It's all about Flavour Flavour and more....Flavour

Flavour Love this place, and what's no to love!!!
I was doing support in a building we have over the West End, I thought I'd go and get some fish and chips because I know where a good chippy is in that part of Toon. Seen the Cafe and thought try this place it looks like the food will definitely be healthier for you....and I was surprised by the quality and range of food, good friendly banter, and it's a nice place to sit for lunch.

So what have I had to eat in here? Best sandwiches in the Toon as far as I'm concerned...you get a choice of your sandwich technician, you get a wee taste of food if you've not tasted it before, great selection of breads, baguettes and rolls....never been left wanting more after a sandwich...I mind they surprised me by adding some pesto to a sandwich and it really caught me off guard because the flavour really burst through.

I've had a few types of soup and they are all good, had lentil today and it was made the way it should be....class!!

Baked potatoes with various toppings, had chicken curry today came with a good sized side salad and coleslaw...lovely and filling.

I had a Tai Chicken Curry in there once, middle of a freezing winters day....man that made me up, just enough chilli heat, nice sticky rice, lovely sauce....really recommend that.

Flavour should have been on my blog ages ago but I have not been working in the West End for a while, a job came up today so I had to swing by for lunch....the girls are a good fun loving bunch, always better to eat in a place where there is a warm welcome and good cooking!!

They were surprised when I told them I'm taking a pic for my blog....they were quite shocked I had one and they all ran away when I started to focus up.....anyhoo I forgot to take a picture of the Cafe from outsifde....so next time???....going for some frontage girls!!! be ready!!

American Diners.....in Edinburgh???

The City Cafe
Well, up by The Tron there is this gem of a place.
Make no bones about it, this place is designed to be a 50's American Diner.
By night it turns in to a pub, need to try it one night actually!! I just went there for lunch.

Big comfy booths with all the sauces, seasonings,serviettes and menus all tucked up at the wall. Encouraging as I now have the means to put what I want on...what I want....a nice juicy burger!!

Really good friendly staff, good service, good presentation and what I was really impressed with....no need to use any of the sauces for the burger, just a dod of ketchup for the chips...nice chunky chips that were cut thick like planks and everything perfectly seasoned.

I got the Californian burger, chicken breast with guacamole and the usual salad items. It was delicious and very well seasoned and cooked to perfection leaving the chicken juicy! Liked the idea of the chips being served in a miniature deep fry basket. The burger roll is specially made for the City Cafe and it was quality bread, canot stand the usual standard sesame buns you usually get.

My colleague got the Apache burger...he loved it...check out the webpage for the different types of burger on offer...I'll be slowly working my way through them. The City Cafe unfortunately my pics are a bit dark I'll get better ones next time I'm in.

Greece.....Summer lovin' happened so fast....ops thats the movie Grease!!

Papii On Yelp

Colleague looked this up on Trip Adviser which highly rated the place. We were not disappointed. Really nice no nonsense food and nice friendly staff.

The dish I had was feta cheese bake with spinach in a filo pastry, I cannot remember the name, it was delicious, luckily I don't have to spell it either!!

My colleague had a soup and a baguette which he wolfed down.

We took on a desert and a coffee especially as a wee sign said everything is sourced locally! I got a scone with jam and cream. Last time I had something that delicious??? Yep...Scotch Malt Whisky Society again...Papii's came with real thick clotted cream, the scone itself was just quality, And this is a really nice find because the coffee is of a quality of Razzo and Brew Lab. Definitely going back.

Wee bit cozy, comfy enough with light decor with cupboard doors hung on the walls....what that about??
Nice friendly staff...just like all the other Greeks I know..top notch food!!

Cafes and Greasyspoons......thousanads of them....

Beetlejuice  On Yelp

Get the impression this used to be someone's living room. It's across the road from The Blind Poet and The Pear Tree pubs and a stones throw from Edinburgh University.

Staff are friendly and up for a laugh, comfy enough even though a bit cozy Student prices so quite cheap. Good home made soup and a panini. So no nonsense kinda grub, especially if you are a student with your backside hanging out your trousers and strapped for cash.

Pig In A Poke On Yelp

Along Rose Street you will see a roasted pig in a window and the meat is teased in to pulled pork.
Fairly basic really, only one choice of food...pulled pork....but a few choices of what bread and accouterments you want. No nonsense grab and go lunch, just beware if you are a jet setter with a posh suit, the more you put on your pork sore fist, the more likely it is something will dribble down that precious silk tie ruining that all important first impression.....I had the toasted wrap...pretty good actually and would recommend if you want something immediately due to a raging hangover or lack of time!! Good selection of drinks in the cooler.

Le Cafe Royale On Yelp

On the Saturdays when I'm going out with "The Musketeers" to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, I take the train to the Toon and go my Tai Chi Chuan Class. Since this place is at the back of The Waverley Station and on the High Street/Royal Mile. I thought I'm starving I need breaky! Anyway Good Haggis and a good linked sausage roll eaten on the walk to training.

Thought I'd try it for lunch, got a nice kebab my colleague got some nice soup and a panini. All went pete tong when I went there alone and got the fish n chips!!! Glorified fish finger it was! Not impressed!! Fish from a box from a freezer. I also made a mistake of getting a smoothie, advertised on the table by some company I cannot remember the name of. I got a frozen smoothie from a bag in a freezer mixed with apple juice....NOT HAPPY!!

Stick to what does not obviously come from a freezer.

McDonald's

Don't usually go to McD's I have to say. But...if you want a breakfast and a surprisingly decent coffee the one on The Waverley Steps is actually really quite good. As I said not an every day occurence but...when you have a hunger on....breakfast wrap and a couple extra hash browns...now we are talking!!!

The Snack Van Buchlyvie

On the road from Stirling to Loch Lomond, there lurks Polis speed traps and if you survive them, a wee Snack Van in a lay by. This snack van has been proved to set you up for a hard days fishing catching heehaw on Loch Lomond. I noticed yesterday they do an all day breakfast too, I  am partial to a Stornoway black pudding and egg doubler roll, or a haggis and egg doubler roll with a cuppa cha....then its off to fight nature in a big wave with torrential rain or a flat calm with bright sunshine ready to go topless. Good place to get a bite even if you are out for a wee run in your motorized vehicle of choice. it's located here....Buchlyvie Burn Snack Van