Writing and thoughts from NE Scotland
A chicken magically appeared in our fridge on Saturday which gave me the opportunity to try what Nick Nairn calls his perfect roast chicken dinner. A bold claim. Normally if I’m doing a roast I stick to pork and beef so it was good to try a decent sized bird for a change and see if I could avoid the common pitfalls of dried out meat and lack of flavour.
Continue reading “Sun… er… Saturday Roast Chicken”
My twin brother and I turned 30 on Wednesday. Don’t think that’s quite sunk in yet. Putting aside our grief for lost youth we’d arranged a family meal at Atlantis, the restaurant attached to the Mariner Hotel on Great Western Road, Aberdeen. I used to live near this restaurant and had been eyeing it up for a few years, waiting for an excuse to give it a go. A fully booked first choice (The Tolbooth) was the excuse we needed.
Continue reading “Atlantis at The Mariner – leaving my twenties behind”
After a pretty barren week of cooking I redeemed myself today by taking a second run at a Cajun chicken dish which didn’t go to plan the first time I tried it. Continue reading “Grilled Cajun Chicken”
Mince and Skirlie 