a few times; Santorini back in 2005 when I was six months pregnant, Crete a few years back on a cruise to see Bethlehem and Jerusalem (I’m not particularly religious, it was an assignment for Cruise […]
We are so lucky in Edinburgh, we have a vast choice of places to eat. It doesn’t always have to be about fine dining either. There are some really nice, more affordable, little treasures too. Here are seven places to […]
We’d heard about Nanyang long before we went for lunch. I think it was a picture of their deep fried noodle basket filled with chilli beef that first caught my eye on Instagram. Once I’d seen that, I knew we […]
If ever there was a restaurant that does exactly what it says on the tin, it’s Burger. There are two in Edinburgh, each serving excellent quality burgers at reasonable prices. Along with the usual burger restaurant staples, there are always […]
Having driven to and from the leisure complex at Fountain Park to use my cinema membership card, it’s an area of Edinburgh that I’m quite familiar with. I had driven up and down that road more times than I can […]
