The Kitchin.

For my 22nd birthday my boyfriend Tom took me to the Michelin Starred restaurant The Kitchin in Edinburgh, Scotland. You may recognise the chef Tom Kitchin from your tellyboxes where he's quite a regular on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen. The philosophy of the eaterie is to eat the seasons, from nature to plate. If you follow Tom on twitter you'll see his tweets of hand picked mushrooms, the pheasant or scallops that have come in that morning. 

The atmospheres was very relaxed and the staff were more than happy to answer questions about the menu and give excellent advice on wine lists and food parings.

Warm sourdough with smoked butter.

Amuse Bouche. Game jelly, crispy pork, apple slices, quails egg and micro herbs. 

My Starter. Boned and rolled pig’s head, served with roasted tail of langoustine from Tobermory and a crispy ear salad.

Tom's Starter. Basil ravioli pasta, garlic snails, braised onion and a rich sauce. 

My main course of sweet roasted beetroot, orange, fennel and rare venison.

Tom's main of pheasant, butternut squash, wild mushroom and heritage potato crisps.

Strawberry and pistachio mille-feuille.

Dark chocolate and blackberry torte.

Nut fudge, beetroot fudge, peanut brittle and blackcurrent macarons.

http://thekitchin.com/

A little taster...

I'm a not professional, I often make mistakes but isn't that what being a true feeder and foodie is all about? Trial and error, force feeding 3 dozen cup cakes and sausage rolls on to family members, covering crevasses in cakes with butter cream and still deciding to "follow the recipe" even though you only have the first 3 ingredients on the list are all characteristics of a "foodie". 

All of the recipes and methods are things I've tried either from online recipes scrapbooks, improvised techniques insipred by a menu recipes or a dusty 1980's copy of Delia at Home. Being a foodie doesn't mean you dine at the best restaurants in the world, if you're passionate about good food from soup to ham sandwiches, then what you produce will taste all the better. If your obsession with food stems from posting pictures of your breakfast on Instagram then I salute you!

I hope you come across recipes and methods that you want to try out and force feed your family and friends with..

:)