seafood

The Orkney crab industry

17 Sep 2010

Lobster and langoustine may get the glamour roles in Scotland’s stellar shellfish line-up, but crab is starting to nip at their heels, as Donald Reid found out in Orkney.

Café Fish

9 Jul 2009

For a nation surrounded by sea, we can get ourselves into a right fankle over fish. There are the sustainability problems (explicitly set out in the recent film The End of the Line), the langoustines that are flown off to a more appreciative Spanish…

Farmers’ markets in Edinburgh offer the best Scottish foods

Do as the locals do and head to Edinburgh’s weekly farmers’ market

16 Feb 2011

Farmers’ markets have been held in Scotland for over ten years, and have become a mainstay of any serious foodie’s calendar. Edinburgh farmers’ market, in the shadow of the castle, is so popular it takes place every Saturday, allowing locals to make it…

Seafood theme to East Lothian’s 3 Harbours Arts Festival 2010

20 May 2010

Kirstin Innes finds out why East Lothian’s 3 Harbours Arts Festival has a whole new fishy wing

Ondine

Roy Brett's new restaurant brings a bit of swagger to seafood dining in Edinburgh

16 Oct 2009

Seafood has always been a Scottish speciality. There’s a line of argument that all the good stuff passes under our noses on the way to Spain, but if you know where to look it’s here alright. If you want to eat local food, then heading to a good seafood…

Three to try: Seafood stalwarts

Nothing fishy with these choices

16 Oct 2009

Gamba 225a West George Street, Glasgow, 0141 572 0899, www.gamba.co.uk Alan Tomkins and Derek Marshall’s attractive city centre basement dining room has been top of the bill for over a decade now with a reputation for quality ingredients, exciting…

Side Dishes - Food News

10 Sep 2009

● Before heading out to Erskine to run the restaurant at Mar Hall, and with a track record of stints at Rogano, Nairns and One Devonshire Gardens, chef Jim Kerr ran a small venture on Byres Road called The Dining Room. Not too many restaurants…

Take Three: The three ages of fish restaurant

9 Jul 2009

Rogano 11 Exchange Place, Glasgow, 0141 248 4055, roganoglasgow.com Fitted out in art deco style in homage to the Clyde-built Queen Mary in 1935. It looks expensive and by golly it is. Amid the walnut veneer and polished silver, choose fish bisque…

Alive Alive O'

13 Nov 2008

In Glasgow's fair city, where the restaurants are pretty, and the Ubiquitous Chip is the best-known of all … this rhyming stuff's hard. Anyway, November is shellfish month at the venerable eatery, as their Alive Alive O’ festival celebrates cockles and…