Café Tartine

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Cafe Tartine

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Aurora, Edinburgh, restaurant review - Scotsman Food and Drink

Apparently the chef has come from Salt Cafe in Morningside and, as much as I love that place, the menu never quite draws me in.

The best of these was probably the lamb kefta (£9), which featured a lovely spiced pita bread topped with two large hunks of cumin-spiced and dense meat, then a layer of Greek yogurt, onion and finely chopped gherkin sauce and, on the side, a pot of harissa injected coleslaw.

The pork cheek and barley ravioli (£11) was also lovely, with three sturdy parcels of pale minced meat dunked into a golden chicken consommé speckled with carrot and celery mirepoix.

Served in a pool of butter, this clutch of five skin-on pebbles were smoked and scattered with dill, with a pot of fresh and sour kefir on the side for dipping.

Their other pudding choice – an icing sugar dusted chocolate fondant (£2.75) – didn’t have the desired runny centre, but I can be philosophical about that, since you can’t (metaphorically) expect to see the aurora borealis AND get an egg on top.

Cafe Tartine, Edinburgh, restaurant review - Scotsman Food and Drink

Café Tartine is so busy because it’s dependable and crowd-pleasingly nice FOR someone extremely risk averse and quite boring, I’ve got more in common with a hurricane chaser, crystal meth addict or base jumper than you’d imagine.

Take Café Tartine, which is so busy because it’s dependable and crowd-pleasingly nice, like tomato soup or sheepskin slippers.

The braised pork belly (£13.95) was another hefty plate, with a thick wedge of crispy-topped meat, shredded mustard-laced Savoy cabbage, a clod of sagey black pudding and enough buttery mash to feed a coach party, all anointed with a rich calvados cream.

As well as other stuff, like white and dark chocolate mouse (sic), there’s a huge selection of lardy crêpes for pudding, with options such as Peanutella, Apple Pie and Bounty (but no Suzette).

Instead, Café Tartine is reliable, satisfying and traditional rather than trendy, and the sort of venue that, ultimately, it’s difficult not to love.

Ping On, Edinburgh, restaurant review - Scotsman Food and Drink

In the Chinese New Year of the Dog, eat like a Labrador at Edinburgh's Ping On, says Gaby Soutar I like to think that, if I were a dog, I’d be an elegant saluki or Italian greyhound.

Although it usually looks dead from the outside, there were other diners on our Wednesday weekday lunch, munching their way through piles of prawn crackers, presented on a doily.

The “pork char siu yellow bean” (£8.30) was OK, but maybe the most neglected course, since it wasn’t that exciting, though there was a generous heap of sliced meat, peppers, onions and a glutinous sweet brown sauce.

For old time’s sake, we’d also gone for the sweet and sour chicken Cantonese style (£8.30), with its batter clad nodular nuggets of chook, pineapple chunks and peppers.

At least I can say that my labrador appetite has helped support an old monkey into the new year.

CCTV shows bungling thieves smashing through restaurant

But the thieves are forced to scamper after hearing the alarm, leaving empty handed.

Cafe Tartine owner Michael Graham said the damage will cost him more than £1000.

He said: "They are young lads who clearly knew where the office was.

Cafe Tartine owner Michael Graham Mr Graham said the gang panicked when they heard the alarm.

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Cafe Tartine, Edinburgh - Restaurant Bookings & Offers - 5pm.co.uk

An airy French café, bistro and wine bar on Commercial Street, Café Tartine is open for breakfast crepes right through to late nightcaps.

There are lots of French classics such as onion soup, boeuf Bourguignon and confit duck leg.

A popular option, especially when paired with an after work glass of wine, are the sharing platters of charcuterie, cheese, pâté and char grilled vegetables

Cafe Tartine | Restaurants in Leith, Edinburgh

Bring the kids, bring the dog, relax over un snack After running a crêpe van in the city centre for some years, Michael Farrell and Joanne Ramsay relocated to Leith to launch Café Tartine – the kind of informal café venue you might find in a French village.

There are crêpes of course, also croques-monsieur, moules, tartines and sharing boards, soups, steaks and more, including breakfast options.