Cappadocia I was sad when Cappadocia closed down on Forrest Road as it had served me well down the years and at times had been my go-to late night takeaway. Kebab roll I was intrigued to note the arrival of a similarly named place on one of the food delivery apps so made a note …

Pacific Fish Bar I haven’t quite mastered how to both comprehensively document a bus route for En route, en croute and time my hops on and off to actually stay well fed whilst I go.Exterior One recent consequence of this was that I ended up at the terminus of the 41 at King’s Buildings in …

The Gold Sea I misspent many nights of my youth in the Trinity and North Leith area. Consequently, I was all too familiar with the popular nearby chippy The Gold Sea, on Ferry Road.Exterior I suspect it’s had a refit or two since my teenage years, but I was amused to note the menu aimed …

Mermaid The greatest words to hear when you enter a chip shop in pursuit of fish are the following: “It’ll be five minutes for fish, pal.” Exterior This means that you’re going to get your fish cooked to order as fresh as it can be. The difference between that and fish from the fryer-top warmer …

Tony’s I’m a fairly frequent visitor to Craigmillar, what with Bookfellas launches and White House lunches, so another jaunt that way took me to Tony’s Takeaway on the main drag of Niddrie Mains Road.Exterior A pretty standard chipshop set up, it seemed popular with locals across a range of ages. I was there directly before …