Daniel's Bistro

We celebrated YR's birthday at Daniel's Bistro located along the famous Edinburgh restaurant row set within the commercial quay area. The restaurant is open by Daniel Vencker as clearly stated on the signboard. The main food theme here is French Scottish.. which I normally take it as either as French food cooked by a Scot or French food done using Scottish produce.

We went for the 2 course menu at 16.85 or 3 courses for 18.86 pounds.... For starters, I decided to have the classic french soup.. I wouldn't know what an authentic one would have tasted like despite having been to France twice. My soup's flavour was pleasantly filled with onion essence but what I did not like was the level of acidity.. A wee bit too sour Wee?

One of the other appetizers on the table. Escargot. Do u like the taste of grass?

Le Cassoulet, An extremely hearty casserole consisting of mixed beans, Duck, pork shank, garlic and Toulouse Sausages. The meat combination worked out in the end and I just love the beans!!.

Daniel's celebrated hearty Beef Bourguignon Casserole, Very tender cubes of beef. I don't normally order beef stews cos they are relatively easy to cook..

Lastly, my mix grill of lamb chop and sausages accompanied by ratatouille and mash potato. I wonder what went into the potato mash. It was creamily delicious. The lamp was perfectly cooked although I wasn't too impressed by the sausages.


We din't have desserts cos we had this... ... The dessert menu looks delixciting!!!


So there we go, a French restaurant in Edinburgh for a day.

Daniel's Bistro
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88 Commercial Street
Edinburgh EH6 6LX
Tel: 0131 553 5933

Craigie's Farm Deli and Cafe,

We drove up to Craigie's fruit farm just outside of Edinburgh city the next day. Luckily, I managed to borrow WY's GPS otherwise it would have been a bit of a challenge finding the place. At least there was plenty of parking space.

Anyway, once you get there. Just head to the main shed and pick up the wee plastic containers to collect your fresh fruits. If you unsure of where the fruits are, just ask one of the friendly staff... Trust me... you can't tell where the strawberries are from the raspberry from the distance.

Rows and rows of sheds could be found all over the farm

Can you make out what fruit this is ??

Hello~ ! Raspberry.
Don't be deceived by the red sweet appearance... It was so SOURRR!!!

Here's some freshly plucked raspberries for you to take away.

We spotted some cranberries too but there weren't in season

Blackcurrents too.

Here's a list of what they have to offer and the prices.

Any guess what these rows of plants are ??

Strawberries!.. The main reason why we came...

Peak a boo...

Remember to pick the red coloured fruits. !!

Here's our stash...

The Italian farmer ?

Packs of fertilised soil.

The young little plants slowly being inserted by hand.

When you are done, bring them to the main office to have them weighed..

There are ready picked packs for you to purchase too...

and for those who are not keen on fruit picking.... There's a children's animal farm nearby.

G & G Sinclair
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West Craigie Farm
South Queensferry
Edinburgh EH30 9TR
http://www.craigies.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.pickyourownfarms.org.uk/scotland_pyo.php