This is a lovely relaxed way to spend a Sunday in Edinburgh with a leisurely start at 12 midday – then bang: into a full Scottish experience of locally smoked salmon and a dram of single malt whisky – Bowmore from the unique whisky-loving island of Islay in a speakeasy bar.
NOTE St Bernard’s bar is not licensed for under 18’s on the premises, so this Sunday tour is adult only because of this restriction. Then we visit the weekly Sunday Morning Stockbridge Farmers Market and meet the people behind Caithness Smokehouse and try some of their unique smoked butter -yes butter and smoked cheese and seaweed chutney – I promise you its delicious.
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 haggis, whisky, smoked salmon, cheeses and butter and 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 delicious smoked salmon in a iconic pub which only plays vinyl – rock n roll or jazz
Or would you like to see some of our other lovely walking food tours in Edinburgh
