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| View of Edinburgh Castle from hotel room |
The inside of the restaurant looks like a pub and has plenty of characters.
This place provides a relaxed ambience and serves high quality Scottish produce at an affordable price.
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| Restaurant Interior |
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| Bread and Butter |
Scotland is well known for it's plentiful seafood, so we naturally went for the seafood dishes offered on the menu!
To start......
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| Crab |
We had the Crab Mayonnaise with Lemon and Coriander, Smokey Corn Tortilla Crisps.
The crab meat was very fresh and sweet.
The flavours of lemon and coriander were well-balanced to compliment the crab meat while not over-powering it, and I just loved the Tortilla crisps which added a different texture and flavour to the dish.
To follow......
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| Halibut |
We ordered the Isle of Gigha Halibut on Seared Shetland Scallops with Parma Ham Tuilles, Stornoway Black Pudding and Vermouth Cream.
Again, Scottish-sourced fish which was exceptionally fresh.
The halibut was perfectly cooked and well-seasoned, served with a wonderful Vermouth cream sauce. Loved the juicy and succulent fish meat. Absolutely delicious!
A classic pairing of pan-seared scallops and black pudding was also part of this dish. I would not normally try black-pudding but gave it a go anyway and surprisingly found that it did not have a very strong taste to it.
The scallops were perfectly seared with a nice, crispy brown surface while the middle was just a thin line between raw and cooked.
The subtle sweet richness of the very fresh scallops were just mouth-mouthwatering!
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| Vegetables |
Excellent, high quality food in a beautiful city, what more can I ask for?
Many thanks to Pamella and Fraser for choosing this wonderful place and for the dinner.
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