One of my work colleagues, Daniel, asked me a perfectly straightforward question, the other day, and I was pretty much stumped for an answer. The question was: “where can I get a good Sunday roast in the east of Edinburgh?”
Now, part of the reason I didn’t know the answer was that I’ve spent the vast majority of my life living in Haymarket, so I don’t know that side of town as well as I might. Secondly, I was raised in a “mince and tatties” household where that was the Sunday treat, rather than succulent slices of roasted meat with “all the trimmings”.
What I’m trying to say is that I have identified a bit of a blind-spot (not the first, and certainly not the last) in my lunch appreciation. Don’t get me wrong – I love roast dinners. I just don’t particularly associate them with Sunday or lunchtime.
I consulted Lunch Quest’s small but growing band of Twitter followers for their advice. The best tip I received was from none other than Shirley Spear, the esteemed owner of the legendary Three Chimneys on Skye. Shirley recommended The Espy, down on Portobello Prom. On that basis, we’ll be popping down there for a review, soon, and that’s the first place I’ll be suggesting for Daniel to try.
There must be other places to try, though, and indeed other areas of the city that Lunch Quest should be considering. We’ve covered Leith, the New Town, and the Old Town pretty well, so far, but we’re keen to make sure we cover a breadth of venues.
So, dear readers, let’s have your suggestions of places for Sunday roasts, to help out Daniel, and places off our regularly beaten Edinburgh path that we should be considering.
Update – August 2013
Thankfully, we’ve found lots of good Sunday roasts, which you can check out at http://lunchquest.co.uk/category/sunday-roasts/. [BKR]
With thanks to our Twitter friend @edintigertony, Leith Lynx and Isobar are both now doing Sunday roasts apparently. We're off to Leith Lynx in a few weeks, so we'll report back on what we find!
Confirmation from our friends @LeithLynx that they do roasts on both Saturday and Sunday, and usually have a range of 2 or 3 different meats to choose from. They're at 102 Constitution Street in Leith