Tag: food blogger
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PickyManinaVan is on holiday far far north…
…and will report next Thursday on certain establishments of interest.
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Melo, Bearsden, Glasgow
Achilles may have been the greatest and swiftest of the Greeks but there was the eventually defining matter of his heel. I feel the same about the coffee in Melo. Melo is conveniently located on A81 Milngavie Road. Opposite is a rank of free parking in MacFarlane Rd and nearby is the tasty, filling and…
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Booka Bookshop café, Oswestry
One hesitates to admit to scuttling, but scuttle across the border we did until safely on the Welsh side. Rocco, my cuboid steed, was packed not with stock, but with holiday gear for the amusement of all. Diverse outlying relatives, both geographically and emotionally, were also to be visited. They might even enhance the vacation.…
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PMiaV, Sancho and Rocco are on Holiday…
…and will return on Thursday
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Broch Café, A84, Strathyre
What is so irresistible about the rural, wild enormity of Scotland? Is it the scale, variety and sheer freedom of the landscape? Or is it the pleasant independence, idiosyncrasy and hospitality of the people? Whilst dallying on the A84, travelling west to east and mentally computing coffee options in Crieff or Callander I felt I…
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Rothesay and Port Bannantyne, the Isle of Bute
Gather Deli, Musicker café, Rothesay. Cadillac Kustomz Diner, Caledonia Bistro & Deli, Port Bannantyne. One relishes the chance to go to an Island. But there are islands and Islands. Over drinks a friend recently asked, ’Which are your favourite Scottish islands to visit?’ I instinctively yelled out, ‘Tenerife!’ But what, I reflected, if the original…
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PickyManinaVan is unwell…
…and will return next Thursday.
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The Duke, Kilmarnock
The exterior signage on the Duke reads, ’Breakfast to bed time. Running all day long.’ That, my PMiaV chums is what we are doing all day long in our vans. But pause, consider, what are we really doing, where are we really going? I can now specifically suggest it should be John Finnie St, Kilmarnock.…
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Olivia’s, Crow Road, Broomhill, Glasgow
Olivia’s looked like a classy joint as I sat at the lights. Several refreshment options had possibilities amongst the strip of shops on this reach of the Crow Road, but as I strive to be a classy act myself I thought I would start with Olivia’s. I parked free nearby on Victoria Park Gardens and…
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Greenhouse Café, Loch Leven’s Larder. Kinross.
Whilst wafting along the A911 on a quiet Sunday I was delayed by a small queue of modern, sensible cars turning into Loch Leven’s Larder. My gallant charger and I followed into the packed free car park. We had stumbled across another one of those enormous, high-end farm shop emporiums beloved of active pensioners and…
