tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47948984629934070612024-03-06T07:36:34.697+00:00saltcakeSaltcake food and restaurant review blog. Food and Living in Edinburgh. Cakes, recipes and restaurant reviews.Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-56982388702027752862013-05-06T15:24:00.002+01:002013-05-06T15:34:13.760+01:00Shebeen Bar & Braai<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, there've been some truly epic meals this year, not least the much celebrated Galvins at Pompadour. However, it has taken something truly very special to dust off the old blog, and this might surprise you; <a href="http://www.saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Shebeen</a>. Previously in Leith and now located on Morrison Street, Shebeen is a meat lovers' Mecca. </span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">South Africa is a beautiful and very special place, and Shebeen indulges in a true passion of South Africans - the braai. Barbecuing is a favourite past-time and they know how to do it right, and so does Shebeen. Two visits have confirmed that this is the place to come for high quality, expertly cooked meat - from their on premise butchered local 35 day aged beef to home-made boerewors and the truly epic Jo<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>burger - this place has my mouth watering just thinking about it.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">The Jo<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>burger needs a special mention; this is a 1.2kg burger in a custom made 12 inch bun (they use a local baker to custom make a number of items for them, including for the bunny chow - see below). Now, yes this is epic, but it's not a tacky men vs food gimmick; billed as for four hungry people or two very hungry people, this had to be one of the best burgers I've ever tasted. Home made, the Jo<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>burger included off cuts of fillet from their T-bone steak offering and was cooked to medium-rare juicy perfection; needless to say we couldn't manage the fries (but a previous visit had already confirmed these as fantastic).</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">The quality of the meat, the heat of the braai, and the prospect of a 'Lion size' steak - think 900g T bone folks - confirmed this place will be a firm favourite, and we'll soon be checking out their lunchtime deals too. While your vegetarian friends won't necessarily thank you, make sure you get along to Shebeen and experience some great South African hospitality.</span></span></div>
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Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-55627071093048733852012-12-31T11:31:00.002+00:002012-12-31T11:40:36.238+00:002012 Mop Up<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2012 has been a super busy year for us, it has unfortunately been mostly work, but we've thankfully managed to squeeze in some eating and travel along the way as well. Not as much of this as I'd originally hoped has found its way on to this blog for various reasons (couldn't remember enough about it, not worth the bother, bad photos (yes, even more so than usual!) etc.) but rather than just forget about them, here's a mop-up of some of the various meals and travels of 2012 that didn't quite make it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were lots and lots and lots of Indian meals (and takeaways) throughout 2012; some good, some mediocre. To mention but a couple - <a href="http://www.assams.co.uk/" target="_blank">Assams</a> in Glasgow was ok, but not a patch on the meal we'd had at <a href="http://www.saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/mother-india.html" target="_blank">Mother India</a> the week before. <a href="http://www.kasturi-ed.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kasturi</a> - a local of ours - does a brilliantly priced lunch, unusually on a Saturday too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Astoundingly good value early evening dinner at <a href="http://www.lagarrigue.co.uk/" target="_blank">La Garrigue</a> in Leith.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovely but not particularly exciting Malaysian at <a href="http://www.nanyangrestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Nanyang</a> in the eerily quiet Quartermile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other side of town to us, and so a rare but treasured visit to the legendary <a href="http://www.tailendfishbar.co.uk/" target="_blank">Tail End</a> chippy on Leith Walk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were a few visits to <a href="http://www.cafefish.net/" target="_blank">Cafe Fish</a> - all enjoyable, all drunken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A disappointing lunch at <a href="http://www.wedgwoodtherestaurant.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wedgwood</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of all the holidays we've had this year, surprisingly only <a href="http://www.saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/iceland-part-1.html" target="_blank">Iceland</a> was worth posting about. Otherwise, there was more 'mixed fish' in Andalucia than I care to remember.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A truly disappointing dinner at <a href="http://www.galvinrestaurants.com/section.php/183/1/brasserie_de_luxe" target="_blank">Galvins Brasserie</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally, one I really have no excuse for not writing up, a fantastic meal watching the end of festival fireworks from the perfectly positioned </span><a href="http://www.apexhotels.co.uk/en/hotels/edinburgh/apex-international-hotel/explore/eat/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Heights at the Apex Hotel</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in the Grassmarket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there we have it, a mop up of the majority of the stragglers from 2012. This is probably the point that I should say I'm going to make a New Year's resolution to do better next year, blah blah, but let's just wait and see what happens.</span></div>
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Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-71401056265499275392012-10-28T12:10:00.000+00:002012-10-29T18:50:34.906+00:00Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was delighted this week to see Andrew Fairlie top the Sunday Times list of the 100 best eateries in Great Britain. It seemed as good a reason as any to dig out these pictures from a couple of years back, and share with you an utterly stunning and very special meal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some of you will already know that I’m
always on the look out for an in-law friendly dining experience in our local
area, and so I was delighted when we spotted the <a href="http://www.saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Larder Bistro</a> on Alva Street, where
once stood Howies. I’d never been a fan
of Howies (sorry!) so it was great to see something on that plot with more
potential. I hadn’t seen any reviews of
it at that point, but subsequent reading confirmed that we should definitely
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I’m not too familiar with the Larder brand,
as the deli/café isn’t located in a usual haunt. So it was a pleasant surprise to see the
Bistro’s menu packed full of locally sourced and seasonal ingredients, which I
now know is the cornerstone of their business model. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To start, a couple of perfectly pert Mackerel
fillets were accompanied by one of my favourite things of all time - a fresh
cucumber pickle. There was absolutely nothing
to grumble about here; a simple but well executed dish where the freshness of
the ingredients were allowed to shine. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Arran mustard cured salmon benefited
from similar treatment and was thoroughly enjoyed. But if anything it was the homemade oatcakes
that got us talking; they were stunning.
Even the more seasoned oatcake eaters amongst us agreed they were
probably the best oatcakes ever had (anyone know if you can buy them in the
deli?).</span></span></div>
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dishes but pigeon and damsons worked fantastically well, with braised red
cabbage rounding off the earthy trio.</span></span></div>
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mash, chive butter sauce and sea vegetables was never going to move the earth,
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well cooked. Mind you, that crispy skin was something pretty special. </span></span></div>
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declared he wouldn’t order it in a million years (seems he’s got a thing
against pears) I’m glad I took the plunge with the pear & hazelnut cake
with poached pear and yoghurt sorbet. Not
only did I get to eat it all to myself, but the pear and hazelnut cake was a
masterful light and fluffy bake with great flavours that were complemented well
by the slightly zingy sorbet.</span></span></div>
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with crystallised seeds and stout ice cream used to come in an even heftier
slab size, but they found that people couldn’t finish it. Our diners certainly had no problem, although
they did affirm it packed a seriously dense chocolate hit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUdzmzDc6uIcRoxX5rVM4l-sR5WYva6zfbcO2V0WEW-CeZ-uXHArEbebSqsuWTCD4YGgBOF6yOJuZcChZebh2uYuj9bhQBufoVzU6M5VRkHX9HndDLsKF9uKxbVsLuFgD02GTXCDzLqDU/s1600/IMAG0645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUdzmzDc6uIcRoxX5rVM4l-sR5WYva6zfbcO2V0WEW-CeZ-uXHArEbebSqsuWTCD4YGgBOF6yOJuZcChZebh2uYuj9bhQBufoVzU6M5VRkHX9HndDLsKF9uKxbVsLuFgD02GTXCDzLqDU/s320/IMAG0645.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don’t think I’ve set it out on paper
before, but just so you know, our general criteria for pleasing the in-laws when dining out is
that the food should be keenly priced, tasty, satisfying and not overly
adventurous or complex. The restaurant
should be comfortable and simple but stylish.
The service should be relaxed and attentive but not overbearing. Whether or not that’s what Larder Bistro is
aiming for, it ticked all of those boxes.
Oh, and we rather liked it too. Win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We’ve been meaning to go to <a href="http://www.saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Mother India</a> for like a
million years. Truly, it is ridiculous. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However, meeting up with a similarly curry loving friend in Glasgow at last presented the perfect opportunity, and so we made
our way along to Westminster Terrace in Glasgow – spotting lots of other places
we’d also like to visit in that area along the way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spiced haddock and roast tomatoes is the kind of
starter we’re having more and more over the usual deep fried delicacies on
offer. The haddock was deftly spiced and baked to flaky perfection in its
tin foil envelope; it felt like a healthy and delicious way to start the meal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Having said that, my deep fried choice of ginger and green chilli fish
pakora absolutely blew me away. Not at
all greasy, light, crisp and packed full of punchy ginger and chilli flavour; I
don’t know that I can look at ‘normal’
pakora in the same way ever again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Carrying on with the fish theme in to the mains, baked halibut with
chickpeas, fennel and tomatoes was similarly enveloped in foil but managed to be a completely different dish
to the starter with clever spicing, rather than being subjected to the
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Chilli Garlic Chicken could have done with a bit more of a kick for my
liking, but had balanced spicing and fresh flavours and overall was delicious
and again slightly different to your usual BIR fare (not that I’m knocking BIR - I love it! It’s just nice to find somewhere a bit different).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I still dream about the dal (Makhani? Bukhara?). Seriously creamy and moreish – I could have sobbed that we were too full to finish it all.<br /><br />The naan bread was of a size that it could have been used as a table cloth, though much much tastier.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, we finally made it and are woeful that we left it so long. Can’t wait to find an excuse to go through to
Glasgow again and go back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">I can't
remember the last time I was in a fast food restaurant, but it's definitely
been a looooooooong time. A particularly bad bout of food poisoning for
my other half, reading fast food nation, blah blah, all the usual
reasons. I continued to crave the quick service, the informal dining, the
hand to mouth eating, and that dirty but oh so satisfying guilt of wolfing down
burgers and fistfuls of fries. But we
resolutely turned our noses up and resisted its greasy grasp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">So we've come
quite late to <a href="http://www.saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Wannaburger</a>, having at first written it off as one of your more
usual fast food joints. But then we took a closer look; Fresh? Homemade? Locally
sourced? Fully traceable? Free range chicken?
This is no ordinary fast food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">And it was
pretty damn good. The Aberdeen Angus
beef patty was cooked perfectly - juicy and flavourful. The buns
are supposedly baked by a local artisan baker (and are definitely a cut above
many buns served by other places that pride themselves on their burgers, but are
let down by a dry pappy bun). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">A special
mention goes to the chilli served in a little pot to diy your chilli burger –
smoky and with a ridiculous depth of flavour; just delicious. A chargrilled breast of free range chicken was again well
cooked and moist (and happy chicken is an absolute must so I just LOVE that
they do it here). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Fries and onion rings
are good and crispy, just as they should be.
Giant pickles! Heaven. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Located in the Bonham Hotel, the dining room does well not to feel at all like many soul-less hotel dining rooms. The menu changes regularly, is seasonal, and I'd challenge you not to find something you'll like. </span><br />
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Glistening wobbling cubes of confit salmon to start were delicious and with a fantastic texture, but were a bit let down by the distraction of a tasteless cracker-like parcel that felt quite pointless.</div>
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So, solid good cooking and lovely service once again from the Bonham. A wee tip if you've not discovered it yet is the <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Boozy Snoozy weekend lunch deal - </span>£80.00 for a table of
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Fuller Thomson pubs have been springing up all over the place,
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not our usual end of town, but we had been tempted down there by a friend’s
leaving ‘do’ and the promise of a fine burger.
A table had been reserved for us thankfully, as the place was absolutely
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The chilli burger was chosen by a number of our party
including me and I waited for it eagerly while sipping an Erdinger. It arrived and looked good. It tasted good too, but nothing to really get
excited about. The burger itself was tasty - we didn't get asked how we wanted it cooked - it was well done. Topped with pickled
jalapenos, chilli cheese, fresh green chillies, sour cream and death sauce I had hoped
that it would pack a bit of a punch, but disappointingly it didn’t really register on the
scoville scale for me. In fact it all tasted
quite sweet funnily enough. Sourdough
bun was good but not a sourdough by my standards and the chips were average. Accompanying coleslaw was good but meager,
and overall I was left feeling like I could almost eat another burger (and I’m
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Edinburgh that
I noticed when it opened, but then eyeballed speculatively from a distance until
I started to hear enough good murmurings to warrant a visit. I remember a while back that the food at <span style="color: #262626;">The Dryburgh Abbey Hotel was rated,
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‘Pie’ was served with a plump scallop and proved to be just the cutest take on
surf and turf I’ve seen in a long time. I
didn’t get to try it - it was dispatched very quickly in lip-smacking fashion by
the father in-law. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">Three of us having roasted hake
fillet meant we were didn’t have to share; something we were all delighted about. The deceptively simple looking mild and
delicate piece of fish, cooked to moist flaky perfection was complemented
beautifully by the salty, buttery, seafood and vegetable broth-thing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">For once however I was enviously
eye-ing up the mother-in-law’s vegetarian main - a spelt risotto. I’m realising I’ve come a bit late to the
spelt party, but our cupboards are now stocked with organic spelt as recommended by
our waitress. Grains of aniseed-y spelt ‘popped’
satisfyingly in your mouth, lubricated by the yolk of the perfectly poached
egg. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">Desserts got us back to the
presentational flair of the starters. The dark chocolate pave with tonka bean
ice-cream (I’m loving tonka bean right now!) was a delight, and the kumquats were cleverly chosen bursts of flavour.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"> As mentioned in my <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/castle-terrace.html" target="_blank">CastleTerrace</a> post, Restaurant Mark Greenaway got pipped to the post in the Most
Innovative Restaurant of the Year category at the Scottish Restaurant Awards this
year. A crying shame, in my opinion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">BTW the wine list at Restaurant
Mark Greenaway warrants a very special mention - good-value, interesting and
some seriously tasty wines.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">Oh, and the in-laws are still raving about it. Top all this with endlessly smiley,
helpful and knowledgeable staff. One
word. GO.</span></div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-35291827729368855172012-04-06T10:58:00.000+01:002012-04-08T14:25:20.496+01:00Castle Terrace<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">What
an uncanny knack I’ve got on bad timing for reviews. Boring old stupid work gets in the way of
writing up blogs, and I’ve once again missed the boat on a timely review of a
fabulous meal, ingested mere days before <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.co.uk/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Castle Terrace</a> swiped Restaurant of
the Year and Most innovative Restaurant at the Scottish Restaurant Awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Though
to be fair, with credentials like being backed by Tom Kitchin and with Dominic
Jack as Head Chef, didn’t we all know that it would be getting laudits before
long? So, it was definitely high time we
got ourselves along there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The
décor in Castle Terrace is very similar to The Kitchin, but the space and
layout overall feels slightly awkward. The
same style of slick service applies.</span></div>
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crispy squid ink ravioli and mini margherita pizza were nothing special, but then,
a liquid filled green jelly blob on a crouton exploded in to a ‘Caesar salad’ when
popped in to our mouths. Mind boggling.</span></div>
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was followed by another intense taste sensation in the form of a carrot and
coriander amuse bouche which was topped with what only can be described as cumin
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of squid and crab were both delicate and interesting, as well as being beautifully
prepared and presented. The squid infact
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mains
of plaice and lamb were both delicious, but each had an element that we just
didn’t think quite worked. Plaice was
absolutely perfectly cooked, but the onion puree was quite overwhelming,
frankly not that nice either in taste or to look at, and was on the plate in excess quantity. Lamb was deeply flavourful and succulently pink, but I wasn’t taken
with the homely chickpea concoction. However
I’d happily gorge myself on a plateful of those braised shoulder crispy balls.</span></div>
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wasn't sure what to expect from my pear and yoghurt cake dessert and so </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">awaited it </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">with slight trepidation. But it was
like the best kind of light and refreshing cheesecake ever, and was perfectly
complemented by the zingy lemon ice-cream.</span></div>
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soon as we saw they adopted the same trolley approach to cheese as the Kitchin,
it just had to be done (although it’s still done best at one of our favourite
restaurants, No.1). While the all blue
cheese choice prompted a slight raised eyebrow from our waitress, it did mean
we were introduced for the first time to the fabulous Biggar Blue. Homemade oatcakes and walnut bread were good,
but we thought the offering of one tiny square of quince, one stick of celery
and two grapes was rather mean.</span></div>
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we started off with a glass of lip-smacking Bille Brut and then matched our
lunch with the wine package, which turned out to be an excellent decision. Not only was it great value but also a
fantastic way to try some different wines.
In particular the ‘Antic’ Rivesaltes Ambre fortified wine served with
the cheese was a revelation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Comparisons
with The Kitchin are just unavoidable from the moment you walk in the door, but
we just can’t rate it quite as highly due to some main course niggles. Overall however a hugely enjoyable meal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">p.s.
Co-incidentally we visited Restaurant Mark Greenaway the very next day - review
to come - and let’s just say we were surprised that Castle Terrace pipped him
to the post in Most Innovative Restaurant of the Year category.</span></div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-64682602096955427012012-02-18T10:43:00.003+00:002012-02-18T10:43:56.040+00:00Valentine's Day<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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A quick post about our Valentine's meal - in part
prompted by some really interesting articles about food's relationship to this day of declarations
of love - and partly for the more simple and shallow reason that I took some photos of the food! </div>
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We certainly subscribe to<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/feb/14/valentines-day-food-and-drink" target="_blank"> James Ramsden's</a>
belief that sharing and enjoying food together is at the heart of a good relationship,
but equally have long abandoned restaurants on this most over-hyped of days, for reasons described
beautifully in this <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/feb/13/valentines-day-dinner-restaurants" target="_blank">Oliver Thring article</a>. </div>
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So, having endured countless poor quality and over-priced meals
on such a popular restaurant day, the only answer for us now and for a good number of years has been to cook together at
home - with a good bottle or three of champers - our most enjoyable Valentine's meals have come from our kitchen at home.</div>
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So to the menu - I never used to like prawn cocktail until
the hubbie made me a truly home-made and delicious marie-rose sauce. I’ve never looked back - the retro-ness just
makes me love it more. So for these reasons this was the perfect starter.</div>
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And then it had to be steak. Our steaks were excellent quality grass fed 28 day aged Scottish
rib-eyes. I regret now though deviating
from my own tried and trusted cooking method to try Heston’s suggestion of flipping the steak
every 20 seconds. The heat in the pan
dropped and I didn’t get the desired level of Maillard browning. Still damn tasty but would have liked more of a seared crust.</div>
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blogs about steak in a row and, with the week ahead I’ve got, there will be
more. Granted it’s taken me a while to
get round to writing up my review on Kyloe, but it’s not just because I’m
spectacularly lazy (which I am) or that work has rather rudely been taking up
too much of my spare time (which it has).
It’s because I’ve been seriously mulling over why I didn’t like it very
much while it’s getting quite good reviews elsewhere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was not the steak abomination of
<a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/2012/02/gusto.html" target="_blank">Gusto</a> - the steak at Kyloe was good. But was it
the best steak in Edinburgh? And was it a gourmet steak - whatever the
hell that really means? And there’s the
kicker - no.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Let’s
go back to the beginning. Kyloe opened
screaming it’s own praise, and to be fair it had me interested. Steak is my kind of food, but it is hard to
eat steak out and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">1. be confident of it’s origins and credentials, and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">To see bavette,
onglet and feather steak on the menu (albeit all in one dish) started to get me
a little bit excited. Maybe this was a
place that knew it’s steak after all? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The slightly kitch cow decor in Kyloe has been well covered elsewhere. It didn't get me much excited, and anyway I was there for the steak. The view did though remind me how utterly miserable Princes Street is at the moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Despite
their name Kyloe don’t serve Highland beef,
but their website does let us know that Hardiesmill are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">one</i> of Kyloe’s main beef suppliers.
This is a good sign. Hardiesmill
supply pedigree grass-fed Aberdeen Angus and are highly rated, including by
Mark Schatzker in his excellent book ‘Steak’. Unfortunately
they are not Kyloe’s only supplier, and so I don’t know that the steak I had
that night was one of theirs. I would have
asked the waitress - as is suggested on the menu - but the fact that she
couldn’t tell a rib-eye from a rump didn’t fill me with confidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Once
I had the right steak in front of me, my rib-eye was good, with nice depth of beefy
flavour, though it was cooked medium rather than medium-rare. The 45 day aged rump was more disappointing
on flavour, surprisingly tasting a bit watery, and again was overcooked medium-rare instead
of rare.</span></div>
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dishes will really rack up the cost of your meal - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">we easily added £20 on to our bill for necessary
sides. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Beef dripping chips come
in at a hefty £4 and were fine but a bit underdone in the middle. Other sides of creamed spinach and flat
mushrooms were good but relatively small portions. The onion rings though are a must and some of the best I've had. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So,
all in all, rather average. I do wonder
though how you qualify for the title of ‘steak restaurant’ let alone 'best steak restaurant'? Steak comprises maybe half of the Kyloe menu
at a push, and I’ve had better steaks in Edinburgh at restaurants that do and don’t
choose to have steak in their title. I
think I would have been less annoyed with Kyloe if they hadn’t raised
expectations with their own meaningless hype, which they definitely don’t live
up to. With another exciting steak restaruant opening this week, it may be time for them to
reconsider.</span></div></div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-91733055818072116372012-02-03T18:22:00.003+00:002012-02-03T18:31:37.553+00:00Gusto<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
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I feel kinda bad writing a
review on somewhere I really didn’t have high hopes for, and pretty much expected
to be average. I’d love to say I was proven completely wrong
and it was fabulous, but it lived right up to expectations.</div>
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The Edinburgh branch of <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Gusto</a>, which is a small-ish
chain of Italian restaurants, sits very much at home on George Street among the many other soulless
restaurant and bar chains.</div>
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The interior is nice
enough; they’ve succeeded in making quite a cavernous space feel relatively
cosy and there’s a nice buzzy atmosphere.
The menu has standard offerings
of pastas and pizzas, with some seafood and meat mains that indicate they’re
trying to elevate themselves above your bog standard pizzeria.</div>
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Starters were calamari and
beef carpaccio. The
calamari was lovely and crisp and thankfully not of rubber-band texture, but bizarrely
lacked any flavour whatsoever. Dipping
in the accompanying lemon mayonnaise only made it taste of bad commercial mayonnaise. Beef carpaccio was much better, though the
meat was drowned out rather than complemented by the ubiquitous rocket, grana pandano and truffle oil. </div>
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me now wish I had played it safe and had pizza for main course, as this
indicated it might have been pretty good. But I didn’t, I had a steak. Now, I’ll
lay my cards on the table and say that I’m a hard girl to please when it comes
to steak. The meat, the cooking, and the
seasoning all have to be impeccable so, having such low expectations of Gusto, I
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I’m fairly certain the 28
day aged 10oz rib-eye was a decent piece of meat before it was cooked. But then something bad happened to it. I can’t be sure of all the gory details but it
probably involved chargrilling over gas and maybe burnt/old oil on the grill. Whatever, it resulted in a steak that was
medium-rare as requested, but which had an unbelievably bitterly flavoured
exterior that lingered well after the meat was swallowed. Chips weren't great. Asparagus out of season - pointless.</div>
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bass fared much better, kept succulent by its salt crust coat, though accompanying
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OK, so Gusto wasn’t awful
(putting the steak aside) but it was decidedly average. Of course the George Street crowd will ensure
Gusto is packed to the rafters every Friday & Saturday night, but I won’t
be back to join them.</div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-29634796631858110022012-01-30T08:23:00.002+00:002012-01-30T08:33:15.365+00:00Iceland - Part 3<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Nearing
the end of our holiday and feeling the onslaught of something akin to gout, we
steered towards the more simple and straightforward end of our list of
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">IcelandicFish & Chips</a> is a buzzing bistro that claims to serve the classic dish in a
healthier way, and has organic credentials. Daily fish specials are fried in the owner’s
own spelt and barley batter, and chips are substituted for potatoes roasted in
either garlic or rosemary, or plain with Maldon sea salt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ling
and Blue Ling were chosen to be coated in the aforementioned special batter. Substantial chunks of fish with lovely firm white flakes, as you’d expect
from members of the Cod family, had been steamed perfectly while enveloped in
their coat of golden batter. The Blue
Ling, we thought, provided more depth of flavour than the common variety. Onion rings deep fried in the same spelt and
barley batter were spectacular - shards of crisp batter giving way to the
meltingly sweet onion inside. Being an
avid chip lover, the potatoes didn’t really do it for me and were overly
greasy, making me wonder whether proper chips might actually have been a
healthier option. Homemade
accompaniments on offer include ketchup and Skyr mayonnaises.</span></div>
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Icelandic Fish & Chips clearly has a winning formula, as well as being
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And
finally to the most quirky dining experience of our trip - <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Saegreifinn</a>. Run by the Sea Baron, a retired fisherman who
came up with the recipe for what has been called the “world’s greatest lobster
soup” by Egon Ronay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The
lobster soup is the main dish on the menu, but there’s also a wide range of
seafood served kebab style including Mink Whale, Angler, Catfish, Cod, Skate,
Lobster, Halibut, Salmon, Lemon Sole, Plaice, Blue Ling, River Trout, and the
Sea Baron’s famous smoked Eel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It
is the lobster soup however that takes pride of place. Served in a mug, the
rich and deeply flavoured broth carries nuggets of sweet lobster (actually
langoustine, which are sometimes called Icelandic lobsters). We also purchased a ridiculously generous pile
of sweet scallops for pennies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">While
not the most comfortable of dining experiences, perched on sea buoys and
surrounded by fishing memorabilia - and a stuffed seal - I’ve never tasted
anything quite like that soup, and would happily have guzzled a further mug or
three. There were plans for this tiny
place in the old harbour to be demolished to make way for luxury
apartments. Who would have thought the
economic downturn would have benefits? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">New
Year’s Eve, and what better way to spend it than with a 38ºC bath, good drink,
good food, and throwing health and safety to the wind as Reykjavik’s residents
ignite enough gunpowder to obliterate a small town, at the Hallgrímskirkja
church fireworks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">First
thing, a trip to the Blue Lagoon as detox in anticipation of the forthcoming night
of debauchery. A truly bizarre place - superheated
water from the ground near a lava flow is used to run turbines that generate
electricity at the nearby geothermal power plant and provide heat for hot water
systems. The water is then fed in to the
lagoon.</span></div>
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you’ve put the fact that you’re bathing in power plant water out of your mind,
it’s a fantastic experience. The warm
waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulphur and everyone looks equally
ridiculous as they float around with silica mud smeared all over their
face. I came out as soft as a baby’s
bum. Definitely a must do experience
while in Iceland. Oh, and there’s a bar, so you can sip Viking
lager while you relax. Perfect.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Back
to the hotel, and we’d planned ahead and booked in to <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">VOX</a>, the restaurant at
the hotel we were staying in - the Hilton Nordica. Not only damn handy, but also one of Reykjavik’s hottest
restaurants at the moment. The set menu
made life easy, especially as we had slipped on our Stolichnaya overcoats in
preparation for the chilly evening ahead.</span></div>
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first two courses of Langoustine followed by Arctic Char were delightful. Light and interesting with clever contrasting
flavours and textures.</span></div>
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<tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arctic char from Haukamyri - lightly smoked and fresh char with char roe, cucumber and creme fraiche</td></tr>
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it got more challenging. Lamb tartar is
something I’ve certainly never had before and, not being a big fan of tartar
generally, I found this hard to get my head around. Having said that, the Icelandic berries
worked perfectly with the rich lamb flesh - I actually found myself kind of
enjoying it.</span></div>
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Reindeer - not something I’m squeamish about as it’s such a close relative to
venison which we’re so lucky to have in abundance in Scotland. While I like it rare, this was slightly under
for my tastes, but the dish came together in earthy deliciousness with the
cabbage, kale, mushroom and smoked marrow accompaniments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">‘Icelandic
nature’ for dessert unfortunately failed to push my buttons. Maybe we just didn’t like moss? ventured our waiter. Maybe, maybe...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For
all it’s promise, I wouldn’t rate VOX as the best meal we had in Iceland (<a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/2012/01/iceland-part-1.html" target="_blank">see Sjavargrillidin Part 1</a>) and enjoyed the meals we had there in the Bistro (see below) more
than this one in the Restaurant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Waking
up the next morning after a night of revelry and fireworks, I was feeling
delicate to say the least. It was all we
could manage to have a refreshing walk in the snow and then back to the VOX
Bistro for some sustenance and to force down the first beer of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It’s
always good to choose a hotel with a good in-house restaurant I think, for days
like these where you don’t have to feel guilty when it would be just too much
to drag yourself any further than the hotel lobby. This would be the second time we ate in the
VOX Bistro - the first being on the night we arrived and just needed to eat
immediately. Both times were great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A
simple burger and fries the first night was an exercise in near burger
perfection - a rare steak patty topped with good cheese was served in what was
unfortunately a bog standard burger bun - nonetheless along with crispy skin on
fries, overall very very good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then
there was the ultimate New Year’s Day hangover food - “Roast Beef”. Grilled sourdough bread was topped with a
mountain of rare roast beef, fried mushrooms, lightly pickled cucumber, sautéed
onions and horseradish shavings on top.
Oh dear, I can’t think about it without drooling. I’m going to have to stop now. Part 3 still to come - with some cheap eats
and the lobster soup Egon Ronay rated as the best ever.</span></div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-55703728260052965782012-01-08T11:19:00.001+00:002012-01-08T11:25:06.758+00:00Iceland - Part 1<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">There
are at least 4 good reasons to visit Reykjavik now: </span></div>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The devaluation
of the Icelandic Krona means it is eminently more affordable for us Brits
than previously;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The scenery is just breathtaking; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The restaurants;
and</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The restaurants
(yes, they’re that good).</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">While
a few years ago many lamented that Reykjavik
would never be a culinary destination, they have been more than proven
wrong. It’s not only a great place to
get a</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;">
taste </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">of those Nordic</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"> flavours</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> everyone is (understandably) predicting will be so
big for 2012, Reykjavik has had a bit of a foodie revolution. With amazing local produce and creative
chefs, my wish list of places to eat was positively overflowing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So,
couple all this with visiting over New Year and a nation who party hard and
have a penchant for lots of very big fireworks, I had a feeling that we were in
for a treat - and I wasn’t wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I’ll
be upfront here and say that I’m not in to trying funky, endangered or previously cute
food for the sake of it - fair enough if it looks and tastes delicious, but I heard
neither of these things about whale or puffin (common for eating in Iceland),
so you won’t be reading a review about either of those meats here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We
started our 5 night stay with a bit of a blow-out day with 2 really good restaurants,
which I’ll cover here. Part 2 will be
New Year, and part 3 will report on the latter half of our stay, where we
tried some of the more down to earth, good value places (including the place
Egon Ronay rated as the best Lobster Soup ever). Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">First
up, lunch at the <a href="http://www.fishcompany.is/English/About_FishCompany">Fish
Company</a> - A gorgeously</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"> cosy</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> but
deceptively large restaurant, this place comes with deserved rave reviews. Wonderful Nordic touches such as the knitted
curtain tie-backs gave the place a homely feel that belies the classiness of
the cooking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Starting,
as most of the meals we had did, with good bread and Skyr butter (see final
para below). I wasn’t too sure about the
Christmas butter with cloves and star anise, though Hubbie loved it, but I
scoffed up the plain variety with the apple jam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> I
know I’ve raved about Nobu many times before, but the freshness and quality of our
shared 14 piece platter of mixed nigiri and maki here was second to none. Spankingly fresh tuna, salmon and plaice, as
well as some sweet langoustine made these sushi just divine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then
on to mains. Hubbie had baked salted cod
which was a quivering mass of opaque cod loveliness - purely melt in the
mouth. I had the fish of the day, which
was salmon and came cooked perfectly - still pink in the middle and accompanied
by some to-die-for potatoes - not only a pomme puree but dauphinoise too. </span></div>
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<tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baked salted cod with malt spruce foam & cauliflower-pine nut cous cous, goat cheese, herb crusted potato & raspberry jam</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">We
paid the very reasonable bill that came in a dinky little purse, and rolled out
of there in to the snow very very happy.
Lovely service to boot too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dinner
was <a href="http://www.sjavargrillid.is/en/Welcome">Sjavargrillid</a>, and I’m
going to have to</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"> apologise</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in advance for
gushing, but this really was exceptionally good. Those of us used to over-preened, over-stuffed or just sheer clinical dining rooms at home, might not have thought that the kitchen of this </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">modest but homely dining room </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">would produce the creative and skilled cooking that was to come. Menu options include a wide selection of set
and a la carte options, but it was the Grills menus that caught our eye. Making choosing easy by perfectly matching
starter, main and dessert, Hubbie went for the ‘Lobster Feast’ while I had the
‘Fish Feast’. And feast this was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">An
amuse bouche of ‘Taste of Icleand’ was a pot of delicious little morsels of various
pickled vegetables and something akin to gingerbread crumbs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The
optional ‘surprise’ course was well worth it, proving to be an exceptional example
of home smoked salmon. Thick cut dice of
the delicately smoked fish sat nestled amongst lightly pickled cucumber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Starters
were Sea Perch and Langoustine for him, and the famed Shellfish Soup for
me. The soup came with a skewered nugget
of sweet langoustine that I left until I had slurped the last deeply </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;">flavourful</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> spoonful of soup.
His disappeared pretty quick, but I managed to grab a piece of
langoustine and can confirm it was as good as mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hallgrím´s shellfish soup</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. Fennel, lobster, mussel, seaweed</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Golden sea perch & grilled langoustine</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. Jerusalem artichoke, leek, pearl onion, tarragon</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My
catch of the day main course was salmon and plaice; Hubbie had the veritable
feast of lobster and plaice. All
perfectly cooked and served with interesting accompaniments - in particular the
barley gave a different texture and nutty dimension to the dishes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grilled Lobster & Plaice</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. Carrot, spring onion, barley, salsify</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grilled fish combo</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. Freshest catch of the day from jón the fisherman</span></h3>
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this time I was full to bursting but the pre-dessert, which I can’t fully
remember all of the components of, included tangy tangerine and marshmallows. Perfect for reviving me enough to soldier on
for dessert.</span></div>
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it would have been a shame to pass on these desserts. Playful and pretty as pictures. My flamed crème brulee was like no other
brulee I’ve ever had. It looked like a
savoury dish on the plate and indeed included an unusual savoury element - sorrel
and sorrel sorbet. But it all worked so
well. A great balance of creaminess and
zing. His was chocolate cake and pear,
with praline and salted nut. Don’t think
I need to say too much more about that. It was as
good as it looks and sounds, including the surprise popping candy ingredient.</span></div>
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the end of our holiday, we both agreed that, if pushed we would say that Sjavargrillid
was our</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"> favourite</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> meal of the trip. We’ll hopefully be back in Iceland and
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and as a bit of an aside, the butter in Iceland was some of the most
unusual and delicious I’ve ever tasted. ‘Skyr’
is an Icelandic cultured dairy product, similar to strained yogurt but like a very
soft cheese. It makes moreish and
slightly sour butter that I’m just desperate to recreate at home. </span></div>
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Well, we did it. Survived the in-laws staying for Christmas
and the mammoth logistical <span lang="EN-GB">task
of transporting the entire - mostly cooked - dinner to someone else’s house (don’t
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<span lang="EN-GB">On reflection our menu over the two days reads like a who's who of celebrity chefs but hey I'm not proud, it worked! The starter was difficult to choose once I
adamantly declared I wasn't doing more than one so we would all
have to eat the same thing. Jamie Oliver's <a href="http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetarian-recipes/summer-pea-watercress-soup" target="_blank">pea and watercress soup</a>
recipe fitted the bill - okay so it says it's for summer, but who wants to eat a wintery stodgy old starter at Christmas!? Topped with pea shoots and a parmesan crisp this kept everyone
round the table more than happy - fresh, light and packed full of peppery watercress goodness.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Starters over with there
really was only one option for Christmas dinner - vegetarians aside - Nigella Lawson’s
<a href="http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/596587" target="_blank">spiced and super-juicy roast turkey</a>. This
recipe has been a friend of ours for many years and has never let us down. Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without
having that plump turkey swimming happily for a day or two in a bucket of brine
and spices. And it was a triumph. Ridiculously easy to cook yet succulent and
delicious. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then it was
on to Boxing Day. Shaking off the fug of
excess food and alcohol from the previous day, we cracked open the
bubbly and excitedly turned to the recipe for Boxing Day. We had searched high and low for the perfect
Salmon en Croute recipe, before stumbling upon this one from <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/526631/salmon-en-croute" target="_blank">Gordon Ramsay</a>, which leans slightly towards a koulibiac. With a few minor amendments to accommodate a
whole side of salmon rather than individual portions, this turned out
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was a work trip, I was on my own, and knew none
of the people I was going to meet. The only thing I could console myself
with was that there should be juuuuust enough downtime to do the Brussels tourist thang -
Christmas market, chocolate shops, mussels, Grand Place (have I missed anything?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">First some drooling through the windows of, and
being tempted to part with a ridiculous amount of money in, various amazing infamous
chocolate shops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Finally it was time for food, or specifically,
mussels. Admittedly <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Restaurant Vincent</a> is absolutely in the touristy trap restaurant
zone around the Grand Place,
but there’s something that feels more individual about the place. Entering through the kitchen and past the
display of meat hanging in the window, there’s a buzz that hits you immediately. I was squeezed in to the busy dining room beside
another lone diner but had a perfect view of the restaurant and the
fabulous 1920s tiled murals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The service in
Restaurant Vincent is the perfect reminder you’re dining in the Continent -
brusque, aloof, disdainful - thankfully
the happy animated chatter of fellow diners is the perfect antidote. Also, no need to take a book if you’re on
your own; what the waiters lack in personality they more than make up for in
performance. A service station in the
middle of the room means you can watch as they prepare the sauce for your steak
or flambé your crepes.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I couldn’t, however, see past ordering the mussels.
Served a la marinière with lip-smackingly
crisp frites (my obsession with chips will no doubt feature in a blog post
another day). These were plump and
tender </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;">molluscs</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">in a slurp-worthy wine, butter & garlic sauce -
thankfully a pile of French bread helped to mop up the juices and save my fellow
diners from my slurping. Stuffed to the
gills I unfortunately couldn’t manage dessert and only managed to waddle
happily back to my hotel room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A tad expensive - yes - but then I thought pretty much
everything was in Brussels
(not least with the abysmal exchange rate).
I’m sure there are less touristy and better value places further off the
beaten track, but with limited time available this made for a great Brussels dining
experience overall.</span></div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-16071022988251277552011-12-14T07:01:00.003+00:002011-12-14T07:01:46.131+00:00A seriously good chocolate cake<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i>This really is a good cake. Easy too. It's rich and dense, and a
little goes a long way - but in my opinion that's what chocolate cake
should be all about. The covering and decoration is optional - </i></span></b><b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i>a chocolate buttercream would be
a good alternative in place of the ganache - </i></span></b><b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i>but the
least I would do is slice and fill it.</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><i><b> </b></i></span>
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</span><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Ingredients</span></b><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
</span><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">For the cake:</span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">250g
butter
</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
300g
light
brown sugar
</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
200g
plain flour</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 tsp baking powder</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
5 eggs</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
300g
dark chocolate</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">For the ganache:</span></b></span><br />
<div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
125ml double cream</div>
<div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
250g unsalted butter, diced</div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">500g plan chocolate (50 - 70% cocoa solids)</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #666666;">Method for the cake</span></b></span></div>
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1. Heat your oven to 160C/fan 140C.</div>
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2. Line the sides and base of a 20cm round cake
tin with baking parchment. </div>
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3. Using an electric whisk or mixer, beat together butter and
sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy. </div>
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3. Beat in the eggs one at a time, add 1 tbsp of the
flour after each egg. </div>
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4. Melt the 300g chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, leave to cool slightly.</div>
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5. Pour the chocolate into the cake mixture, beating as you do so. </div>
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6. Fold in
the rest of the flour with a large spoon. </div>
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7. Pour in to your prepared tin and bake for 1 hour 30
minutes.</div>
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8. Leave in the tin to cool completely and then
take out of the tin. </div>
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9. Split the cake horizontally. </div>
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10.Fill and cover with either chocolate buttercream or the ganache, below. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #666666;">Method for the ganache</span></b></span></div>
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1. Heat the double cream in a saucepan until it just comes to the boil, then remove from the heat.</div>
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2. Melt the butter and the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.</div>
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3. Pour the cream over the chocolate and butter, and stir to combine.</div>
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4. Now beat the ganache well with a wooden spoon until it is rich and glossy.</div>
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5. Use this ganache straight away for pouring over the cake - I'd advise you to 'crumb coat' the cake first with some chocolate buttercream.</div>
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6. Leave the ganache to cool to room temperature for filling and piping.<br />
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It's always the way. The closer a restaurant is, the less inclined you are to go. It's probably because you think you could go anytime you want, and so instead favour slightly more difficult to get to places. <i>Or </i>because you think there's no way a local place can be as good as somewhere that takes more effort.<br />
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Anyway, probably both and more of those reasons are why we have only just now made it along to <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">Bluerapa</a>, which is literally spitting distance from where we live. I mean seriously, we can actually see the place from the windows of our flat.<br />
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Before you get all judgmental on me, it's totally not because the place has variously hosted a greasy kebab shop and maybe even a brothel (no wait, that was a few doors along). I absolutely wish more places in Edinburgh were like Bluerapa - small, authentic, byob. So all I can say is that I'm glad I didn't pander to my drinking buddy's 'eating's cheating' approach on a night out. I instead managed to drag him to a restaurant, but only as it was extremely close to the local hostelry. I'm just rather glad that happened to be Bluerapa.<br />
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I should also at this point
declare a slight bias against Thai food in Edinburgh (well, to be fair,
anywhere outside of Thailand). We spent a delicious week training under the fantastic Chef Sompon in Chiang
Mai and quite frankly have never looked back. This coupled with the
superb Thai supermarket in Dalry means we are generally blissfully unaware of the
Thai restaurant scene in Edinburgh.<br />
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I do though like to see local places doing well, and many an evening
I've lamented that Bluerapa's few tables were sparse with customers. I
would gloomily have predicted that we would see yet another local
business shut up shop. Happily though, we got the only table available late on a Friday night, and there was a really nice buzz about the place.<br />
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So once settled in with our carry-out of beers, to the menu. Aaah salads. The one dish that doesn't appear to make its way on to Edinburgh Thai restaurant menus as often as it should. The salad for me is the quintessential Thai dish. The ultimate salad dressing of nam pla, sugar and lime perfectly lubricating meat, vegetables & (lots of) chillies. It was the salads at Blurapa that indicated to me we were on to something. These salads were great. <i>OK </i>so they didn't have the 20 scud or 'rat shit' chillies per portion that would be usual, but still seriously delicious, refreshing and different - and still a good chilli hit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Namtok Grilled Beef - tossed with powdered rice, spring onion, shallots, coriander, dried chillies, mint and a hint of lime juices.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum Thai style chicken - tossed with cucumber, tomatoes, shallots, mints, apples, coriander, spring onion and hot & sour dressing.</td></tr>
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On the table, condiments of sugar, nam pla, dried chilli flakes and seasoned vinegar gave the option to balance the sweet, sour, salty ratio to taste, but I think they should have the confidence to assert the skill of the chef. In reality I'm not sure many people would take the opportunity to tweak their dishes. For me, extra dried chilli is always welcome, but we discovered that a quiet word with the staff should assure more authentic levels of spice anyway.<br />
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On to main courses. Whether it's because I think I make a mean pad Thai and always feel the need to compare, or because I was in yet another comfort noodly mood, it had to be done. Just delicious. Thick rice noodles, silky, salty, spicy, sour, and with the obligatory accompaniments - crushed peanuts, lime & dried chilli - exactly as it should be.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pad Thai stir fried with egg, beansprouts, spring onion and homemade sweet Pad Thai sauce.</td></tr>
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The spicy seafood dish was executed really well. All the seafood - mussels, squid & prawns - succulent and delicious. While not as spicy as advertised, again a quiet word to the staff would guarantee more authenticity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spicy Seafood - mussels, squid and king prawns with red curry paste, peppers, bamboo shoots and basil.</td></tr>
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Overall, what an absolute gem. Lovely staff and service, and fantastic quality food. Some may be put off by Bluerapa's size and basic decor, but quite frankly the food here doesn't need to be supplemented by decadent surroundings; it definitely speaks for itself. Even my friend admitted it was worth breaking away from the pub to visit.</div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-29595381344772757872011-11-23T20:16:00.000+00:002011-11-24T19:50:31.649+00:00Tiramisu cupcakes<div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2 young children, 2 babies, 6 adults. All on 'that' side of the family. All coming to our house on a Sunday afternoon. Screams, tears and tantrums were predicted (and not just from the children). There was nothing for it but to prepare ahead and try a recipe out of my newly gifted (luv ya Cat!) Hummingbird Bakery 'Cake Days' Cookbook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've also been unfortunate enough to miss the <a href="http://edinburghcakeladies.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">@edincakeladies</a> Back to Basics night, so I feel the need to console myself by writing up this post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are <i>lots</i> of very interesting and drool-worthy recipes in the book. But it just had to be the Tiramisu recipe. Reasons: I have had very many <i>bad</i> Tiramisus in my time; But my homemade Tiramisu is the dogs; Many members of 'that' side of the family <i>love</i> coffee flavoured things; Most members of 'that' side of the family <i>love</i> cake. It had to be win win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I realise that a number of people have had issues with hummingbird recipes, hence their release of <a href="http://hummingbirdbakery.com/includes/pdf/Baking_Tips.pdf" target="_blank">baking tips</a>. However, this recipe turned out well - call it luck, call it skill (I will of course call it skill!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Sponge - Very easy to make. Slightly alarmingly runny before baking, but I went with it. Turns out a lovely light, moist, sponge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Filling: GOD, how I LOVE cupcakes with a hollowed out centre & a filling. Soooo much more interesting. This one really rocks - a reduced coffee & Kahlua syrup soaked in to the sponge (there are other coffee based liqueurs available) - don't worry, the booze is boiled off. With some of the mascarpone mix (see below) squished in before the hollowed out top goes back on. The cake is now truly starting to look like the food of gods. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Topping: Mascarpone, Cream, more Kahlua - what is there <i>not</i> to love?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Verdict: Children - hard to tell but by the double handed shoving in-of-cake-to-mouth - good. Adults - unanimous praise from the in-laws (result!).</span></div>
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</div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-78971067183079370932011-11-21T17:20:00.000+00:002011-12-07T21:44:28.094+00:00No 1 Sushi Bar<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Tollcross is an odd place (I'm allowed to say that as I
stayed there for 5 years). An eclectic mix of shops, restaurants and
businesses, the area has never really achieved the transformative
gentrification predicted for it a few years back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There's a lot going on however, and in particular the
Cameo Cinema and the Kings Theatre still very much generate a significant
amount of footfall for restaurants in the area. And it was the Cameo, and
the fantastic <a href="http://www.sounditoutdoc.com/" target="_blank">Sound It Out</a>, that meant we found ourselves heading across the road
to <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/restaurants.html" target="_blank">No.1 Sushi Bar</a> - the HUGE shiny lettering like a beacon through the absurdly windy
Thursday night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sushi bars are popping up all over the place in Edinburgh, but a few have
been long standing features, including No. 1.
The interior is basic, but I always find this reassuring, rather than
off-putting, when you’re just after some quick tasty and good value food, as we
were. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We were in a bit of a rush to get back to the Cameo so unfortunately didn’t get
to try any starters, which meant I could merely look longingly at the
pot-sticker style Japanese dumplings. We
couldn’t however pass up the opportunity for some edamame. God, how I LOVE these little pods of soyabean
goodness; I could eat about a million of them so just as well we were brought
an enormous steaming bowl-full.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tasty bowls of miso continued the soya theme, and then came our main
courses. Given the weather, I just
couldn’t see past something hot and noodle-based. I’m also still pining for another Friday
Brunch at Nobu in Dubai and have been a bit sniffy about Japanese food in this
country ever since. I’m pleased to say I am now over this
irrational aversion, as I ended up wishing I had plumped for something more
similar to my fellow diners’ options (though repeat trips to Nobu still very
welcome). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The deep fried chicken <span class="middledescriptor">yakiudon were good, but
you can’t really go wrong with thick gratifying udon, and crisp, succulent deep
fried chicken is truly of the comfort food gods.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deep-fried chicken breast yakiudon</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More adventurous was the Japanese bbq eel with unagi sauce. This was a taste sensation! Snow white sushi rice the perfect vehicle for
the intense little pieces of eel, basted in unagi sauce then barbequed and
served with more of the eel broth, soy sauce, rice wine and sugar reduction. Only downside was the surprisingly fishy
after-burps (too much information?).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bbq eel with unagi sauce</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Fresh tuna on rice was served ‘scattered sushi’ style. More of the steaming sushi rice, this time
vinegared, was topped with spankingly fresh tuna, pickled radish, crab eggs and
sesame.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Given the number and quality of other sushi places now
dotted around Edinburgh maybe it’s not worth a special trip, but No. 1 Sushi Bar
is definitely somewhere you should consider popping in to if you’re in the
area. By the way, a good choice of
Japanese beers, and nice service too.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-9882483622557479862011-11-16T19:18:00.000+00:002011-11-17T08:11:24.403+00:00Loving leftovers<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
No recipe required today, just a post in reverence of leftovers. We eat leftovers for probably two or sometimes three of our weekly meals at home, and we've certainly never had any qualms about just whipping them out the fridge, slapping them on a plate, and bunging them in the microwave - hey presto - dinner ready in approximately 5 mins. Tastier than anything you'll ever buy in a supermarket box. </div>
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Spend an eency bit more time however, and you can forget that slight groundhog day feeling - you'll have a scrummy taste sensation that will trick your tastebuds in to believing you're not eating yesterday's dinner.</div>
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Take this fine bubble & squeak specimen: </div>
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1. Mash up some leftovers - spuds, savoy (previously quick fried with some garlic, salt, & pepper).</div>
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2. Shape in to rounds. Dust with flour.</div>
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3. Shallow fry on both sides in vegetable (or another tasteless frying oil) on a low to medium heat until golden (10-15 mins).</div>
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4. Serve topped with a fried or poached egg.</div>
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5. Scoff.</div>
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<br /></div>Saltcakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035238317543640498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794898462993407061.post-89003956424580381512011-11-14T21:27:00.000+00:002011-11-16T19:56:53.321+00:00Laksa for the soul<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
After a truly hideous Monday (even more so than usual) there was nothing else I could think of at the end of the day than coming home for something filling, tasty, and blindingly spicy.<br />
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I <i>adore </i>Asia and its food. <a href="http://saltcake.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html" target="_blank">This laksa</a> reminds me of an amazing meal we had in the Sheraton in Kuala Lumpur. Feeling slightly sad that we were about to fly home, our spirits were lifted by the spicy, creamy, noodly deliciousness. What could be a more perfect antidote for a day like today.<br />
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