I once bought a dress by Scottish fashion designer, Jonathan Saunders, for 50p (marked down from £600) at a special online sale. It was my finest moment. I ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
Owners of this restaurant, Anna and Dean Parker, must be a romantic pair. After decamping from London, where Dean was a chef at Darby’s, Sorella and The Dai ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
It has been quite a whirlwind two years for Scottish chef, Kevin Dalgleish. In 2022 he opened his first restaurant, Amuse, a refined, relaxed dining experience at Queens Terrace, in the heart of Aberdeen. A year later, the restaurant was featured in the 2023 Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland and Kevin had picked […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
It’s a dream of mine to one day own a large country house (something which makes me seem like I am living in the wrong century, which I guess I am given the current state of interest rates and home ownership in my generation), so I feel right at home when I wander into Boath […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
Golf clubs aren’t especially known for their culinary prowess. A good bacon sandwich or fish and chips yes, but they’re not where you’d expect to find things such as homemade pastries, venison schnitzel and Vietnamese coffee. But this is what you’ll find, and more, if you visit Rothes Golf Club in Speyside. It’s now home […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
Under the table isn’t ever pleasant. It’s where used chewing-gum is stuck, dodgy dealings are struck, people play footsie, crumbs fall and tiny children hide. Under The Table. Well, that’s a different matter. This place is literally the basement level neighbour and sister business to nine-year-old Dundas Street chef’s table tasting menu concept, The Table. It’s been opened by head chef Sean […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
Over the pre-covid years, supper clubs had become an extremely popular trend in dining, especially in cities, as diners were seeking new experiences. Many have transformed into restaurants, and some were the launchpad to move across the country and open a brand new business, as was the case for Thomas Tsappis and Matilda Ruffle, owners […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
The Spanish Butcher in Glasgow is one of those restaurants that you recommend to visiting friends and family, but, in my case anyway, don’t often get a chance to visit. Opened in 2016 by Rusk and Rusk, an independent Scottish restaurant group who also own The Butchershop Bar & Grill in the west end, and, […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
Remember Storm Kathleen, from a couple of weeks back? She was BAD, like her namesake actor when she played Barbara in War of the Roses. Great Junction Street became a wind tunnel, and my hair was puffed up into an unintentional beehive. We wished that we’d put stones in our pockets, as we braced against the gale. Thankfully, […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
There’s something really calming, I find, about watching the sea. Like watching a roaring fire, the hypnotic motion of the waves can help quieten down a racing mind. From a restaurant, this may mean a lull in conversation, but luckily for us, the view of the crashing wave of the steely North Sea wasn’t available […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
It may be meteorological spring but the wind chill would have you thinking that it’s still January. The daffodils and crocus may be bobbing in the wind but the steely grey skies and freezing temperatures mean an afternoon spent in a cosy pub is a welcome way to toast the new season. It’s with this […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
“There’s the tree that never grew, there’s the bird that never flew, there’s the fish that never swam, there’s the bell that never rang”. That well-kent rhyme is associated with Glasgow’s coat of arms, which features all the St Mungo-related paraphernalia that’s mentioned. On my last visit to the Dear Green Place, I was just hoping that […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
It’s the age-old dilemma. When in an Italian restaurant, do you order pasta or pizza? Can you convince a friend or family member to go half and half? Well with Assaggini, a new Italian in Glasgow’s west end, you don’t need to decide. Opened in February, Assaggini specialises in fresh pasta, gourmet ‘Pinsa’ style pizzas […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
The Victorians loved a snowdrop. To them, they represented hope, rebirth and purity. As they’re one of the first spring flowers, their appearance can also feel like a metaphorical finishing line. We survived winter! Hurrah. I want to kiss their tiny white bonnets. At Cambo Estate, it’s the last weekend of the Cambo Snowdrop Festival, which runs until Sunday […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
Stuart Ralston is on a roll. With successful restaurants Aizle and Noto going strong, the Fife born chef opened Tipo on Hanover Street in March 2023 and, mo ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
A modern, stylish and sleek restaurant is not necessarily what you think of when visiting Ballater in Royal Deeside. The area has more of a tartan shortbrea ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
We’ve found a new lockdown hobby - pique-nique a l’auto. We get a takeaway from somewhere and bring it back to the car, to sit in, where the cold can’t touc ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
At the bottom of Lothian Road, I thought about lying on the pavement, telling him to go without me and letting the seagulls take my eyes. My a ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
It’s awards season for hospitality, with the 2025 UK and Ireland Michelin Guide ceremony taking place just a week before the AA Rosettes announcements. One Scottish restaurant that’s done well from both is Elements in Bearsden - just outside Glasgow - and it’s only been open since July 2024. Having been visited by Michelin inspectors, […]| Food | Scotsman Food and Drink
For a good few months, fans of Glasgow’s Ox and Finch and Ka Pao have been impatiently waiting for the team’s latest restaurant, Margo. By far the biggest restaurant for Scoop, the restaurant group behind the two award-winning and Michelin recommended sister sites, Margo’s kitchen is headed up by Glasgow native Robin Aitken, who first […]| Restaurant Reviews | Scotsman Food and Drink
Chef’s tables are an intimate way to really immerse yourself in the food and cooking techniques, and became all the rage in the 1980s. Based in a Japanese t ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
Now that I work at home, garden birds are my colleagues. We mainly have sparrows - noisy, hungry and ramshackle, just like my former desk mates. The other d ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
The tasting menu continues to be the menu of the moment. Despite some turning their back on the multiple course offering, it’s slowly becoming the small pla ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I’m more in the ‘get your own bloomin’ ideas, pal’, camp. When I saw that this place was ope ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
Trends in dining come and go, with the most recent plethora of small plates seemingly everywhere. Another that seems to be slowly gaining traction is the ta ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
This place is owned by the sons - Daniel and Victor - of Spanish restaurant royalty, Ignacio Campos, aka the charismatic Iggy, who once had Edinburgh’s popu ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
While Edinburgh’s beautiful old buildings provide a backdrop for its iconic scenery, what’s inside can often change on a regular basis, but there are a few ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
I’ve been waiting so patiently for spring. However, it felt like I was stuck in the dregs of winter, until we strolled from our holiday& ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
The longest ever tasting menu was created by experimental food artists Bompas & Parr, and consisted of 200 courses over 24 hours. Spanish restaurant El ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
These days small plates and sharing options are in vogue, followed closely by tasting menus of multiple courses. A new restaurant that champions the former ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
I don’t like being wrong, though I often am. For example, I was trying to describe the location of this new cafe to an acquaintance. It’s on The Meadows, I ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
If you think of brunch, what might spring to mind is avocado on toast, a fry up and a long, leisurely coffee. When you add bottomless to this brunch scenari ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
I’ve got a dusty can of Vault City Brewing’s sour beer in my cupboard. It’s been there for about two years, and I’m scared to open it. The idea of ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
During the easing of the first lockdown restrictions, I - along with my boyfriend, dog and about half of Glasgow - decided to take a drive to nearby country ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
My mum has turned 88. That’s two fat ladies in bingo parlance. Apt, as it was decided that we would head to this all-you-can-eat Brazilian churrasco for her ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
“What does Unalome mean?” my husband asked, when we visited this place. “Guess”. Some kind of bipedal sea creature? An Italian supermarket chain? ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
I’m like a newsreader, in that nobody ever sees my legs. It takes a lot for me to get into a frock these days, but I got those dusty pegs out, just for Lyla ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
My husband unwittingly brought a small pet, when we visited this hotel restaurant. Barry the shieldbug resembled a green brooch against his owner’s navy jum ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
There’s a certain charm, especially in the winter months in Scotland, of a restaurant with rooms. Knowing you can enjoy a leisurely meal and drink without worrying about getting home (probably in terrible weather) is the ultimate in food focused relaxation. | Scotsman Food and Drink
If I had a quid for every time anyone asked me about Edinburgh’s Sushisamba, I’d be able to afford a portion of their wagyu gyoza. A branch of this Japanese ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
Montrose House at Abbeyhill is the opposite of a Tardis. The white late-19th-century building, originally an inn, looks huge from the street, but is re ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
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There’s a Chinese word, hallyu, which translates as Korean wave. It refers to the rise in popular culture from this region, from K-pop to K-dramas, with fil ...| foodanddrink.scotsman.com
