80% Cheese Lounge by IJ Mellis, Edinburgh, restaurant review Catriona Thomson April 16, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Like Wallace from the Aardman Animations movies, I’m just crackers about cheese. So I’m delighted to sample the stuff of my dreams at this eatery whose name conjures up images of a hip jazz club, but is...
85% The High Dive, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar April 10, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Fitness gear is the new casual diningwear. The combination of leggings, trainers and a singlet says I have earned the right to be here. Whatever I eat is fuel that I will be burning off later in HIIT,...
60% Cold Town House, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar April 5, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review There have been many strange hangover cures. In the first century AD, physician Pliny the Elder suggested eating two raw owl eggs in wine. During the Middle Ages, it was uncooked eel, with the theory that...
70% Whiskers, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar March 29, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review You can find raindrops on roses at the florist at number 30. There are probably tea-bags for your bright copper kettles at Scotmid and warm woollen mittens in one of the many charity shops. If you want...
85% Umi, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar March 20, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review If you’re a mole person, there’s lots for you in Edinburgh. We’ve got the subterranean delights of Mary King’s Close, South Bridge Vaults, and, of course, all the lower level restaurants –...
80% No 1 The Grange, Edinburgh, restaurant review Catriona Thomson March 18, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review As the daughter of a geography teacher, I quickly learned that maps are a glorious thing. Yawn. In fairness, the minutiae of maps are interesting and provide us with a valuable and fascinating record of...
60% Cucina, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar March 15, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review "Footsteps on the dance floor, remind me baby of you...” I love a bit of Womack & Womack, and the new last-Sunday-of-the-month brunch at this five-star hotel (formerly Hotel Missoni and more recently...
80% Nero a Meta, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar March 6, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Nothing much happens in EH11. The last events to rock this neighbourhood were when the bat walk in Harrison Park was cancelled due to high winds, the recycling bins were relocated and the time that...
88% Bonnie Badger, Gullane, restaurant review Gaby Soutar March 1, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Reekin Rabbit, Scunnered Stoat, Havering Hedgehog, Sleekit Squirrel, Drookit Deer, Manky Mole. There were probably a lot of potential names for chef Tom Kitchin’s latest venture. I bet they’re glad...
75% Lady Libertine, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar February 18, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review You know the dream that involves finding undiscovered rooms in your house? Apparently it’s as common as the losing teeth, stuck in mud or going-to-work naked ones. This building – the former Bank of...
