Brunch at Kilmurry & Co in Shawlands Located where the disappointing Green's Coffee House used to be, and before that BetFred and once upon a time, Newlands Post Office, is Kilmurry & Co. If you've passed here recently you'll have noted the outdoor seating area, which blocks off the post boxes but they are actually still in
A seventies dinner party favourite rediscovered. Chicken Marbella supposedly first appeared in “The Silver Pallate”, a US cookbook. Though you have to wonder what the good people of Marbella did with their chicken in the thousands of preceding years. The chicken is marinaded in a sweet and sour mix, then braised in the marinade. The
Radhuni, home of the best curry chef in Scotland! We were told that Radhuni is a Bengali word meaning 'passionate cook' so where else would you expect to find the winner of the Scottish Curry Awards' Chef of the Year 2018, Ashok Ram, working? In the business for seven years with a steady trade from locals,
Barristers restaurant and bar: an arresting location We stopped off at Barristers Restaurant and Bar in the pretty town of Knutsford in Cheshire for a well-earned lunch after driving down from Glasgow. What was Knutsford Magistrates Court is now a fine-looking restaurant, bar, wedding venue and now a hotel as well! No leg irons,
easyHotel introduces “Aroomatherapy” service for guests I seriously had to check the date with this one. easyHotel are trialling bespoke sachets for guest rooms with ‘Aroomatherapy’ fragrance options include bacon, bread, coffee, chocolate, fresh grass, popcorn and bubble gum. The service will be trialled in the new easyHotels in Sheffield, Leeds and Barcelona, which
A week in pictures Another week has passed and a week In pictures mostly to remind ourselves what we still need to write up! Mr Foodie was on main blog duty with a trip to Cottiers to see United States of Americana featuring a mixture of American roots music with artists from the USA, Canada, Scotland
American Chain Denny's to open in Glasgow American Chain Denny's have announced online that they are coming to Glasgow. What is Denny's and where do you think they will open? Denny's is America's diner. which opened originally as a doughnut stand in 1953 and grew to become a chain with over 1700 locations.
Dale Mailley, chef director of The Gardener’s Cottage, has revealed the name for his third Edinburgh restaurant The Lookout by Gardener’s Cottage is a partnership with Collective. The Collective are an organisation who are currently re-developing the City Observatory site on Calton Hill into a new home for contemporary art. The site will incorporate a
Brooklyn On Tour Brooklyn Brewery came to Glasgow on Saturday with their “Brooklyn on Tour” experience visiting Barras Art and Design (BAaD). We popped along for some beer, scran from Julie’s Kopitiam, music from DJ collective Frogbeats and also got to watch street-artist Rogue-One create a new piece. Julie’s Kopitiam were serving Drunken Braised Pork Belly
Putting the Borough back into Edinburgh Following the abrupt departure of chef-patron Scott Smith from Norn, ‘Borough’ (not ‘Burgh’) fills the space vacated by that rather splendid restaurant (and before that, the Michelin-starred Plumed Horse was of course here too). It didn't take long for ex-Norn head chef Darren Murray to open this new venture in the same
