Eating Out
An egg-cellent dessert for just one weekend
Celebrate Easter with an egg-cellent limited-edition dessert at Edinburgh’s Ivy on the Square this April. Available over Easter weekend only, the Easter Egger dessert is a sophisticated take on a classic chocolate Easter egg. Nestled in a bird’s nest lined with chocolate strands, the dessert is encased inside a show-stopping blue egg shell made from…
Read MoreA celebration in food for festival of Vaisakhi
Scots Indian restaurant the Dhabba is celebrating the huge festival of Vaisakhi with some innovative dishes for the harvest festival. The Candleriggs restaurant, has created two new natural dishes for the Punjabi festival also known as Baisakhi, or Vaishakhi which is celebrated on 14 April. It’s the start of the Solar new Year and in…
Read MoreCelebrate a taste of Chile with some paired wines
GQ-nominated Breakthrough Restaurant of the Year 2019, 83 Hanover Street, is hosting its first Chilean empanadas masterclass and dinner next week. 83 Hanover Street, in Edinburgh, has been impressing diners with its Chilean inspired Scottish cuisine since it opened last year, and is hosting its first Chilean empanadas masterclass and dinner on Tuesday 16 April…
Read MoreA tasty chilled out feast at The Urban Fox
The period between finishing work and eating dinner is a delicate time. If I’ve somehow managed to avoid office biscuits or any other afternoon snack attack, then the hunger pangs will have reached dangerous levels. It’s vital that sustenance is located in a timely manner. So it was with these voracious post-work appetites that…
Read MoreForget the Easter Egg – try a special pancake
The UK’s largest pancake and licensed bar venue is offering an Easter treat. Stack & Still opened its doors in Glasgow in in October last year with phenomenal success, serving over 35,000 customers in the first six weeks of trading. Since then the venue has gone from strength to strength with customers frequently queuing outside…
Read MoreCapital’s first pizza pub is now open for business
The award-winning Civerinos Food Club in Edinburgh has a new addition – The High Dive pizza bar. The capital’s very first ‘pizza pub’ is situated on St Leonard’s Stree,t which is the former Old Montague Bar, promises all day breakfast, world-class pizza and drinks until late with banging tunes from the renowned Civerinos family. Civerinos…
Read MoreOtro serves up pure halloumi heaven
Have you ever reached a point in a meal where you thought ‘I think I’ve had enough cheese’ – No? Me neither. This is precisely why I was practically giddy when I received an invitation to the Halloumi Pop up event at Otro restaurant in the West End of Edinburgh last night. Available from…
Read MoreSandman Signature’s new Scottish venture is a hit
As an Aberdeen lass, it isn’t often I’ve had the need to indulge in a night’s stay at one of the Granite City’s hotels. But having heard so much about the new Sandman Signature Aberdeen – the first Scottish venue in the Canadian hotel chain – I was keen to see what all the hype…
Read MoreIt’s time to take a journey on the Orient Express
To board the Orient Express is to be transported to a time when a train journey was romantic and luxurious. The Orient Express, once the favoured means of travel for dignitaries and aristocrats between Paris and Istanbul, has been brought back to life thanks to a new menu concept announced today by Chef Nico Simeone.…
Read MoreTapas restaurant welcomes new Spanish head chef
A Scots tapas restaurant and cocktail bar has welcomed its new Spanish head chef to its kitchen and is celebrating with new Spanish spring dishes and drinks. Rioja aim for the menu is to show their guests that they don’t need to head to San Sebastian to enjoy a taste of Spain. Trained in Basque…
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