A taste of Edinburgh
Last weekend was a whirlwind of events, or so it seemed.
Both my sisters were in Edinburgh, so we decided to go to the Botanic Gardens on Saturday to feed the squirrels. Unfortunately, it was such a blazingly warm day (lovely for us humans in cold Scotland, but not very pleasant to these bushy tailed creatures) that none of them were to be seen outside of their holes in the ground or wherever it is that they live. And after having gone to three supermarkets before managing to find monkey nuts to feed them with!! It was slightly disappointing despite the pretty rhododendrons in bloom :( A few hours later though, when it was slightly cooler we finally saw a few of these mammals scampering about. Some of them came up to take nuts from our hands!! I went home mollified.
Later that night, I met up with Hui Ping and Pei Pei (who I'd not seen in 6 years) at City Restaurant (if you're in Edinburgh, you should probably head to this place to try all the artery- clogging Scottish fare of fish and chips and fried candy bars.) We attempted a drive up to Calton Hill (home to Edinburgh's Disgrace, a giant elephant on top of the hill which was never completed due to insufficient funds) but it was 11pm, and the road leading up was closed after 9pm. We would have parked the car and walked, but there were a group of young 'uns at the foot of the hill who looked dodgy, so we canned the idea.
Sunday heralded the arrival of grey skies. The Taste Festival was being held in the Meadows this particular weekend. FYI, the Meadows is a huge green lung in the middle of the city of Edinburgh (or maybe slightly southwest). It has the most amazing cherry blossoms in spring and is used by people of all ages for frisbee games, jogging, running, rugby practice, tennis and is also one of the venues for shows during the Edinburgh Festival in August. The Taste Festival is a new thing that was first put on last year. There would be loads of top restaurants in Edinburgh participating and lots of lovely food samples to be had. I had been salivating at the thought of going to the Taste Festival this year for weeks now, and was determined to enjoy it come rain or shine. So we bravely set out while it was still dry - look at this pic taken before the onslaught...
but soon after we were drenched!!
Check out the lovely cocktails:
Talented chefs in action:
Marinated wild Scottish salmon, sour cream, orange and dill oil, avruga:
Scrumptious looking selection:
Gosh I'm getting hungry now..will edit this post at a later time...
Both my sisters were in Edinburgh, so we decided to go to the Botanic Gardens on Saturday to feed the squirrels. Unfortunately, it was such a blazingly warm day (lovely for us humans in cold Scotland, but not very pleasant to these bushy tailed creatures) that none of them were to be seen outside of their holes in the ground or wherever it is that they live. And after having gone to three supermarkets before managing to find monkey nuts to feed them with!! It was slightly disappointing despite the pretty rhododendrons in bloom :( A few hours later though, when it was slightly cooler we finally saw a few of these mammals scampering about. Some of them came up to take nuts from our hands!! I went home mollified.
Later that night, I met up with Hui Ping and Pei Pei (who I'd not seen in 6 years) at City Restaurant (if you're in Edinburgh, you should probably head to this place to try all the artery- clogging Scottish fare of fish and chips and fried candy bars.) We attempted a drive up to Calton Hill (home to Edinburgh's Disgrace, a giant elephant on top of the hill which was never completed due to insufficient funds) but it was 11pm, and the road leading up was closed after 9pm. We would have parked the car and walked, but there were a group of young 'uns at the foot of the hill who looked dodgy, so we canned the idea.
Sunday heralded the arrival of grey skies. The Taste Festival was being held in the Meadows this particular weekend. FYI, the Meadows is a huge green lung in the middle of the city of Edinburgh (or maybe slightly southwest). It has the most amazing cherry blossoms in spring and is used by people of all ages for frisbee games, jogging, running, rugby practice, tennis and is also one of the venues for shows during the Edinburgh Festival in August. The Taste Festival is a new thing that was first put on last year. There would be loads of top restaurants in Edinburgh participating and lots of lovely food samples to be had. I had been salivating at the thought of going to the Taste Festival this year for weeks now, and was determined to enjoy it come rain or shine. So we bravely set out while it was still dry - look at this pic taken before the onslaught...
but soon after we were drenched!!
Check out the lovely cocktails:
Talented chefs in action:
Marinated wild Scottish salmon, sour cream, orange and dill oil, avruga:
Scrumptious looking selection:
Gosh I'm getting hungry now..will edit this post at a later time...
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