DAYS 47 AND 48. EDINBURG. Different Accents. Tartans. Shortbreads. Haggis.
Tuesday morning came way too early to make truffles. When we got there, Chef asked why so many of us were there. We were confused. He was there, we were there to cook for our practical class. He said that ususally hardly anyone comes to the last class of Basic as it is the last class. Dear Chef, this is our first time doing this, how were we supposed to know and its truffles, of course we are going to be there. We divided into three groups and made the milk, white, and dark truffles. After everyone was done, we divided them up so that everyone could eat all three. They are delicious.
After class I headed straight to the airport. Met the girls, and off we went on a propellar plane to Edinburgh Scottland. It is an amazing place. So much more quiet than London, but just as much new mixed with really old buildings. We checked into the loveliest bed and breakfast. When I checked to see what time sunset was, we had one hour to get to the Royal Mile (I think that is what it is called) for pictures. Our luck so far here is barely missing buses so we either wait a while or walk it. It is also my first taste of what winter will be like here too. Freezing. We walked around, looked at the Castle's exterior, looked in too many shops for Tartans (for one of the girls as she has four lines of Scottish ancestory), took pictures of the buildings, and headed to eat. Our B&B lady recommended a few places to eat, and the pubs were all great. I had a salad for dinner, and it was most delighful, nothing strange in it. After that we headed back to the B&B where Erin called it a night. Mindy and I still were up for some fun, so we headed to another recommended pub for dessert & Scottish folk music. We got there before 9 to order dessert (kitchen closed at 9) and took our time with it while we waited for the band to set up. Only it wasnt a band it was just random locals who pulled out instruments in a corner both and started to play. More and more people just plopped down with them whenever they walked in and joined in. It was amazing to see and hear. We ate Sticky Toffee Pudding & Banoffee Stack. Both amazing, and i would drink the toffee sauce in a heart beat....but then I would not have a heart beat so I'll skip on drinking toffee for now. After that we called it a night.
Wednesday, more Edinburgh. Our B&B had a full English breakfast. There was veggie haggis on the menu, so I decided to get that and every other vegetable on the menu (roasted tomato, mushrooms, potato cake). The veggie haggis tasted much like stuffing. Mindy got the real thing, and said that it was good too. Were adventerous. We headed to town and bought tickets for the hop on hop off tour buses that go around the city. It was nice to hear about the things we were driving by. We got off, and walked around the ship port, near the retired Royal yacht, got a shortbread from a local bakery, and grabbed lunch before heading around the city again. We stopped by the royal palace for a photo op and a free (because of our tour buses) shortbread in the shape of a crown. I am pretty sure Scots invented shortbread as it is in every tourist shop around. Pretty sure bland is a palate winner for them too. Ha. We tried to get to the top of the hill for sunset but alas, too many shops and places to stick our noses in prevented us from getting there, but the sunset looking up the hill was fantastic. We went to dinner. I got knocci and roasted sweet potato. There was no sauce. I've never had knocci without a sauce. Mindy noticed that it was missing the roasted goat cheese. With the addition of the cheese, it was amazing. Sticky toffee pudding and a brownie for dessert. Good times.
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