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]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33744 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33421 Have been here many times before and as usual it did not disappoint. Good food, friendly service and great value. There is a wide choice on the menu (and on specials board).
My wife had lentil soup as well as mackerel pate with oatcakes while I had the homemade burger. Portion sizes were big and together with two drinks only set us back £22.
This place never seems to be in various restaurant listing publications but it is well known to people from the Leith area as a place to be treasured.
Kitchen open 10 am - 10pm.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33421 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33419 Demuths has its own cookery school and I treated myself to their Edible Gifts Workshop. This was the perfect combination of making it yourself and eating as you make!. We made dark chocolate, rum-truffles; white chocolate and pistachio snowflakes; then chocolate coated peppermint creams & caramelized hazelnuts. We learned to create perfect cantuccini and mince pies; a delicious chilli and persimmon jam plus an infused cranberry gin that looked lovely and tasted divine. What I don’t eat when I make it at home will be amazing homemade presents.
To sate my Christmas fetish, I also joined Demuths Christmas Cookery Course to get more imaginative with that standard and somewhat unexciting dinner. Brace yourselves parents and in-laws. We created a centre piece Moroccan style bastilla, to go with saffron roasted parsnips and griddled squash and fennel, followed by an over the top Dark Chocolate and Chestnut Roule. And we will start with that cranberry gin I have just decided not to give away this year.
It is in a listed Georgian building with gloriously distracting views of the Abbey from back windows.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33419 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33390 On Saturday nights the bar is packed as they have live music. Even when it is quieter it is nice to sit down with a nice pint.
Family friendly.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33390 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33317 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33317 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33200 We have dined here twice and have never failed to be impressed by the quality of the locally sourced menu, the excellent service, the wine list and the restaurant's intimacy.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33200 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33184 Tucked under the Victorian Arches, on Brighton beach, the ‘Fortune of War’ bar is the place to go.
Hip at any time – but give it a whirl on the longest night of the year, the winter solstice, and you will not regret it.
Buy a good hot mulled wine or two to get into the festive spirit and then walk down to Madeira Drive to watch Brighton’s annual ‘Burning the Clocks’. Amazing and unique, paper and willow lanterns, in all shapes and sizes, are carried in a parade through the city, illuminating the spectators, and then burnt on the beach. Tradition has it that all the hopes and dreams of the lantern makers are passed into the fire.
Followed by a great firework display over the sea, the festive mood has been set, so back inside for another mulled wine or two. Happy Christmas!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33184 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33143 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33143 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33120 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33120 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33051 It’s a small café selling authentic Persian food with a special Persian dish of the day, including minced lamb skewered kebabs, saffron marinated chicken with rice and flatbread everything made fresh that day.
This is also the place for a big Sunday cooked breakfast (under £5) to cure hangovers, popular with those staying local for the weekend. Couples and families take over on a Sunday afternoon.
On my first visit I ate aubergine dip, which is to die for (you could taste the smoked aubergine and garlic). I could have eaten a whole plateful with flatbread - the flatbread is made to order and takes a couple of moments to cook. Then I had the special of the day, salmon in a green herb sauce with rice, mint and coriander salad.
My daughter ate mixed meats, saffron chicken on the bone, lamb chops and lamb kebab with rice and endless cups of Persian tea. Cost was £15 for both of us, bargain. (I’m working my way through the menu and have never been disappointed.)
It’s a café so don’t expect linen table cloths, the staff were friendly, the food tasted delicious, they explained the dishes are authentic and not adapted to the western palate and for that reason I love it.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33051 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32970 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32970 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32969 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32969 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32968 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32968 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32921 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32921 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32902 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32902 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32834 Sarah and her team create a homely atmosphere with log fire, generous portions of well cooked food and a good range of ales.
Well priced too!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32834 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32752 Five of us ate for £77 including three bottles of wine.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32752 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32751 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32751 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32750 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32750 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32749 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32749