Edinburgh: Briefly
Just back from the weekend away in Edinburgh. As we’d been there before the usual ‘trip to castle’ etc was foregone for sitting in the pubs and going to museums and galleries. Also it was pissing rain and we needed to stay indoors to keep dry.
Highlights of the trip include:
- Meal in the Witchery where we ate Venison with chocolate sauce, Duck served delightfully pink and a Chocolate torte with Lavender icecream. Also a big shout out to the group from Leeds who arrived in halfway through our mains, shouted the place down when they found out there was no pizza on the menu and asked for their Steak Tartare to be served ‘without quail’s eggs, no spices, tomato ketchup on the side… and can you please butterfly the steak and cremate it.’
- Pubs visited included the Jolly Judge, The White Hart, The Last Drop, Edwards, The Berlin BierHaus, The Rose and Crown, The Ship on the Shore, The Kings Whark, The Shore and the Kenilworth.
- Best chocolate award goes to ‘Plaisir du Chocolat’ on the Royal Mile where I had a cup of 100% chocolate served with a dash of chili powder. Very bitter, but very good.
- Attractions included the Museum of Childhood and the HMS Brittania.* Also spent an afternoon in the National Gallery and trawled through the Saturday morning Farmers Market below the Castle.
*Photos of these and further tales to follow at a later date.
sounds like you packed lots in. always liked Edinburgh, i used to work in Bathgate (The Slough of Scotland). Trips to Edinburgh made it all worthwhile.
Comment by ronan — May 23, 2006 @ 6:41 pm