80% Bo & Birdy, Glasgow, restaurant review Gaby Soutar June 11, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review It’s quilted, has a chain handle and costs over three grand (if it’s kosher Chanel and lambskin, or £12 for pleather that you secretly got down the Barras). I spotted four of the same handbag – one...
75% Little White Pig, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar June 7, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review What would be even better than having an actual little white pig at this restaurant? No, not a hedgehog in neon leg-warmers, smoking a pipe, that’s ridiculous. I’d say a one-eyed pug and an Italian...
85% Mara Fish Bar & Deli, Arran, restaurant review Gaby Soutar May 29, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Just like every year for the last few decades, dad came on our annual holiday to the Isle of Arran. This time, though, he wasn’t coming home. His ashes swirled in the greeny blue water of Corrie, then...
70% Grazing by Mark Greenaway, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar May 17, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review My late dad once joked that my mum had gained weight because of her snacking habits. He dubbed it “graze anatomy”. (Don’t worry, I will hide this mag issue, she need never know). Like her, I need...
70% Elphinstone Hotel, Biggar, restaurant review Catriona Thomson May 12, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Political shenanigans and recent European events have got me thinking; perhaps we might have forgotten our own recent history. For instance, Bill (90) our sprightly neighbour, recalls as a lad gawping, at...
75% Pomegranate Express, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar May 10, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review More restaurateurs should treat their business like their own personal disco. The owner of this place, as well as Edinburgh’s Hanam’s, Souq, Pomegranate and Laila’s Bistro, Jamal Ahmed, busted some...
75% Haar, St Andrews, restaurant review Gaby Soutar May 9, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Sunshine would have been disappointing. On our visit to MasterChef: The Professionals 2019 finalist Dean Banks’ new place, Haar, which is part of five-star hotel Kinettles, the weather perfectly matched...
70% Dumplings of China, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar April 26, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review I feel the pain of chefs who have to cook in open kitchens. Being watched by customers while you work must be horrible. Instead of sitting slack jawed and slumped, occasionally muttering to yourself,...
85% Condita, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar April 26, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Panna cotta is a Labrador, soufflé is shuffle and prosciutto is profanity. When it comes to food, I hate spellcheck. Thus, the thought of reviewing a restaurant that doesn’t have a menu is...
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...
