German markets and lovely food in Edinburgh

ANOTHER glorious weekend away with my old uni pals, and this time we headed up to Edinburgh to visit out delightful pal, Jennie, who kindly let us stay in her parents’ flat. After a rather epic picnic on the train where we devoured pasties, crisps and falafel- we arrived in the beautiful Scottish city and had a mooch around.
In the evening we went to a lovely pub/ restaurant called The Salisbury Arms in Dalkeith Road. It’s got a great atmosphere and a really good menu. It was really busy- but yet it still felt relaxed and cosy.
We were all rather good and only had mains.
I went for the Slow-cooked Pork Belly and Seared Fresh King Scallops, sticky ginger beer glaze, crackling, black pudding, mashed potato, green beans, Bramley apple & vanilla purée (£17.50).

It was delicious and I would highly recommend- the sticky ginger beer glaze added a lovely sweetness to the pork which was well cooked- my only slight criticism was there was a bit too much fat on the pork belly- but that is neither here nor there.
The black pudding was divine as was the lovelyl apple and vanilla puree. A winning dish.

My pals opted for the specials of linguine with a plethora of seafood and the sea bass special which also looked great.

Check it out here http://www.thesalisburyarmsedinburgh.co.uk/

The next day after a lovely breakfast in we went to the Christmas Markets. Daisy was raving about these fried potatoes with bacon and garlic sauce- and they were amazing! Fully recommend if you get the chance to try them at any Christmas market in the country. They are lovely fried discs with the most delicious sauce- but make sure you have your polos to hand. We also tried the Bratwurst, which are pretty good but I prefer traditional English sausages.

That was it for the eating out- we had a lovely homemade chickpea stew in the evening followed by

bacon butties the next morning. Overall a great weekend of eating- made even better by great company.