63% Luss Seafood Bar, Loch Lomond, restaurant review Gaby Soutar October 19, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review I’m going to escape to my island paradise. Not Barbados, nor the Galapagos (to hang with my tortoise pals). I’ve decided on Inchcailloch, one of the small islands on Loch Lomond. The name, in Gaelic,...
Louise Palmer-Masterton: 6 common problems vegans face when eating out Sean Murphy October 17, 2018 Food Having spent 35 years eating out as a vegan, gone are the days when people would look at me as though I had just landed from outer space. At that time, just being a vegetarian was thought to be strange...
63% Mezzidakia, Glasgow, restaurant review Gaby Soutar October 12, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review I hope to be reincarnated as a restaurant reviewer’s plus one. They get to eat all the food, and don’t have to do any work. No aide memoires have to be made while they vacantly shovel in the...
50% Bentoya, Edinburgh, restaurant review Catriona Thomson October 11, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review These days young people have sophisticated palates. They are unfazed by globetrotting around the world with their knives and forks. Mexican on Monday, followed by an Italian on Tuesday, and a cheeky wee...
80% Sonder, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar October 5, 2018 Food, Restaurant Review It was pouring with rain when we visited Sonder, so we experienced a moment of chrysalism – “the amniotic tranquillity of being indoors during a thunderstorm.” This is a neologism invented by writer...
Edinburgh scores highly as Michelin Guide announces Bib Gourmand awards Sean Murphy September 30, 2018 Food Named after, the Michelin Man, Bibendum, the Bib Gourmand awards highlight restaurants which offer good quality, good value cooking. Edinburgh once again scored highly with The Dogs, Scran and Scallie and...
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...
Scotsman critics choice: the 10 best restaurants in Edinburgh Sean Murphy September 13, 2018 Food With over 2,000 restaurants listed for the city on Trip Advisor alone, any resident foodie or visitor to the capital will be spoiled for choice. Thankfully, The Scotsman's own critics have reviewed most of...
