70% Alandas, Longniddry Bents, takeaway review Gaby Soutar August 5, 2020 Restaurant Review I love a busman’s holiday. Even though I had a recent day off work for (the 15th anniversary of) my 30th birthday, I still had to do a restaurant review. We squeezed in a...
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...
80% Hickory@Home, Edinburgh, takeaway review Gaby Soutar July 27, 2020 Restaurant Review How I miss a fancy party. Mind you, I do have a few complaints about that mass catering style of finger food. Namely that there always seems to be fishy canapés, so you...
80% Chop House at Home, Edinburgh, takeaway review Gaby Soutar July 22, 2020 Food, General, In the News, Restaurant Review It was Wednesday. We were the only ones in the restaurant. I was wearing a blue top, it was raining, we sat by the window and I ordered a steak sourdough sandwich with...
78% Gardener’s Cottage at Home, Edinburgh, takeaway review Gaby Soutar July 13, 2020 Restaurant Review It’s like assembling a jigsaw puzzle of an Arctic landscape. We have about 30 unlabelled vacuum bags, five or so of which are in various shades of snow white, from nicotine...
85% 83 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, takeaway review Gaby Soutar July 9, 2020 Restaurant Review The floor is a bit sticky, but our small kitchen makes for a semi-decent dance studio. I’m pulling out all the moves. He’s a bit Thunderbirds-like, with zero hip action and creepily...
90% IN, Edinburgh, takeaway review Gaby Soutar July 3, 2020 Restaurant Review Just as we round the final corner, our pithivier skids to the left. “Nooooo!”, I screech, checking all the other precious cargo that’s stacked up on my lap and wedged into the...
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...
80% East Pizzas, Edinburgh, takeaway review Gaby Soutar June 26, 2020 Restaurant Review I’m a shady type. In the summer, there’s no wandering around to look for the perfect hot spot. You’ll find me lurking behind the shed, dodging the rays as if I’m...
80% Honeycomb & Co, Edinburgh, takeaway review Gaby Soutar June 19, 2020 Food, General, In the News, Restaurant Review Face down in syrup isn’t the worst way to go. When I reviewed this place on its opening three years ago, I mentioned the prevailing rescue advice of administering sugar in...
