Anthony Bird

Review of Newsroom Edinburgh

Stumbled across this bar/bistro. Food that is tryi...

Stumbled across this bar/bistro. Food that is trying hard to be good. Prices are fair. Staff are hard working and friendly. The fruit and nut salad was a variation on a French classic: Hot Goat's Cheese salad. The cheese and bacon wasn't warm, wasn't meant to be. The lettuce leaves lacked a good vinaigrette to marry the flavours of the strawberries, walnuts, cheese and bacon. Now for the Haggis, tatties and neeps. Great presentation and loved the deep fried Swede, which intensified it's flavour. A great idea. The Haggis was fine. The potato was a peppery disaster. The amount of pepper killed the dish. I guessed it was served with a whisky sauce, but the huge quantity of pepper in the potato bulldozered through every single taste bud on my tongue. Accident in the kitchen? Hope so. The Big Story burger was big and good. Enjoyed the Sticky toffee pudding without it knocking the ball out of the park. Every one is trying really hard to make this place work. They must have other dishes that work as amongst the tourists there were regulars there. Good choice of beers and cocktails.