Scottish food and drink

In Short Order: From the Garden to the Kitchen to Your Plate

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Restaurants in the Highlands of Scotland have not always been blessed with a wealth and variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. Happily, the Torridon grows most of what it needs in its own kitchen garden where Les Bates toils from…

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One Man’s Meat: This is Dinner with a Five Star Twist

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Like all the best chefs who have ever run great restaurants in the Scottish Highlands – Gunn Erikson when she ruled the stove at Altnaharrie, Shirley Spear who set Skye alight with her cooking at the Three Chimneys, the brilliant…

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A Gastronomic Tweet: Fine Dining in the Scottish Highlands

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It is Food Week here on the Torridon blog and in case you have missed it, we would like to introduce you to our own gourmet Twitter feed. We call it @scottishkitchen but this is not your granny’s mince and…

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Whatever Ales You, It’s No Small Beer

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It is one thing to serve ale, but it is another thing to do it well. Serving real ale has become an art form in this country with the demand for good quality ale getting higher and the critics getting…

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From the Whisky Bar: Bladnoch 18 Year Old

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Bladnoch is a favourite distillery of mine. Generally I would write up a tasting on a malt whisky that is new to the bar but this time I though I would try the 18 year old Bladnoch which is, at…

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From The Torridon Inn: Blessedly Local if Not Always Lo-Cal

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I was thinking about the abundance of fresh local produce we have on our doorstep and it occurred to me how much easier this makes my job at the Torridon Inn. We always have daily-changing specials inspired by the wide…

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From the Malt Whisky Bar: Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX

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We have just ordered Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX to add to the Torridon malt whisky collection. It is a sister malt of the great Glenmorangie Astar and it is named PX after its sherry finish in sweet Pedro Ximénez casks while…

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From the Torridon Inn: The An Teallach Ale Company

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A small two man show (well actually a husband and wife team) based in Dundonnell in Wester Ross, the An Teallach Ale Company started out as a small tin shed on the side of the road in 2001. The brewery…

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From the Whisky Bar: The Ardbeg Rollercoaster Rides into View

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Another week and another new bottle is on its way to add to the collection. Ardbeg, my current favourite distillery, has released a new malt whisky, the Ardbeg Rollercoaster and as I wait for it, I…

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Bruichladdich Black Art

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This whisky is a new edition to the Torridon whisky bar. It is a whisky that I have started to appreciate more as I have grown in knowledge. In January when we closed for a month Daniel was on…

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From the Whisky Bar: the Airigh nam Beist from Ardbeg

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With winter here to stay for a the next few months, people tend to expand as the cold weather approaches and our whisky bar is no different. It needs to expand to keep us warm! I am delighted one of…

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