75% El Cartel (Teviot), Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar September 28, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review Happy unbirthday to me. I have an annual tradition of going to El Cartel on Thistle Street to celebrate my magical day. I’ll always get a frozen margarita (sometimes two) in the flavour du jour, a couple...
80% Hawksmoor, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar September 20, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review Did you know that the risk of a heart attack spikes on Mondays? Proof indeed that it’s the rubbishest day of the week. I always get the blues when Tuesday to Friday are looming over me like a criminal’s...
80% 27 Elliott’s, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar September 14, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review There’s a new hipster haircut. It’s sort of like someone has stuck a tiny cereal bowl on top of someone’s head, then shaved around it. There were a couple of people – a man and a woman – at...
80% 83 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar September 7, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review Ah, the dilemma of deciding whether to include the title AND address of a restaurant, see above, that’s named after its location. I believe I have done the right thing, style wise, in including both, even...
85% Borough, Edinburgh, Restaurant Review Gaby Soutar August 31, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review I’m one reader down. My dear old dad died last month, thus breaking my run of 600 or so reviews. Since then, the Soutars have been on the grief diet. This started with an unusual lack of appetite,...
70% Grand Café at The Scotsman, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar August 17, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review The newest inhabitants of this newspaper’s old office put a call out on Twitter, looking for stories about the building. I’ve been at The Scotsman for 16 years, but missed a stint in the beautiful North...
70% Brasserie Prince by Alain Roux, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar July 27, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review Every time someone says Princess Street, instead of Princes Street, a scone in the Jenners cafe fails to rise and the One O’Clock Gun doesn’t make anyone jump out of their skin. It’s a crime against...
80% The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar July 13, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review I recently read a newspaper story about a woman who was found dead in her house. She was surrounded by 82 chihuahuas, all of whom were descended from an original pair. I also feel a bit overwhelmed, though...
85% Mono, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar July 6, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review Frida Kahlo’s eyebrow, a heron’s fishing leg, Michael Jackson’s glove, a snail’s foot, one driver (without another on the backseat). Apart from magpies, there are lots of things that are better in...
85% The Fishmarket, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar June 28, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review Such was the anticipation about the opening of this place, I dreamt that I was wading through the Firth of Forth to get to it. Sadly, I drowned and didn’t make it, so can’t offer up any sort of dormant...
