Posts Tagged ‘restaurant review’
First Haggis World Championship launched
PERTH will host the first Haggis World Championship on 14 May. Entries for the competition, which is organised by the Scottish Craft Butchers (SCB) trade body, will close on 5 May. The hunt for the world’s best traditional haggis will see restaurant chefs compete with local butchers and haggis manufacturers for the coveted title. SCB…
Read MoreCaddy Mann named top game restaurant
THE Caddy Mann restaurant in Jedburgh was named “best restaurant” at this year’s Eat Game Awards, receiving a prize of £1,000. The event, which held in London, marked the culmination of a national search to find businesses and individuals championing the use of British wild game. Restaurateur Ross Horrocks and his wife, Lynne, said they…
Read MorePETA wants Royal Highland Show to go vegan
ANIMAL rights charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has called for the Royal Highland Show to become a vegan event. Dawn Carr, vice president of vegan corporate projects at PETA, wrote an open letter to Jim Warnock, chair of the the Royal Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS), which organises the…
Read MoreGordon Ramsay future food stars visit Glenapp
CHEF Gordon Ramsay has brought the second series of his Future Food Stars television programme to Glenapp Castle in Argyll. The 21-bedroom hotel features in the first episode of the series, which will be shown at 9pm tomorrow on BBC One. “We start and end the series in my homeland, Scotland, and travel all over…
Read MoreMeet Scotland’s new Michelin stars…
SCOTLAND is waking up to more Michelin starred chefs this morning. Heron in Leith and Timberyard in Edinburgh were each awarded their first star. They join the ranks of Leith duo The Kitchin and Martin Wishart and Edinburgh’s Condita in holding one star. The Glenturret Lalique at Crieff and Loch Bay on Skye also each…
Read MoreReview: Potion Making 2.0 at The Cauldron
Megan Amato takes her cocktail ‘potion making’ to the next level at The Cauldron in Edinburgh. EDINBURGH’S magic aficionados, fantasy lovers, and cocktail enthusiasts alike may have experienced magic meeting science with the Cauldron’s molecular cocktail making sessions. However, the Cauldron Edinburgh – along with its six other locations – has launched a new and…
Read MoreRESTAURANT REVIEW: The Black Grape, Edinburgh
Richard Bath pays a visit to The Black Grape on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. FOR years I would wander to work down the Royal Mile and the Canongate, and virtually every day I’d wonder how Pancho Villas kept going. And not just going, but going and going and still bloody going. The Mexican restaurant set back…
Read MoreKa Pao: When fusion goes right
Simone Waters reviews the Edinburgh branch of Ka Pao, the Glasgow fusion food pioneer. SITUATED in Edinburgh’s St James Quarter shopping centre, Ka Pao brings a plethora of flavours together into a South-East Asian fusion. We are met by friendly staff when entering this industrial and funky establishment and, while the mood lighting may be…
Read MoreRESTAURANT REVIEW: Six By Nico – ‘Neverland’ menu
Keith McIntyre reviews the new “Neverland” menu at the Six By Nico restaurant in Glasgow’s Finnieston district. WHEN chef Nico Simeone launched his Six By Nico restaurant in Glasgow’s Finnieston back in 2017, it is very doubtful that anyone could have predicted quite how much of an explosive impact he would have on the country’s…
Read MoreRestaurant Review: The Loveable Rogue East End
Keith McIntyre discovers the wonders of brunch at The Loveable Rogue East End restaurant in Glasgow. WHEN Joe Lazzerini and Amalia Colaluca opened the original Loveable Rogue in 2020 in the midst of a pandemic, it looked like a risky proposition for everyone involved. Fast forward two years and not only has the West End…
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