Amber Restaurant (Old Town)

• S an open and bright space with stone walls warmed by feature lights made from old whisky barrels
• The standard menu is for omnivores
• Served shepherds pie style with a layer of mash
• Each morsel was savoury and delicious
• S starters were a peppered Crowdie on soda bread &ndash
• It went nicely with our various dishes and didn&rsquo
• My main was a trio that caused the confusion I usually feel when presented with a menu where everything looks good
• A guinnea fowl breast stuffed with black pudding was tender and tasty
• I finished off with a sirloin steak on mustard mash with a very tasty jus
• The steak was full of flavour and I was impressed to find that the quennelle of mash had golden seam of wholegrain mustard running through it
• There was also a Dunsyre blue tart with red onion marmalade and rocket
• Layering uncooked porridge with cream seemed like a weird thing to do
• Ve learned that there are many different ways to make cranachan
• Is generous with the raspberries and serves the whisky on the side
• The whisky is sweet as honey on the nose
• We finished with peppermint tea and coffee
• The restaurant was quite busy
• A couple to our right were enjoying a postprandial whisky
• Four Spanish visitors were sipping &ndash
• The Taste of Scotland menu is a great way to introduce people to what Scotland can product
• Closing the meal with a Balvennie is likely to get the most cantankerous diner in a pleasant mood
• I have tried salmon and mussels as starters with my four different single malt whiskies and have taken sirloin steak as main dish
• Scottish salmon and mussels were especially great
• The volume presented to us with all the Whiskey choices was staggering
• The tastes of the different whiskies was amazing and the small treats delicious

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