This is a lovely relaxed way to spend a Sunday in Edinburgh with a leisurely start at 11.30 am of scones warm from the oven, jam and cream and tea or coffee, then we visit the weekly Sunday Morning Stockbridge Farmers Market and meet the people behind Caithness Smokehouse and try some of their unique smoked fish and butter!
Then we enjoy a local ale and Mellis Scottish cheese selection in a speakeasy bar, oozing character, then haggis – meat or veggie in a traditional pub, then a walk through the New Town and end with freshly churned Perthshire ice cream
This tour focuses on the best of Scottish food sourced from independent suppliers taking in the magnificent UNESCO Georgian New Town, (the largest Georgian city in the world) and vibrant Stockbridge village.
Highlights include freshly baked scones and jam with locally sourced tea or coffee. Scottish farm cheeses from iconic Iain Mellis, matched with a local cask ale in a Victorian style bar, haggis – vegetarian or meat in a very traditional pub. And try Perthshire ice cream. We finish near the Sunday Morning Stockbridge Market – which is open till 4pm, so you can return at your leisure to try more Scottish foods such as honey, cakes, breads, jam as well as adorable tartan accessories for your four-legged friends and local art.
This afternoon food tour is a lovely way to access some of the best of Scottish food in a beautiful part of Edinburgh that is not really on the tourist trail and is a great complement to The Old Town. I recommend doing an Old Town tour first as The New Town ( well, it was new in 1745!) was built as result of over crowding in the medieval Old Town which grew up round The Castle.
The Sunday Morning Stockbridge Market tour offers a very generous lunch with architectural and historical amuse-bouche such as why are there so many painted windows in The New Town? Book a tour and find out why over an Islay single malt and some fine Mellis Isle of Mull aged cheddar. Just contact Nell to book a safari to fit into your schedule.
Or would you like to see some of our other lovely walking food tours in Edinburgh.
