My Trip to Edinburgh: Finally Tasting Authentic Scottish Cuisine 🍖

My dining experience in Edinburgh has been quite an adventure! After submitting my visa application, I was starving. I was really worried about trying a hyped-up restaurant and being disappointed, but I was desperate for some authentic Scottish food 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. After much deliberation, I decided to give the popular Makars Mash Bar a try, and it turned out to be pretty good! Maybe it was just because I was so hungry after waiting in the cold wind for so long, haha. 💫I didn't make a reservation and just walked in to get a number. The first time I went, I overheard a few Chinese ladies outside saying, “He said we have to wait for an hour and a half.” My bodyguard and I turned around and left immediately. We walked around but couldn't find anything else that caught our eye, so we ended up going back to Mash to get a number. The host said they would text me when our table was ready, so we decided to explore the area a bit. But after wandering around in the cold for 40 minutes without receiving any text, we rushed back to ask. 💫The host then took us downstairs and showed us at least three empty tables... Really? So we waited in the cold for nothing! My bodyguard and I each ordered a main course and an egg: ✔️ Slow-cooked beef shoulder ✔️ Slow-cooked lamb shank ✔️ Scotch eggs (I was really there for the eggs!) The sauces for the beef and lamb seemed identical, but the meats tasted different. We were full—very full. For non-big eaters, this amount of food is more than enough for two people. #UK #Scotland #ScottishFoodRecommendation #Edinburgh #EdinburghCuisine #ScotchEggs