Tuesday 27th September 2016 will forever be a pivotal day for me. This was the date where after 4 years I submitted my PhD thesis; and where after NINE back to back years of University life, I finally left my student years behind me. It was a momentous occasion and one which required a suitably epic […]
Cocktails & Dreams at Glasgow Trading House
Ever since I witnessed Tom Cruise doing the Hippy Hippy Shake in Cocktail I’ve LONGED for the opportunity to get behind the bar and have a go at mixing my own cocktails. However, when I discovered that working in a bar in Glasgow wouldn’t exactly live up to my Coyote Ugly/Cocktail dreams, I simply made do with cocktail […]
Tear n Share Cinnamon Buns
I make no effort to hide that breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. I think it has something to do with the sheer variety on offer but mostly I like that breakfast satisfies my sweet tooth: banana bread, muffins, and waffles all blur the line between pudding and breakfast. While this is a relatively […]
Pork Katsu Curry
The type of food I order in restaurants or for takeaway is not the type of cooking I do everyday at home. I suspect most folks are that way inclined. Why go to the effort of slaving for hours over a monkfish curry (not to mention the expense) when Khushi’s up the road will do […]
Thaikhun: Review
Thaikhun, the sister company to Chaophraya, has not long opened its doors in Glasgow’s Silverburn Shopping Centre. In stark contrast to the chic Chaophraya, of which I’m a big fan, Thaikun offers a more laid-back dining experience but with an equally authentic menu. A great deal of effort has gone into making Thaikhun reminiscent of a […]
Edinburgh Foodies Festival 2016 Competition
For the uninitiated, Foodies Festival is a UK wide festival celebrating culinary delights. This year Edinburgh’s Foodies Festival is being held in Inverleith Park from 5-7th August 2016 and this Weegie just so happens to have three pairs of tickets to give away. To find out more and to enter the competition, keep reading. The Foodies Festival […]
Transeurope Cafe, Glasgow
Let’s talk about brunch. Relatively speaking, it’s a new phenomenon to have hit our shores. I certainly didn’t grow up in a time where brunch was an option, yes as a child there were times when I indulged in a bowl of Frosties at 11am, but we never called it a meal. Fast forward decade […]
Top Movie Kitchens
We’ve all got our dream kitchens. Thanks to Pinterest and some very aspirational Instagram accounts, dream kitchens are just that lil bit more prominent in our lives. But long before Pinterest and the much loved hashtag, there was cinema and with cinema came a plethora of inspired #KitchenGoals. Here’s my top movie kitchens. Gosford Park’s vast […]
Strawberry & vanilla pavlova
Its heeeeeerrrree! For at least two (three at a push) weeks, Summer has arrived. Summer is a fleeting season in Scotland, you gotta enjoy it as and when it arrives. Even the seasonal produce (asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries) is blink and you miss it. So if that means BBQ’ing at 3pm on a Tuesday in the middle of […]
Afternoon Tea Essentials
Mealtimes don’t get more quintessentially British than afternoon tea. Everyone loves it: from Grannies to our fellas (don’t lie boys) but its an event I fear we aren’t making the most of. Yes we have busier lives than those chilled out aristocratic Georgians, so stopping every day, mid-afternoon for a spot of tea and French Fancies is […]