Archive for the 'Cafe’s and Restaurants' Category

Tales of French Chocolate and Scottish Hills

Thursday, 10th of May 2007

On our last morning in Edinburgh we decided to skip the breakfast in the Hotel and instead go to a cafe. My wife suggested to visit the Plaisir du Chocolat, a french style tearoom near Canongate. Because I’m a huge fan of chocolate it wasn’t very difficult for her to persuade me. And it was [...]

(Not) Exploring Edinburgh on a single day

Tuesday, 8th of May 2007

My wife and I had a lot of plans for our first visit in Edinburgh. We wanted to visit the castle, walk down the Royal Mile, climb on Arthur’s Seat and do many more things. But there is an old saying that no battle plans survive first contact with the enemy. The enemy in this [...]

You can’t improve on Perfection

Saturday, 21st of April 2007

Yesterday my wife and I visited one of our favourite pubs, The Bridge in Waterbeach. I was looking forward to have my favourite dish on their menu: the Aberdeen Angus Burger with Stilton and mushroom topping. Besides tasting great this burger doesn’t leave you hungry. When we arrived in the pub we discovered that the [...]