Not just about Aberdeen this time

Okay so it has been a while - funny how work gets in the way of doing anything else.

So we've been to Mango Pickle on Union Street - went there the night we went to see Barry and Stuart at the Music Hall.  Barry and Stuart were great but Mango Pickle was EXPENSIVE we settled for a bowl each of their Dal - it was good but not truly worth the money charged.

In other news I've been hitting the coffee shop - mainly due to working my summer holidays.  So Belmont Street seems to be my current favourite with two nice places: The Coffee House and Books and Beans.  The Coffee House has longer opening hours and does a few good deals on (including free stuff on your birthday) - the soup is usually great and the staff are really friendly.  Books and Beans doesn't stay open late on a Thursday (which I think is a shame) - The downstairs coffee shop is small but vibrant and it's easy to disappear amongst the books upstairs - plus they have internet upstairs.  The Coffee House also has free wi-fi.  I've also found myself hiding away in the bar at Jury's Inn - it has a temperamental coffee machine but the staff are nice and the soup is good too.

We have been away a few days and had some amazing food.  Down in Blairgowrie we found two good restaurants - Cargill's Bistro and The Dalmore Inn.  The first night we where down we went to Cargills and both had the steak and sticky toffee pudding from the bistro menu.  The food and atmosphere were good, the bistro specials were nice and by going for the menu we saved a few quid too.  However the second night we went down to the Dalmore and had the most AMAZING food I think we've ever had.  We ended up splitting both our mains - my other half isn't the biggest fan of fish but he demolished his half of mine, and his special burger (chicken breast with chill mayonnaise and schezwan pepper sauce was stunning).

We also stopped off at several small cafés and enjoyed good tea and cakes.  Including Palmerstons in Dunkeld - so much so we went twice.  There were some really good local shops as well - Blairgowrie Farm Shop being just one of them.  There were numerous gift shops and arts and craft places too.  We also went to The Watermill in Blair Atholl and had bagles and tea...Fab.