Well-situated at the top of Victoria Street in Edinburgh is The Outsider. Offering nice food options at a fair price, and perhaps the world’s funniest wine list, it’s a real gem. Views of the castle attract tourists in the early evening and couples in the later hours. With lit, tapered candles that seem like a…
Month: September 2023
The Virgin Hotel- Edinburgh
The Virgin Hotel is new-ish or at least new to me thanks to its Covid timed opening. Perched at the top of Victoria Street in a stately building, quintessential to the Edinburgh landscape, it seemed like the perfect location for an apero and new hotel investigation. The lounge was a heady combo of tres chic…
Hotel Miramar- Malaga
For a truly special occasion, it was beach front or bust. I need something easily accessible from the airport with a few good restaurants nearby. Malaga’s grand Hotel Miramar it would have to be. And just look at the place; it’s spectacular. The lobby has a Moorish lean to it, which is something new to…
Ina’s Chocolate Cake
Last evening was a special occasion cake sort of evening and with a chocolate lover in the mix, it had to be that. I was after an Ina recipe and while this one wasn’t on her main website, another blog attributes it to her, and as all things good are usually Ina, let’s go with…
Courgette Tart
These’s something directly related to how bad a photograph is that directly corresponds to the deliciousness level of a recipe. This zucchini tart was absolutely gorgeous coming out of the oven, but I thought oh I won’t photograph it, I just threw it together to use up some courgettes purchased in Italy last week. HUGE…
KGB- Malaga
Everyone tells you to be sure to eat late in Spain so we went rogue one evening, with no dinner reservation, determined to just turn up somewhere around 21:00 – really not even so late, is it? The only place who seemed to have room for us was KGB and we were very glad they…
Bibo Dani Garci- Puente Romano
Wow. This name alone reminds me I’m working in a different universe! One Michelin star, many laughs, long looks over the Puente Romano courtyard below…Amazing that this place even exists. Tuna tartare, always here for it! Is there anything a spot of rioja and brisket sandwich won’t fix? Answer: hell, no… Was Bibo Dani Garcia,…
Gastrobar Sabores y Sensaciones
A forty-five minute stroll along the coast and boardwalk brings a Malaga-goer to Playa Pedregeljo. A lively fishing village along a rocky coastline hosted plenty of beach front restaurants and not a slice of shade in sight. So after a few hours of ocean swimming, it was time for lunch at Gastrobar Sabores y Sensaciones….
Caleta Playa- Malaga
Oh…the last day of vacation blues are always hard…but with views like these it seemed essential to have a final toes-in-the-sand sort of lunch to bid Malaga farewell. The many beachfront restaurants had various apparatus for grilling fish en plein air…Calete Playa opted for a small rowboat of hot coals. Lunch brought us (as always)…
Can Carlitos- Formentera
During our stay at Montesol Experimental, we were a stone’s throw from the ferries to Formentera, so one blissfully hot afternoon we enjoyed the open wind on the water and set sail. Ok, it was more like a massive barge with some seats on top, but the many yachts surrounding us, it felt rather glamorous….
Macarons and Mayhem 