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Restaurant review: Bonsai, Edinburgh

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:13:35 GMT

ALWAYS on the look out for new sushi restaurants, I was thrilled when a friend suggested Bonsai Bar Bistro for supper. Set between Holyrood and South Clerk Street, it is a small, unassuming restaurant.

Restaurant review: The Harbourview Grille, Royal Hotel, Campbeltown

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:05:36 GMT

HERE’S a non-typical example of a conversation at Spectrum Towers.

Restaurant review: Lychee Oriental, Glasgow

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:58 GMT

MORINDA citrifolia (aka the dog dumpling) smells like cheese when ripe, resembles an obese caterpillar, and is especially attractive to ants and fruit bats. Then there’s the durian, which gives off an odour like turpentine and has a custard-textured pulp.

Restaurant review: The Pantry, Edinburgh

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:11:49 GMT

THERE are many things I like in restaurants, but the acronym BYOB is my second favourite – pipped only by the same letters on the door of a restaurant within 100 yards of a decent off-licence.

Restaurant review: Red Box Noodle Bar, Edinburgh

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:25:00 GMT

THE Red Box Noodle Bar is set handily close to some of the main university buildings on West Nicholson Street. With takeaway additional to their sit-in tables, the small restaurant was packed on the weekday we went in.

Restaurant review: The Scran & Scallie, Edinburgh

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:27:11 GMT

TO PARAPHRASE Marks & Spencer, The Scran & Scallie is no ordinary pub, it’s a Tom Kitchin gastro-pub.

Restaurant review: Pig’halle, Perth

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:25:15 GMT

I AM not one of those people who gets obsessed about their diet, but when I was feeling mildly under the weather the other day a restaurateur friend told me that it was down to a conflict between my blood group and my eating habits.

Restaurant review: Victor Hugo, Melville Terrace

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:01:20 GMT

OVERLOOKING the Meadows, Victor Hugo offers Marchmont residents a little respite from students. Full to the brim with families and workers, there is also a queue out the door when we popped in for some lunch.

Restaurant review: Viva Mexico, Edinburgh

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:18:31 GMT

I visited Viva Mexico by accident. There were two new places on my reviewing list, both of which, it turns out, are closed on a Tuesday.

Restaurant review: Revolution, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:39:21 GMT

REVOLUTION has built up a reputation as a destination bar for cocktails, parties and flavoured vodkas.

Restaurant review: Archerfield Walled Garden, Dirleton, East Lothian

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:44:06 GMT

Build it, and they will come.” So goes the famous expression from the film Field of Dreams. However, I’d like to reword it to: “Stick a playground in it, and they will come.”