80% Underdog, Peebles, Restaurant Review Catriona Thomson February 5, 2021 Restaurant Review As a result of the current pandemic we are all getting used to lining up and waiting our turn, so much so that I'm thinking of publishing a manual on the do’s and don't of q-etiquette. Here in the...
70% Heat@Home pizza from Wood Ovens Wonders, Leadburn, Restaurant Review Catriona Thomson January 22, 2021 Restaurant Review In our house we are all beginning to feel the strain of another lockdown, and at times you can cut the emotional tension with a knife. Entirely gone is the plucky can do spirit, of make do and mend from...
70% Rak Thai, Melrose, Restaurant Review Catriona Thomson December 22, 2020 Restaurant Review As part of my ongoing odyssey to eat at 80 different takeaways around Scotland, I've decided to head to deepest darkest Melrose via Thailand to review a place called Rak Thai. It opened in February this...
70% The Horseshoe Inn, Eddleston, Restaurant Review Catriona Thomson August 2, 2020 Food, General, Restaurant Review Following a whole series of unfortunate events, I’ve decided I should change my name to Calamity Jane. Lockdown means that the everyday highs and lows of life have been magnified. The first disaster...
Under the grill: Owner and head chef Roberta Hall-McCarron from The Little Chartroom Catriona Thomson July 10, 2020 Food Roberta Hall-McCarron and her and husband, Shaun are brainstorming their exciting plans for reopening their restaurant later this year. Their place is a small neighbourhood bistro and by Roberta's own...
Under the grill: Executive Chef Phil Lynch from 83 Hanover Street Catriona Thomson June 29, 2020 Food, In the News As 83 Hanover Street launches its restaurant experience at home, we speak to executive chef Phil about creating dishes imbued with the upbeat vibrancy of this South American restaurant. Phil has been tasked...
70% The Old Bakehouse, West Linton, Restaurant Review Catriona Thomson June 29, 2020 Restaurant Review In a recent article in Campaign magazine the “Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives” slogan was hailed as one of the most effective messages in the history of government communications. Yet, “Stay...
70% Masti, Morningside, Edinburgh, Restaurant Review Catriona Thomson June 8, 2020 Restaurant Review The fella hit a bit of an emotional slump this week, with lots of work cancelled or put on hold for an unspecified period of time. He was by his own admission thoroughly “corona miserable”, as he...
These bars are open for freshly poured pints to takeaway – plus others doing collection and delivery Rosalind Erskine May 20, 2020 Drink, In the News As the lockdown in Scotland continues, many of us are missing pints at the pub with friends, but these bars are offering the next best thing - freshly poured pints to takeaway. We are now in over 50 days of...
60% Cibo, Milton Bridge, Penicuik, Restaurant Review Catriona Thomson May 10, 2020 Food, Restaurant Review These are strange times in which we are living and regular restaurant reviews have rightly been put on the back burner. My family and I have got used to the unique joys of communal living, working and...
