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Lennox Glasgow Review – Nico Simeone’s New West End Restaurant Brings Fire-Cooked Flavour to Byres Road

14 June 2026 Emma Mykytyn 0

Is Lennox Glasgow Worth Visiting? If you’re searching for a new restaurant in Glasgow’s West End then Lennox should be [Read more]

Sausage and Bean Spaghetti Recipe

20 February 2025 Emma Mykytyn 0

Filling and tasty sausage and bean spaghetti recipe This post uses sausages gifted by Powters To celebrate their arrival at [Read more]

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]

Recipe: lemon and thyme spatchcock chicken

2 May 2020 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off

Quick and easy juicy chicken recipe Once you spatchcock a chicken, you’ll never roast a whole one again. They are [Read more]

Recipe: Pastitsio aka Greek lasagne

26 April 2020 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off

Get your Greek on with some filling Pastitsio Pastitsio (sometimes spelled pastichio) is a Greek baked pasta dish with minced meat [Read more]

Recipe: Scotch Lamb and Tzatsiki pitta

19 October 2019 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off

Quick meal – Scotch lamb and tzatsiki pitta Think of summer holidays and better weather with this quick meal using [Read more]

Recipe: Slow Cooker Scotch Lamb Pilaf

16 October 2019 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off

Worth the wait slow cooker Scotch lamb pilaf Another recipe from the Scotch Kitchen to promote Scotch Lamb. This time [Read more]

Recipe: Scotch Lamb Chops with Feta

9 October 2019 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off

Scotch lamb chops with feta – midweek meal Finding new ways to cook family faves is always a struggle, especially [Read more]

Discovering Fuet in Vic, Catalonia

10 June 2019 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off

Making and eating an Osona speciality Fuet is a thin, dry cured, sausage from Catalonia. Whilst visiting the city of [Read more]

donald russell beef wellington ingredients

Recipe: Beef Wellington from Donald Russell

2 June 2019 Emma Mykytyn Comments Off

Individual Beef Wellington Recipe I’ve never tried to make beef wellington before as it looked like it would be a [Read more]

Sweet and Sour Beef Salad Lidl Scotland Tony Singh recipe

Recipe: Sweet and Sour Scottish Beef Salad from Tony Singh and Lidl

21 June 2018 Emma Mykytyn 0

Singh for your Supper with Tony Singh and Lidl Scottish TV chef, Tony Singh MBE will be teaming up with [Read more]

Fazenda Brazilian Argentinian gaucho restaurant Edinburgh Glasgow foodie explorers

Now open: Fazenda, George Street, Edinburgh

23 February 2018 Emma Mykytyn 0

There’s a Brazilian reasons to visit Fazenda Sorry, that’s a bit of a dad thing to say, isn’t it? We [Read more]

Check with Heck Movember sausages Sausage casserole

Check with Heck: meat n two veg

20 November 2017 Emma Mykytyn 0

Yorkshire-based sausage brand HECK is working alongside the world-leading men’s health charity The Movember Foundation. HECK have renamed themselves as [Read more]

Food Review: Alston Bar & Beef set menu, Glasgow

16 July 2017 Emma Mykytyn 0

Lunch and pre-theatre at Alston Bar & Beef Alston Bar & Beef recently revamped their set menu so have invited [Read more]

Recipe: Lamb, Leek and Nigella Seed Casserole

16 February 2017 Emma Mykytyn 0

This recipe is from the British Leek Association website and has been developed by Katriona MacGregor. Please visit to see [Read more]

Recipe: Quick Weekday Dinner – Pork Schnitzel

11 October 2016 Emma Mykytyn 0

Quick and easy pork dinner Cooking during the week needn’t be all about pasta, you can put together a quick [Read more]

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]

Recipe: Pan seared Scottish grouse

12 August 2016 Emma Mykytyn 0

Grouse with summer vegetables recipe from Gleneagles Celebrate the Glorious twelfth with this recipe from Head Chef Jonathan Wright of [Read more]

Recipe: Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

9 July 2016 Emma Mykytyn 0

Slow cooker pulled pork – perfect half time snack Mr Foodie wanted to show off his cooking skills and make [Read more]

Kisarazu Japan food restaurant Glasgow foodie explorers

Food Review: Big Boy Restaurant, 3-3-20, Asahi, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan

22 June 2016 Emma Mykytyn 1

Eat with Big Boy Always looking for something a little different we picked Big Boy Restaurant from our host’s suggestions. [Read more]

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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Top 5 meat joints in Glasgow

19 September 2015 Emma Mykytyn 0

Top 5 places to satisfy your meat craving in Glasgow (In no order of favouritism) 1. Hutchesons Historic surroundings, impeccable [Read more]

welsh lamb minty yoghurt herbed quinoa recipe

Recipe: Welsh lamb with minty yoghurt dip and quinoa

26 August 2015 Emma Mykytyn 0

It’s National Burger Day on 27th August and to coincide with this we were asked by Welsh lamb to create [Read more]

Recipe: Slow Cooked Beef Rib Trim

10 February 2015 Emma Mykytyn 8

Winter time means comfort food to me but it doesn’t have to be all carbs and cakes. We were asked [Read more]