Places - Scottish Food Guide

KJ’s Bothy Bakery

Wendy Barrie — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:45:46 +0000

Welcome to Grantown on Spey’s best kept foodie secret & Scottish Food Guide’s latest member… Kirsten is a gifted chef & baker, and has just excelled at the Scottish Bread Championship held every February in Fife. her entries were terrific, with 4 Golds & 4 Silver Awards for her creations. Her bakery is wonderful so […]

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Chrystal’s Shortbread

Wendy Barrie — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:55:24 +0000

Exceptionally fine handmade shortbread, Chrystal specialises in that individual touch for gifts and after dinner, favours and afternoon teas. Her hand cut shortbread squares are deliciously home made, following her family’s own recipe passed down through generations, melt-in-the-mouth luxurious, and made with pure butter, naturally. A truly genuine farmhouse recipe from the shores of Loch […]

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Real Food Café

Wendy Barrie — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:55:43 +0000

Thistle Regional Award Winner for Best Informal Eating Experience(2019)…then Winner of the National Awards 2020… and Best Places to Work 2023 – Brilliant! This ingenious concept is a firm favourite with hikers and tourers, locals and tourists. You may be forgiven for thinking this is a fish & chip shop but whilst it’s on the menu, […]

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Cornerstone Seafood Restaurant with Rooms

Wendy Barrie — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:30:18 +0000

The Cornerstone Seafood Restaurant with Rooms is an absolute jewel by the harbour in Mallaig. Book dinner and be sure to allow time to enjoy the magnificent scenery along the way whether by train, car or ferry. Once the busiest herring port in Europe it is still very active and also a popular holiday spot. […]

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House of Bruar

Wendy Barrie — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 10:23:30 +0000

A perfect place to break the journey on the A9 – or just a great place for a day trip. House of Bruar has developed from a prime foodie stop with an incredible award-winning delicatessen with a global selection of cheese, charcuterie and treats such as pies and scotch eggs. Joined with a carefully selected […]

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Sunrise Bakehouse

Wendy Barrie — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 21:58:14 +0000

This fabulous artisan sourdough bakery is owned and run by a gifted young couple, specialising in delicious loaves, mouth-watering pastries and cakes. Such delicacies as Pear and chocolate hazelnut Bostock, Cinnamon bun pudding with apple and chai soaked raisins, Triple chocolate brownies and delicious cinnamon and chocolate & coconut buns, all created in a dainty […]

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Isle of Colonsay Wildflower Honey

Wendy Barrie — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:25:58 +0000

Isle of Colonsay Wildflower Honey is unique, not only because of its taste, although amongst honeys it is ranked with the best; but also because of its provenance, as bees and quality honey are something of a rarity on small windswept islands. We have the dedication of Andrew Abrahams to thank for this. It is that unique […]

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Ardoch Hebridean Sheep

Wendy Barrie — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 22:24:07 +0000

Ardoch Hebridean Sheep are one of the few who are dedicated to the breed and have a multi-award-winning flock, often to be seen showed at the Royal Highland Show mid June in Edinburgh – see just a few of their multiple medals on the photos. Hebridean sheep are on Slow Food International Ark of Taste […]

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Selkirk Bannock

Wendy Barrie — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:03:28 +0000

The Selkirk Bannock is a famous Border baked treat, a richly fruited bread dough, individually hand made, traditionally served at afternoon tea. It is recorded as the only thing that Queen Victoria would eat when she visited Sir Walter Scott in 1867 and The Selkirk Bannock is first mentioned in 1819 in Scott’s poem The […]

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Gordon Castle Plum

Wendy Barrie — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:33:16 +0000

The Gordon Castle plum was bred by John Webster, head gardener at Gordon Castle near Fochabers in Moray and first recorded in 1864. It is a late dessert plum from the north of Scotland. It has large yellow oval fruit, with a pink blush where it catches the sun, that ripen in September. The fruit […]

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