Scotland Food News – April 2015

In April's Food News, we spend some time outside, stock up on nice beer and brace ourselves for a new take on the fry-up

Feature by Peter Simpson | 31 Mar 2015

We start this month with the great outdoors. But none of that ‘wind in your hair’ stuff for us – this is the urban outdoors we’re on about. Rather than rolling hills and increased risk of cow attack, there’s the chance to eat street food in an actual street, courtesy of the Old Town Street Food Festival. Expect food from some of Scotland’s top pop-ups on Easter Sunday, in what should be the ideal warm-up for the Easter egg-packed mayhem you're sure to indulge in for the rest of the day. 5 Apr; Three Sisters, Cowgate, Edinburgh.

Moving indoors, Glasgow’s Gastro Punx pop-up returns this month . Last time out the Punx went for a Kraftwerk-inspired European theme, but this time things are a bit different. We say a bit different – the menu features a mini all day breakfast with wild nettle potato scones and quail’s eggs, plus a fine dining take on the venerable ‘munchie box’. As with all the best experiments, it’s hard to tell precisely which way this one’s going, but it should be an interesting trip either way. 11 Apr, 7.30pm; 1363 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow. £25, tickets from glasgowgastropunx@gmail.com

Next, a reason to go to Aberdeen! Sounds crazy, we know, but go with us on this one. The North Hop craft beer festival moves across ‘the North’ from its Inverness home for a Northeast sojourn, bringing with it beers from Cromarty, Williams and, naturally, Brewdog among a host of others. Throw in a cocktail lounge, a smattering of live music and even some food, and you’ve got an event worth making the trip north for. 11 Apr, 12-6pm and 7pm; Lemon Tree, W North St, Aberdeen. Tickets now sold out.

And finally this month, the Great Grog’s Bottled Beer Fair returns to Edinburgh. With over one hundred beers on offer, the fair’s selling point is, in our eyes, a simple one – you can scoot around the place having little tasters of everything, and then snap up bottles of the best stuff for later. It’s a chance to try some great beers, and come away with something to show for your efforts at the same time, and that’s the kind of win-win situation we can get behind. 25 Apr, 1-6pm; Cafe Camino, 1 Little King St, Edinburgh. £10, tickets from greatgrogshop.co.uk

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