10 results for tag: Glasgow

World Cancer Day – Beat 6 “Do good and Feel good”

  As awareness is raised around the globe today as World Cancer Day aims to 'Close the Care Gap' of this body cell disease, it brought back to mind the dining experience from my birthday lunch last week. In Dennistoun, in the east-end of Glasgow the Beat 6 restaurant is just 3 months old. It's been on my personal and Tasting Scotland 'must try' restaurant list since it opened in November 2021. "Do good - Feel good" is the motto in the latest venture from chef and restauranteur Nico Simeone, but this time it's a little different. All the profits go to a local Cancer Charity. As is the case in many families Cancer was to throw a curveball ...

Yes Chef! Golden opportunities all around at Edenmill

NEWS:   I'm delighted to announce just a couple of weeks since the launch of the Food Tourism Action Plan for Scotland that the Tasting Scotland Consultancy arm is at full stretch as our founder Brenda Anderson has been contracted to work with the team at Edenmill Cafe, Butchery and Soft Play to provide strategic and operational support on an on-going basis in an exciting re-opening planned towards the end of the year. Situated just 10 miles north of Glasgow, the location on the Balloch to Strathblane section of the famous John Muir Way, the long distance path which stretches coast to coast across Scotland's central belt, couldn't be more perfect ...

TRUST by Nico

The concept of trust is prevalent every time you frequent a purveyor of food. You trust the quality, you trust the taste, you trust that you are not going to get ill! When you walk through the door of a restaurant you have therefore made a pact with the chef and how you feel on leaving, is totally in their hands. When we received the invite to attend the launch of TRUST at 111 by Nico (which is located in Glasgow’s West End) my immediate reaction was GENIUS. This new dining concept asks diners to sit back, relax and completely place their TRUST in the chef. The brainchild of chef Nico Simeone, it is this innovative chef who also masterminded ...

Glasgow’s most instagrammable cafe rolls into Ibrox

How would you describe Glasgow if you had to do so in 3 words? Us? Well we would say vibrant, gallus and friendly. This spirited personality is prevalent in people and places citywide and that is just one of the reasons Tasting Scotland HQ is located in Scotland’s largest city. When we are not touring with clients from around the globe, we are out scouting for new artisan producers who are going above and beyond with their craft in both Glasgow and beyond. We are also partial to a bit of cafe hopping, seeking out those that shine the brightest. Whether that be in the coffee they serve, the delightful grub, the decor, the personality of the place ...

Is the ink dry in Street Food Glasgow? Scotland’s changing culinary landscape

Scotland’s cuisine culture is changing faster than you can shake a porridge spurtle at. If big, bold tasty, street food flavours using locally and sustainably sourced seasonal ingredients, served with a social conscience is your thing you must allow us to include Glasgow on your Scotland food tour map. Since 2012 we’ve specialised in curating the country’s best food and drink tour itineraries. We seek the hidden gems, we take you to iconic must visit restaurants for memorable dining experiences, we visit whisky distilleries and craft brewers. We love small scale producers and traders. When we started Glasgow was still a city that people ...

Scotland’s Culinary Easter Feast

Preceding the satisfying crack of a smashed chocolate egg at Easter is the main course, but why is mint the perfect gastro pairing for the sacrifical lamb? Like other Christian countries Scotland celebrates Easter with gastronomic gusto with the humble egg the symbolic heart of a religious feast focusing on both redemption and regeneration. Hot cross buns and to a lesser extent this side of the border, Simnel Cake are also as representative of Easter as pancakes are of Pancake Day. Linda, co-owner of Greenhall View Farm shared her insight on why just the other day when I happened to stumble across her Wagyu & Wagyu cross Aberdeen ...