SCONE SPY
The undercover cafe critic
Asregular readers will know, I do love a tip-off.
And so it is one sunny Monday morning that I find myself jaunting to Glencarse, just outside Perth.
A fellow scone lover has recommended I fit in a trip to The Chestnut Tree Coffee Shop.
He’s a man who knows all about a decent scone – almost as much as me.
“It’s not a glamorous place,” he writes. “But delicious scones baked twice daily.”
Say no more, Mr M. I’m on my way.
Glencarse is a wee place and the cafe isn’t hard to find. As I pull up, I realise that my tipster wasn’t wrong. Glamorous it isn’t. But it has a sort of quirkiness to it, ample parking and looks clean and tidy.
Inside, it’s actually quite charming, with wooden flooring, plants on the tables and a decent stack of newspapers. And I get a lovely welcome as I check out the specials on the blackboard, with the waitress explaining there are menus on the tables.
Sometimes the simplest dishes sound the best.
So I’m tempted by the sound of a bacon roll.
Come on – you know you can’t beat it!
In fact, just the other day a long-term vegetarian confessed he’d had a lapse when he smelt frying bacon.