BBC Good Food - 04.2020

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Dundee
The recent regeneration of the coastal city of Dundee
has given this buzzy Scottish destination added
cultural clout. It’s by the shimmering river Tay that
you’ll find the newest branch of theV& A(vam.ac.uk/
dundee), an architecturally striking design museum
that opened in 2018. Visit for permanent displays
of works by Scottish designers – the heart of the
galleries – along with rotating exhibitions, plus
scones and coee served in the ground floor café;
if you’re lucky, you’ll be able to nab a seat by the
window overlooking the river.
Stay at the boutiqueHotel Indigo Dundee
(hotelindigo.com), located on the edge of the city
centre in a sensitively renovated former jute mill.
The décor includes exposed brick walls and
industrial details, and it’s unpretentious
accommodation is informal yet smart, with warm
service and lovely local touches – you’ll find copies
ofThe Beanoin rooms (the comic was started in
the city), and a mini bar filled with local beers
and snacks, like Tunnock’s teacakes. Breakfast
choices include a fry-up featuring Lorne sausage,
the traditional Scottish square sausage, plus a ri
on eggs benedict using Arbroath ‘smokies’ – beautiful
smoked haddock produced just up the coast.
Hit the city centre for more culture:Dundee
Contemporary Arts(dca.org.uk) has two vibrant
galleries, cinemas screening accessibly arty movies,
and a café with outdoor seating. Head to one of
Dundee’s many bars and pubs serving local brews. At
theInnis & Gunn Brewery Taproom(innisandgunn.
com) enjoy fresh I&G beer and games of shueboard,
or tryDuke’s Corner(dukescorner.co.uk) for an
impressive choice of keg beers from Scottish breweries,
including Fyne Ales and Tempest. Grab a bite from its
snacky menu – we recommend the rich poutine fries
(£6.50) a nd stick y Sichua n chicken w ings (£6.95).
For an o-kilter take on a brewing tour, head to
71 Brewing(71brewing.com). You’ll get a welcome
pint or schooner – choose from beers like passion
fruit sour and apricot pale ale – before taking a
walking tour for a jocular lesson on the beer-making
process (£12 per hour). If a pie-and-a-pint is your
bag, head around the corner for a post-tour trip to
Clark’s Bakery(clarksbakery.co.uk). This local

How to do it

Hotel Indigo Dundee has doubles from £48 a night.

Breakfast

includes

Lorne

sausage

and eggs

benedict

with

Arbroath

‘s m o k i e s’

institution oers a dizzying selection of bakes,

including warm Scotch pies (£5.20 for four).

Back at Hotel Indigo, house restaurantDaisy

Tasker, named after the 14-year-old weaver who once

organised the social events in the jute mill, serves

pub-style favourites like burgers and fish & chips, but

go for the local dishes. Start with oysters on the half

shell (£6 for two), followed by juicy scallops (starters

£5-10). For the main course, enjoy haggis in chicken

Balmoral, a rolled chicken breast wrapped in bacon

(mains £12-25). A nd a trip to the cit y wouldn’t be

complete without sampling Dundee marmalade –

Daisy Tasker’s sticky toee pudding is unctuously

spiked with the zesty preserve.Natalie Hardwick

Hotel Indigo

Dundee’s house

restaurant,

Daisy Tasker

Try 71 Brewing’s

unusual beer

lavours

Dundee’s V&A museum

opened in 2018

Inside

the V&A

A visit to Clark’s

Bakery is a must

for the Scotch pies

Daisy Tasker’s beautiful

beetroot salad