The Edinburgh Reporter June 2023 issue

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Culinary culture vulture Kerry Teakle takes up her knife and fork for us

KERRY’S RESTAURANT ROUND-UP

KERRY TEAKLE is The Edinburgh Reporter’s

new food and drinks writer, taking over from

Juliet Lawrence Wilson — who has swapped

her life in the big city for the glorious

countryside of the Scottish Borders where she

wakes up to birdsong.

For those of you who haven’t had the

pleasure of making Kerry’s acquaintance

before, she is a self-confessed culture vulture

and food lover who also cooks.

Kerry used to blog for EdinburghFoody,

until it disbanded just before the pandemic in

March 2020, and she still reviews annually

during the Festivals for The Wee Review,

Scotland’s arts and culture magazine.

She can be found lapping up anything

culinary, or to do with the arts and Edinburgh

Festivals. And she has something to dine out

on - in October 2016, she won Best Reader’s

Recipe at the Observer Food Monthly’s Awards

for her whisky, Orange and Almond Cake.

She’ll be writing about ingredients, cooking,

producers, restaurants, and chefs, and will most

likely be throwing in the best places to eat

around the theatre and festival venues in the

forthcoming months, as Edinburgh’s Festival

season approaches.

Eat, drink and meet Kerry

DURBAR INDIAN KITCHEN

35-37 Shandwick place

Edinburgh EH2 4RG

http://www.durbarindiankitchen.com

Brought to you by the team who run

Nepalese Restaurant, The Khukuri at

West Maitland Street, it’s a brave

person that takes on another failed

Indian restaurant but that’s exactly

what owner Mukesh Sharma has

done. And it’s going to give other

curry houses a run for their money.

The elaborate décor of the

previous restaurant hasn’t changed,

but the menu definitely has with

Indian dishes you’re unlikely to find

elsewehere. The menu, curated by

Mukesh and his talented chef will

feature dishes representing the true

heart and soul of Indian cuisine from

Kashmir, Lucknow, Delhi, Calcutta

and Assam. Visiting with an

Australian friend who I first met

while working and backpacking in

India decades ago, Durbar Indian

Kitchen was the perfect choice to

reminisce about the flavours and

memories of that exciting country.

This is food from family dinners and

the wedding feasts that owner,

Mukesh and brother Sunil, devoured

as kids into adulthood. I promise

you will not be disappointed.

CILANTRO

4 Albert Place, Leith EH7 5HN

http://www.cilantrorestaurant.co.uk

Another local restaurant, Cilantro

serves Bangledeshi cuisine in a small

and intimate setting. BYOB – Great

service, great atmosphere. Bookings

recommended.

KAHANI

10 Antigua Street,

Edinburgh EH1 3NH

http://www.kahanirestaurant.co.uk

Located a 5-minute walk from St

James Quarter, Kahani is my local.

Among the first Indian restaurants

to open in Edinburgh, it’s a well-

loved place, serving up all the

traditional Indian dishes as well as

some surprises. I highly recommend

their Butter Chicken. And best of all,

it’s BYOB, although their mocktails,

lassis, are fab.

ONE SQUARE AT THE

SHERATON GRAND HOTEL

1 Festival Square,

Edinburgh EH3 9SR

http://www.onesquareedinburgh.co.uk

One Square at The Sheraton Grand

Hotel & Spa is serving up a new

seasonal Market Menu curated by

Executive Chef Shaun Woodhouse

and his team from 12.30pm to

9.00pm except Sundays.

Some dishes are also on the à la

carte menu. There’s three choices

each for starters, mains, desserts

so if you’re looking for somewhere

to eat before a show this could be

the perfect place.

At £23 for two tasty courses

or three for only £29, it’s

competitively priced, with a

warm welcoming service.

DINE

1st Floor, 10 Cambridge Street,

Edinburgh EH1 2ED

http://www.dineedinburgh.co.uk

Dine offers a pre-theatre /early

dining market menu, served from

5pm. £19.95 for 2 courses and

£26.95 for 3 courses.

TING THAI CARAVAN

55-57 Lothian Road,

Edinburgh EH2 2DJ

http://www.tingthai-caravan.com

Amazing Thai food at reasonable

prices – soups, noodles, curries,

seafood and meat dishes served at

this relaxed restaurant. Fabulous for

a quick and reasonably priced bite

to eat before taking in a show.

In the know - the latest food

and drink news...

SHISH

32 Potterrow, Edinburgh EH8 9BT

http://www.shishrestaurant.co.uk

Shish, a new Turkish-style restaurant

opens in Newington brings Turkish

flavours and feasting to Scotland’s

culinary capital. It’s great if you’re

looking for a temperate dining

establishment as they don’t have a

licence – However they do offer a

wide-range of non-alcoholic drinks

including mocktails, beers and wine

and delicious food.

PANDA & SONS

79 Queen St, Edinburgh EH2 4NF

http://www.pandaandsons.com

Panda & Sons have a new sub-zero

cocktail menu. Edinburgh’s favourite

hidden cocktail bar have launched a

brand new menu of innovative and

delicious cocktails using sub-zero

freezing techniques invented by the

team in-house. They are the first and

only bar globally to use extreme

freezing aiming to increase the

flavour spectrum currently available

on the bar scene.

THE BROUGHTON

46-48a Broughton Street,

Edinburgh EH1 3SA

http://www.thebroughtonbar.com

The Broughton offers a new

weekend brunch menu.Fans of

Saturday Brunch can turn up and

tuck in every Saturday from 10.30am

• 1.30pm in the bar and restaurant
  area at The Broughton on
  Broughton Street. No advance
  booking required.
  Read my reviews online at
  http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk

Culinary capers in the capital with Kerry Teakle

Indian food stirs up some

memories for Kerry