Food and travel . . . it’s a winning combination. Here Lorraine Wilson and Ailsa Sheldon have picked 20 top destinations where your thirst for a…
...it’s a winning combination. Here Lorraine Wilson and Ailsa Sheldon have picked 20 top destinations where your thirst for a wee escape and appetite for good food can both be satisfied., a productive agricultural region and famous for the string of pretty harbour villages along its gorgeous coastline. It’s also, increasingly, gaining a reputation as a top destination for food lovers.scene is Bowhouse on the Balcaskie estate.
Make a weekend of it and stay in one of the many lovely coastal hotels, the Ship Inn in Elie has gorgeous coastal views and serves excellent seafood dishes.In the pretty town of Peebles, the Cocoa Black Chocolate Boutique is a passion project by chef Ruth Hinks.Chocolate Master, and she’s happy to pass on that knowledge and skills at the chocolate school.
It’s what Lunan Bay lacked for many years and has been realised beautifully. It’s the Scottish version of a beach shack really but the food on offer is definitely local, whether it’s one of the many teas and coffees on offer, a generous slice of cake, panini sandwich or something more substantial. The bacon rolls are popular among morning walkers.
If a demonstration is more suitable, there are still opportunities to ask questions as a dish is created in front of you. Realising that this space had more potential, the distillery began hosting supper clubs last year. After a warm welcome with a crisp gin and tonic, guests take a high seat around a long table in the bar and meet their chefs for the evening. The first two series of supper clubs, in summer 2022 and spring 2023 featured the best of the Edinburgh restaurant scene, including Sabzi, Eleanore, Heron, Cafe Pomelo and Skua.
The Free Company is also home to one of Edinburgh’s most exciting dining experiences. Every night during the series, a six-course meal is served to guests using seasonal produce grown and reared on the farm. No menus are revealed in advance, but they evolve through the series, responding to the meat and vegetables available from the farm; it’s more food metres than food miles here. All dietary requirements can be catered for.
Apart from the independent butchers, fishmongers, delis, grocers, family brewers and chocolate makers, the town with its busy high street is an independent shoppers’ dream. Kat and Kevin have run Gartur Stitch Farm on the Cardross Estate for the past nine years, an education-led smallholding. In that time, they’ve hosted thousands of people at their farm for workshops, ‘Meet the Goats’ farm tours, courses, and retreats, teaching traditional skills, sustainable living, and food production – including learning how to hand milk their small herd of dairy goats. Their mission is to reconnect people with where their food comes from.
The courses are for those with a love of wild places, there’s no doubt about that. This is not a luxury glamping retreat. Under the experienced supervision of guides who know our remote areas, this is wilderness survival. It has its roots in a place where people stopped off when navigating the Caledonian Canal. It sits on that man-made part of the canal and takes its lead from the canal engineer Thomas Telford.
Focusing on common, abundant plants and their nutritional benefits, expect to leave informed and inspired. The walks end with a shared picnic of forged delights, and samples of dishes you can make in future too. Suitable for all ages and abilities.Whether you’re an oyster connoisseur or just bivalve curious, the Stranraer Oyster Festival makes for a brilliant foodie day out.
This year the Stranraer Oyster Festival runs from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th September. If you can’t make the event, you can try the Loch Ryan bivalves locally afterwards at Henry’s Bay House Restaurant in Stranraer.While the Cuillins will always have a strong pull for visitors, today just as many travellers pack expandable waistline trousers as walking boots as the Skye dining scene goes from strength to strength. Travelling around the rugged island you are spoiled for choice .
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