85% The Pitt, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar August 16, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review When you’re a restaurant reviewer, there are practicalities beyond an elasticated waistband. Receipts, for one thing. Since I review incognito, and claim expenses, my bag is stuffed with valuable bits...
90% Balgove Larder and Steak Barn, St Andrews, restaurant review Catriona Thomson August 14, 2019 Farming Producers, Food, General, Restaurant Review In my day the long summer holidays were filled with the dubious pleasures of picking raspberries, usually in the rain. Fun times, dodging wasps for the reward of some pocket money. When I was growing up,...
75% Victor Hugo Deli, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar August 7, 2019 Food, General, In the News, Restaurant Review They’re thinking of opening another branch of Edinburgh Castle, but on Portobello Beach. There will also be a second Scott Monument beside Ikea at Straiton, and a Greyfriars Bobby...
78% EVOO, Glasgow, restaurant review Gaby Soutar August 2, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Since I’m a cruel mistress, one of my favourite moments on a recent holiday to Italy was when my other half ate an olive straight off the tree. How I LOL’d as he spat and gurned like an llama eating a...
75% Pho Viet, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar July 25, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Some might say it’s not the season for soup. Along with snoods, Vaporub and crumpets, cullen skink, cock-a-leekie and miso have mostly been shelved until autumn. I, however, find it hard to have my daily...
80% Razzo Pizza Napoletana, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar July 24, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review I am getting on. My tastebuds are fading, my teeth crumbly and I have to squint to see the small print on menus. Constant reflux and cholesterol deposits in my retinas act as memento moris. With these jolly...
65% Kukina, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar July 12, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review The best thing I ever saw on Leith Walk was a guy and his staffy in matching gold chains and black Adidas tracksuits. But now, halfway down, there’s something even better than the semi-canine version of...
70% Cafe Ink, Edinburgh, restaurant review Gaby Soutar July 5, 2019 Food, General, In the News, Restaurant Review I don’t know anyone who’s had a face lift. However, I imagine that a Simon Cowell/Jocelyn Wildenstein-esque transformation comes as a shock. This now beautiful restored building – once the North...
85% Seafood Shack, Ullapool, restaurant review Gaby Soutar June 28, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review My husband’s family like to take part in a sport called extreme picnicking. This involves going out in a rainstorm, snow, hail, biblical midge swarm or other negative environmental event, unpacking lunch,...
90% Mono, Edinburgh, restaurant review Catriona Thomson June 23, 2019 Food, Restaurant Review Perhaps I’ve bitten off more than I can chew? This is not something that I’ve ever done before. What was I thinking? Volunteering to go out for dinner alone? I’m fine with grabbing a hasty lunch solo...
