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Taynuilt Hotel, Taynuilt, Argyll Review
The Taynuilt Hotel By Oban is easily reached by car or train so it’s ideal for an overnight getaway from central Scotland or a base for exploring …
Recipe: Dan Lepard Lemon Butter Cake
Once you taste this light, fluffy and buttery cake you’ll be convinced it wasnt home made. Dan Lepard’s Lemon Butter Cake is perfect for an …
A Great Rail Journey with my mum
Website Great Rail Journeys are offering a mum and a blogger a short break to Bruges to say Thanks Mum! Bruges is a beautiful city, …
Food & drink review: Swedish Affär, 6 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AB
A recent unexpected addition to Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square, filling the gap left by Bruschetta, is Swedish Affär – I’d heard that this was Glasgow’s first Swedish coffee …
Review: Kaldis, 50 Edinburgh Road, Glasgow, G69 6DN
Kaldi’s sits on Edinburgh Road just before Baillieston lights where the Little Chef used to be. Echoes of the former roadside diner survive – booths and plenty of parking, though we struggled …
Review: The Rum Shack, 657–659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2AB
Taking over a wee old mans’ pub in Govanhill and creating a Caribbean vibe sounds like a tall order, but I think The Rum Shack …
Product Review: Gourmet Spirulina
Mrs Foodie is always on the lookout for the latest thing to make her healthy and we came across samples of Gourmet Spirulina. Described by …
Product: The Wee Fudge Company
Joyce, or should we say “Fairy Fudge Mother”, started The Wee Fudge Company in 2011 and has built up her reputation quickly, with her fudge …
Food Review: Kitty O’Shea’s, 15 Waterloo Street, Glasgow
** UPDATE** New Menu – not as good looking as before 🙁 Located in the basement bar where Pivo Pivo used to reside on Waterloo Street, …
Food review: lunch at La Sultana, Rue de La Kasbah, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
As part of our stay at the impressive La Sultana hotel in Marrakech we ate a relaxed lunch in their al fresco dining area, and the …
Food review: Mother India, 28 Westminster Terrace, Glasgow G3 7RU
Mother India has been a staple for curry in my family since around 2000. It was my first experience of properly spiced fish and I’m glad …
Food Review: Five Guys, 57- 61 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
Five Guys Glasgow St Vincent the American burger chain have moved into Glasgow occupying the space where the ever-busy Pesto used to be (and before that …
Product Review: Coast & Glen – Home delivery fish box
Online chums @weepinchofsugar and @getstuffedbakes spoke highly of their Coast and Glen fish box, so we thought we should also give them a try. Sorting out out …
Food Review: Handmade Burger Co, 78 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
Reclaimed wood – check, filament lightbulbs – check, metal cages bolted onto random areas – check, beards – check. Yup it meets all of the …
Food Review: The Honours Glasgow, Glasgow Malmaison, 278 West George Street, Glasgow
The Honours Glasgow at Malmaison Glasgow, has been long awaited. Will Glasgow finally get a coveted Michelin star after so many years without one? With over 5,000 diners …
Food review: Pastificio Mangio, 30-32 Knightrider Street, London
In mid-December Pastificio Mangio opened up on the interestingly named Knightrider Street near to St.Paul’s cathedral in the business district of the city of London. I …
Food Review: Loks Bar & Kitchen, 16 Newlandsfield Rd, Glasgow G43 2XU
Loks Bar and Kitchen is located in the old Pollok Juniors Social Club ground at Newlandsfield, just along from Morrisons and just off Kilmarnock Road in …
Product Review: McIntosh of Dyce – haggis & mince pies
We might be food bloggers who visit the occasional Michelin-starred restaurant but we still enjoy the simpler things in life such as a pie (especially …
Food Review: BRGR, 562 Great Western Road , Glasgow G12 8EL
We settled into this new, brightly light and small restaurant/take-away on Great western Road just along from Kelvinbridge Underground, where The Black Rabbit once resided. …
Recipe: Apple, Avocado and Ginger Smoothie
With #jumpstart2015 enthusiasm still here, an Apple, Avocado and. Ginger smoothie to keep you going. The ginger gives a good bit of warmth which works …
Heverlee and The Roving Fromagiere
An invitation for a night of beer and cheese tasting – our two most favouritest things – this could not be missed. Heverlee beer partnered …
Recipe: Hot Quinoa Drink
We first tried this unusual Peruvian drink when we ate at Andina in Shoreditch in London in early 2014. It’s a great hot & filling …
***CLOSED***Food Review: Fazzi, 65 Cambridge Street Glasgow G3 6QX
Once an institution…should now be institutionalised! Fazzi is an Italian restaurant with a cafe atmosphere – too many tables close together. The floor tiles reminded us …