Read the first part here. Sometime a go I went to a Michelin star restaurant, The Kitchin, in Edinburgh. The restaurant was awarded one Michelin star for excellence in 2007, and the chef, Tom Kitchin, is the youngest ever Scottish Chef proprietor … [Read more...]
Missing Scotland
December 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
Maybe because it's summer, sunny and hot and it's Christmas and it's supposed to be cold and snowy. Certainly because Walker's shortbreads are sold everywhere but I know nothing compares to granny mck's homemade ones: straight from the oven full of … [Read more...]
Cranachan Is…
May 17, 2008 by 7 Comments
... Another Scottish dessert. Traditionally served during harvest time in summer but now can be found everywhere, it is made from a mixture of whipped cream (lots of it), whiskey, honey and fresh raspberries topped with toasted oatmeal. The dessert … [Read more...]
Haggis, Black Pudding, White Pudding
April 8, 2008 by 11 Comments
Haggis, a traditional Scottish dish, is - according to Wikipedia - made of the following ingredients: sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's … [Read more...]
The Fake Trade
March 5, 2008 by 10 Comments
The Fake Trade, a documentary by Channel 4, written and directed by Nick Hornby (yes, the author of Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and High Fidelity), was aired on Monday night, 3 March 2008. It took us to see the inside of the counterfeit industry. … [Read more...]
Animal Cruelty on Lobster
February 28, 2008 by 4 Comments
We went to The Prime Cuts last night with another couple, and the restaurant specialties are steak and lobster. Nearby the maître d' stand there was a big tank parading huge, healthy lobsters (thank God they did not show live cows too). I asked one … [Read more...]
Céilidh
January 31, 2008 by 2 Comments
I went to my first céilidh (pronounced kay-lee) in Aberdeen last December at The Marcliffe Hotel (which, to me personally, was a disaster, since I wore a long ball gown that sweeps the floor, very glamorous for waltz but not suitable for Scottish … [Read more...]
Burns Supper
January 22, 2008 by 3 Comments
We're back in Aberdeen after 6-week holiday in Indonesia and Vietnam. The prospect of going back to cold, gray, wet weather wasn't really appealing; especially when we were transiting in Amsterdam and seeing outside the window of Schiphol Airport. … [Read more...]
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