Going to The Dogs? With the clock having passed 1.30pm and lunch having not yet been taken, I headed to The Dogs because it’s one of my favourite places in the city. But this was not a lunch without malice aforethought. I’d noticed a post on their Facebook page that set out action owner David …

Mamasan’s – SADLY NOW CLOSED A little advertorial (the restaurant paid for the food I ate, the drinks bill I paid) post for you, today, in the form of a shout out to Mamasan’s, a new pan-Asian eating and drinking spot, which has their launch party this evening, 30 November. I popped along to check …

Field, the Food Studio and Joe – Beer Matching Dinners Beer is delicious; food is delicious. But until recently literally no-one knew that beer and food was delicious together. I jest, of course, but the matching of top-notch beers with the finest local produce is still in its relative infancy in Edinburgh restaurants.Beer A couple …

Martin Miller’s Gin at the Last Word Saloon Lightbulb Corpse Reviver There’s little doubt that there has been an explosion of interest and production in the British gin industry over recent years, with the days of Gordon’s n tonic as the only option now firmly behind us. Of those who were at the forefront of …

New interiorPurslane has become a real favourite over the years, so it was great to be visiting once more just after they’d had a very smart refurbishment to freshen the place up. It had been a while since our original review, so a freshen up of that seemed like a good plan, too. I was …