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I've eaten alone at WD50 - ask for a table by the open kitchen instead of the bar and also in the "bar room" at Cafe Gray and was very well treated at both

i think the tinned lamb is around 20% fat or something along those lines....

no, i'm still stumped..

Well i tried to book at Martin Wishart but was told on the first occasion that last orders for lunch were at 12:30 (?) then i had a reply to my email enquiry saying that i could have a table at 1:30. As my flight wasn't due in until 13:00 i decided i wouldn't risk it and instead got a 13:45 reservation which i made (just) at Kitchin. The restaurant was compact (about 40 covers) and fairly "modern looking" with surprisingly trendy music playing in the backgound, and on a wednesady lunch, nearly full (mostly business men.) I started with a glass of the house champagne @ £6.50 and decided on "Octopus" served as a "Carpaccio of octopus served with North Berwick sea urchin eggs, palourde clams, local baby squid, pickled beach mushrooms, young radishes with a caper and lemon dressing" which all sounded pretty good for £12.00. They were out of the sea urchin eggs but i really thought this dish was superb, beautifully presented with a large razor clam, a handful of palourdes still in their shells, tiny picked mushrooms (not much bigger than the capers) baby radishes and celery leaves on top of the carpaccio with a couple of tentacley bits on top. It really was a stunning dish and every bit as deliciuos as it looked. For my main i had "Halibut" at £26.00 which was "Oak smoked wild halibut with sautéed potatoes and grelot onions served with a watercress, pine nut and citrus dressing" Again, beautifully presented with a thick tranche of halibut atop little sautteed poatoes, whole grelot onions and a generous helping of essntially what was a citrussy watercress pesto with lemon segments around the side of the plate. With my starter i drank a glass of macon chaintre @ £7.00 and for my main a glass of puligny montrachet 1er cru 05 at £14.00 I hadn't really planned on having dessert (far too much eating out this year all ready!) but then they took the cheese trolley to the table next to me... oh dear! A selection of Scottish and French cheese @ £10.50 - they had around 6 Scottish cheese of which i went for the Criffel and bishop Kennedy and a blue (dunshyre?) and a (French) Tomme au marc with a glass of maury £7.00. The service was discreet but friendly and the staff were very knowledgable and eager to offer assistance where necessary. This really was a very good meal, one of the best i have eaten in fact and i would definitely recommend The Kitchin to anyone heading to Edinburgh (Leith)

oh to spend valentines with Ronnie Wood

I had john dory with bouillabaise at Le gavroche but can't see them doing a cheesecake....

Any feedback on Public? have heard good things and fancy checking it out but wanted a "second opinion" so to speak!

i have no idea but it sounds good mmmmm!

i saw their set lunch menu on their website about a week or two ago...

the capital

Thanks Brian - have decided on Martin Wishart and will see about the others when i get there

My 10th birthday was spent at a fancy restaurant in Belgium where i was the only child and was startled by the fact that the Zsa Zsa Gabor look a like on the table next to us was not only wearing about $1000000 worth of diamonds (or so it seemed to my 10yr old mind) but had her lap dog sat up on a chair and was feeding him FOIE GRAS from her fork! For that reason I agree with comments like Union Sq cafe or maybe somewhere like River Cafe where the brooklyn bridge chocolate deesert would be great for a 10yr old as a birthday treat and would truly make them feel grown up...

Yes jackal10, thats correct - have you tried the dessert? Sounds seriously odd...

Braised pork belly, potato, cashew nuts and sea urchin ~ Poulet de Bresse en cocotte, truffle injected egg and tagliatelle ~ Air, Land and Sea - Potato, walnuts and beluga caviar simply because i am fascinated by the dessert - has anyone tried this?

thanks Nathan, i tend to eat at 930/10ish when i am in NYC as it leaves plenty of time for sightseeing, a big lunch and plenty of cocktails beforehand so that sounds great!

babbo - time well spent in the nyc forum planning my upcoming visit!

from looking at the menu on line there seems to be a better choice in the evening? Would you recommend more for dinner than lunch? I also gatehr from teh thread taht you cannot reserve but wait times of about 45mins seem the norm if you go peak time for a table of 3?

sat bains?

can you change the name too please "Divo" - weren't they on the X factor?

i can't seem to download a brunch menu for Perry Street but from what i've seen on other threads it is highly recommended? what is the brunch menu like?

thanks.

sorry if i missed this earlier on but is D&C still opening at 6pm or is it now 7pm again? is that every night of the week?

Thanks andy - that looks good too....

thanks for all the suggestions - Martin wisharts in particular looks great!

Am off to Edinburgh in a couple of weeks and would like to know what restaurants are generally considered to be the best... Thanks