UK Trip - Day 2 - Edinburgh Fringe
Good morning!
I was sorely missing the taste of FRESH FOOD, so today's breakfast is some Mediterranean fare @ The Remedy.
Breakfast photos. The first photo is of the "Mediterranean Breakfast", which is a grab-bag of Greco-Turkish foods including Sujuk, Halloumi cheese, olives, cucumber, Mozarella cheese, tomato, and leafy greens. The second photo is the Shakshuka, which was served with a fried egg on top of the Sujuk and tomato, peppers, onion sauce, served with flatbread.
Dad hadn't tried Shakshuka before so I insisted he try it. Note: This will be a running theme on this blog - making people try new foods!
The Shakshuka wasn't what I expected... just look at that fried egg but it was still very tasty. There was a good amount of sauce and the sausage was good. Mine was the "Mediterranean Breakfast" with enough bright and fresh flavours to make up for the last couple of days.
After breakfast we took the tram up the hill and went for a bit of a wander. I'd discovered when dressing this morning that this criminal:
She had chewed the armpits out of one of my travel merino shirts! I bought a replacement at a local adventure gear store that was having a sale, then we went for a walk.
View of Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street Gardens
It's a lovely warm day, so we walked through the gardens, and checked out a crafts market being held in the park. Emma would have spent all day here!
Market in the Princes Street Gardens. Third photo is of the gardens itself.
We then headed up the hill towards the castle as we had a show booked in the afternoon. We stopped for some Pho as I was still after fresh bright flavours!
It was fine, though we have better at home. On to the show! Whisky and Tales, which was excellent!
Hosted by Little Fish Tours, this was a four whisky flight selected by the host to showcase some of the types and regions of whisky in Scotland, with accompanying tales of the history of whisky production in the country. I'm just going to say that taxation can sure be interesting when there's swords involved!
This was also the first step in introducing Dad to whisky, and as yet he's nonplussed. It apparently all tastes the same to him. We'll work on that! 😄
Onto the evening's entertainment: Demi Adejuyigbe's Fringe show - Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (!) Backflip. I picked this one because I'm familiar with his 9/21 and Dropout work...
It was excellent. A mix of cringe and self-deprecating humour which asks the question "Aren't we all a little cringe?", some current events, some sharp cultural questions, and of course a backflip. It was definitely a legit backflip... Yes. Yes.
A quick dinner after the show - some quite good curry:
Then on to the last show of the evening. "The Best of So You Think You're Funny". No photos unfortunately, but the show was good. Samira Banks was the standout for me, her set was so on point. The venue was a bit crowded and the sound wasn't great, so unfortunately Dad missed a lot of the set. A real shame.
Thanks for reading!
