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HomeFoodLunch

Lunch

Posh Beans on Toast Recipe
Breakfast

Posh Beans on Toast Recipe

26 May 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0
Posh Beans on Toast with smoked tomato pesto This recipe uses Isle of Wight Smoked Tomato Pesto and has been [Read more]
River cafe fulham
UK

River Cafe Fulham

22 March 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0
No, not that River Café, Fulham! The Michelin-starred, Italian cuisine River Cafe in Fulham was established in 1987 and Jamie [Read more]
rice and beetroot salad
Lunch

Recipe: Sticky rice salad with roasted beetroot

17 May 2024 Emma Mykytyn 0
This is a tasty, filling salad with a distinctive Japonica flavour bringing to mind Asian aromas and colours. Serves: 4 [Read more]
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Baking

Recipe: Broccoli and Blue Cheese Tart

29 September 2023 Emma Mykytyn 0
Quick and luxe tasting midweek meal We had some Cambozola cheese leftover (I know, I couldn’t understand how there could [Read more]
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BBQ

Recipe: Chicken Caprese Sandwich

17 July 2023 Emma Mykytyn 0
Grilled Chicken Caprese Sandwich It’s BBQ season and we were asked by Swaledale Butchers to try out their BBQ Meat [Read more]
Food

Tomato & Mustard Puff Pastry Tart Recipe

4 July 2023 Emma Mykytyn 0
Tarte Fine à la Tomate & Moutarde Recipe Fresh tomatoes, some mustard, cheese and pastry make a delicious and decadent-looking [Read more]
Speyside Specialities Black Pudding 1
Breakfast

Boxing Day Brunch – Black Pudding Hash

23 December 2021 Emma Mykytyn 0
Christmas Dinner Leftovers?  Try this Boxing Day Brunch I love a Brussels sprout, so this suggestion for using leftovers from [Read more]
Tomato tart tatin
Recipe

Tomato Tarte Tatin Recipe

27 July 2021 Emma Mykytyn 0
Easy to make tomato tarte tatin recipe Normally you’ll find apple tarte tatin on the menu but there’s a abundance [Read more]
Indian Eggy Bread recipe
Bread

Recipe: Indian Eggy Bread

14 May 2020 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off on Recipe: Indian Eggy Bread
An Indian twist to French Toast A classic brunch or quick lunch, snack or lazy dinner, eggy bread, French toast [Read more]
Côte Brasserie glasgow prestige lunch menu
city centre

Lunch at Côte Brasserie French casual dining in Glasgow

5 April 2019 Emma Mykytyn 0
The Colonel has returned from his sojourn in Paris, refreshed and still eager to embrace some French casual dining.  Côte [Read more]
Hug Shawlands cafe menu
cafe

Food Review: Hug, Skirving Street, Shawlands

16 November 2018 Emma Mykytyn 0
Getting a hug in Shawlands On a recent stroll around Shawlands with Mrs Foodie, we decided to go for a [Read more]
The laurels cafe muirend Glasgow
cafe

Food: The Laurels, Clarkston Road, Glasgow **CLOSED**

19 April 2018 Emma Mykytyn 0
The Laurels, Southside Glasgow We needed to get out the house for some fresh air but the weather was a [Read more]
111 by Nico Glasgow
AA Rosette

First birthday of 111 by Nico

29 September 2016 Emma Mykytyn 3
111 by Nico birthday celebration We had ventured along to 111 by Nico for their Monday Taste Club, so when [Read more]
burr and co edinburgh
Breakfast

Food Review: Burr & Co, George Street, Edinburgh

27 September 2016 Caz 0
I’ve been meaning to check out Burr & Co since they opened after the refurbishment of The George Hotel and [Read more]
Gion Nanba - Sashimi
Fish

Restaurant review: Gion Nanba, 23-1 Nagitsuji Fushikawacho, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto Prefecture 607-8167, Japan

19 July 2016 Mr Foodie 1
Like Chihana on the opposite side of the main Shijo Dori street, Gion Nanba is also a well-regarded Michelin-starred kappa-style (counter) kaiseki (traditional [Read more]
Macgregors pie ale howff Glasgow
Beer

***CLOSED*** Food and Drink Review: MacGregors Pie and Ale Howff, 5 Blackfriars Street, Glasgow, G1 1PG

27 April 2016 Emma Mykytyn 0
It’s pie time you visited! Recently opened MacGregors Pie and Ale Howff has all the pies you never knew you [Read more]
Byron_hamburger_fries
Beer

** CLOSED** Food Review: Byron, 100 West George Street, Glasgow *CLOSED*

17 April 2016 Emma Mykytyn 1
Heavyweight Byron enter Glasgow’s Burger Scene This review is a mixture of visits as we were at the press night [Read more]
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Brunch

Food Review: Sunday Roast at The Trading House, Glasgow ***CLOSED***

9 April 2016 Emma Mykytyn 1
Easy like Sunday….afternoon Right in the middle of Glasgow city centre is The Trading House.  We LOVE the bar and [Read more]
kitty o'sheas glasgow menu food
city centre

Food Review: Kitty O’Sheas, 15 Waterloo Street, Glasgow

19 January 2016 Emma Mykytyn 0
New Menu at Kitty O’Sheas The Colonel and myself always like lunch at Kitty’s, its quick, tasty and being next [Read more]
gusto and relish southside food brunch lunch scotland glasgow foodie explorers glasgow food blog
Breakfast

Food Review: Gusto and Relish, 729 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow

5 January 2016 Emma Mykytyn 1
One of the pioneers of the Southside café scene is Gusto & Relish, an airy Scandi-décor place with great sandwiches [Read more]
Glasgow foodie Explorers food travel blog NYL_LIVERPOOL_BROOKLYN_ALE_LAMB_SHANK
England

Food Review: NYL, 1 North John Street, Liverpool, L2 5QW

17 November 2015 Emma Mykytyn 0
Liverpool was the gateway to the new world and new lives for many people from all across Europe (there is [Read more]
Glasgow foodie explorers food travel blog Drum_and_Monkey_Glasgow_Scampi
Burger

Food Review: The Drum and Monkey, 91 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5TF

14 October 2015 Emma Mykytyn 0
Nicholson’s chain pub The Drum & Monkey is in an old 1920’s bank building and is known as somewhere with [Read more]
The rum shack Southside Glasgow
Caribbean

Review: The Rum Shack, 657–659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2AB

3 March 2015 Emma Mykytyn 3
Taking over a wee old mans’ pub in Govanhill and creating a Caribbean vibe sounds like a tall order, but [Read more]
Kitty O'Shea's Glasgow
Beer

Food Review: Kitty O’Shea’s, 15 Waterloo Street, Glasgow

17 February 2015 Emma Mykytyn 0
** UPDATE** New Menu – not as good looking as  before  🙁 Located in the basement bar where  Pivo Pivo used [Read more]

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