One of my favourite things about travelling is trying the local cuisine. So naturally, I was eager to do this when visiting Glasgow Scotland. I am from England so I wasn’t expecting much of a difference with the food. However, it seems that Scottish people eat very different things. At the risk of sounding like a “traitor”…I must confess that I prefer Scottish cuisine.
•At The Willow Tearooms I had an avocado and salmon toast. Scotland is famous worldwide for having good salmon.
• At Ardnamurchan I tried haggis, neeps, and tatties. This was the meal I was most nervous about trying. It’s Scotland’s national dish which includes sheep organs, mashed turnip, and mashed potato. The Haggis (sheep organs) was actually VERY nice. To be honest all I could taste was something earthy mixed with herbs.
• I ordered a Scottish breakfast from my hostel…but you can see it clearly wasn’t right. They gave me chopped tomato…and there was no potato scone or mushrooms. It was still nice though!
• Whilst in Oban, I had mussels and chips. Mussels are like my favourite fish so of course I was excited to eat them.
• I went to The Willow Tearooms for a second time and had Cullen skink. This dish is a soup made from Haddock and potato. Usually, I don’t like the taste of haddock but this soup was very tasty.
• At Ardnamurchan I also tried cranachan. This is a traditional Scottish dessert that includes oats, cream, crushed raspberries, and whisky. It was very nice but also more filling than I expected.
• In the final picture you can see 3 plates of “Scottish tapas” which I ordered from The Piper Whisky Bar. This includes mince and tatties (minced beef and mash potato), fish and chips, and clapshot (mashed turnip).
Click here to see some snippets of my trip to Glasgow.
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