Travel Reference
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SEAFOOD
Ondine£££
(
0131-226 1888;
www.ondinerestaurant.co.uk
; 2 George IV Bridge; mains £15-25;
lunch & dinner)
Ondine is one of Edinburgh's finest seafood restaurants, with a menu
based on sustainably sourced fish. Take an octopus- inspired seat at the curved Crustacean
Bar and tuck into oysters Kilpatrick, lobster thermidor, a roast shellfish platter or just
good old haddock and chips (with minted pea purée, just to keep things posh). The two-
course lunch (noon to 2.30pm) and pretheatre (5pm to 6.30pm) menu costs £17.
CAFE
Porto & Fi£
(
www.portofi.com
;
9 North Bank St; mains £4-8; 10am-11pm Mon-Sat, to 9pm Sun)
With its designer decor, a prime location overlooking The Mound, and a suprisingly soph-
isticated menu built around quality Scottish produce, this cafe is hard to beat for a break-
fast of eggs Benedict or Stornoway black pudding (served till noon, all day Sunday), or
lunch of smoked salmon cannelloni or roast fig and asparagus salad.
MODERN SCOTTISH
Castle Terrace£££
(
0131-229 1222;
www.castleterracerestaurant.com
;
33-35 Castle Tce; mains £25-28,
3-course lunch £24; lunch & dinner Tue-Sat)
It was little more than a year after open-
ing in 2010 that TV chef Tom Kitchin's second Edinburgh restaurant was awarded a
Michelin star. The menu is seasonal and applies sharply whetted Parisian skills to the
finest of local produce, be it Ayrshire pork, Aberdeenshire lamb or Newhaven crab - even
the cheese in the sauces is Scottish.
Leven's££
(
0131-229 8988; 30-32 Leven St; mains £12-19; lunch & dinner Sun-Thu,
noon-10.30pm Fri & Sat)
From the spectacular chandeliers and slowly pulsing blue/
purple mood lighting to the designer colour palette and Villeroy & Boch tableware,
everything about this restaurant oozes style. The food lives up to the surroundings, with
clever and unexpected combinations of flavours, colours and textures in dishes such as
beef sirloin Panang curry, with peanuts and lime leaves.
FUSION
