Leah & Julian in The World

David Bann's

David Bann’s

Sadly, we didn’t take any photos of our meals here, but I wanted to mention the restaurant anyway.  David Bann’s is actually a vegetarian restaurant, but don’t let that stop you!  The food was absolutely divine.  I had (another!) mushroom risotto, this time with leek and a huge hunk of a Scottish soft cheese (like a strong Brie or Camembert).  The risotto was beautiful, and was cooked from scratch (we had to wait quite a while for our food!).  I  must confess to a bit of meal-envy though, because Julian had a delicious crepe, stuffed with roasted eggplant, capsicum, tomatoes, mushrooms and Dunlop cheese (from Ayrshire).  The desserts looked delicious, but sadly we were out of time before our ghost tour.  So if anyone goes there, try the chocolate soufflé for me!

The restaurant is not mentioned in the Michelin guide, but I think it should be!  And they seem to have won just about every other commendation!

But no michelin recommendation...

Stac Polly’s

Stac Polly's

After our ghost tour, we were able to have dessert at Stac Polly’s, which is apparently a bit of an Edinburgh institution.  The restaurant is know for its modern Scottish food.  Julian had a brioche pudding for his dessert, but I went for a modern variation of the traditional Scottish dessert, cranachan.  This was a parfait (like icecream) of cream, oats, honey and (maybe?) whisky.  This was drizzled with a raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries.  I’m not sure where the raspberries are sourced from at this time of year in the UK, but I have had them twice now and they are divine!  I’ve never had raspberries that good before in my life!