The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Our weekly round-up of the latest news, products, facts and events for foodies
Win 13 restaurant meals
The hospitality industry is facing hard times just now and customer support is vital. With this in mind, 13 Scottish restaurants are taking part in a Facebook competition offering the winner a lunch for two (excluding drinks) at each restaurant, to be taken any time within 2021.
Local restaurants on the list include The Roost in Bridge of Earn; The Newport in Newport on Tay; Barley Bree in Muthill; Craig Millar@16WestEnd, St Monans; The Wee Restaurant in North Queensferry; and Nick’s in Bridge of Allan. The other restaurants are The Allanton Inn, Scottish Borders; Three Birds, Edinburgh; Dine, Edinburgh; Tiffney’s Steakhouse, Glasgow; Cafe Grande, Edinburgh; Osso, Peebles; Cafe St Honore, Edinburgh.
All you have to do is follow each restaurant taking part, like the post, and add a comment on each restaurant’s page saying who you would take to dine out with you. You can choose to dine with the same person all year or share the foodie love with your family and friends.
The winner will be chosen at random and contacted on December 20.
Bring the seaside home
The Elie Harbour Cafe have just launched their Harbour Cafe at Home boxes which contain everything you need to recreate a delicious meal from the cafe’s menu.
Depending on which box you choose, ingredients include local langoustines, lobster, 30-day aged Balcaskie beef, Andalusian potato salad, and green garden leaf salad, and comes with sourdough bread, butter, dressings and stones to crack the shellfish, as well as Santiago almond tart for dessert. You can also add on extras like wine, or starters.
Box prices start at £30 (serves one) and boxes are sent out nationwide once a week to get delivered on a Friday. Last orders for Christmas is December 23. £1 from every box will be donated to Hospitality Action.
theharbourcafe.co.uk
Cake and crafts
Ashbrook Nursery & Garden Centre’s The Café @ Ashbrook serves home bakes, homemade meals and coffee seven days a week, and also has a gift shop selling local art and crafts.
ashbrooknursery.co.uk
Spread it on thick
Lidl’s new Deluxe spread range features three different flavours including Chocolate & Orange, Banoffee, and Salted Caramel with flakes of Maldon® sea salt.
Each jar costs £1.99. lidl.com