Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Fusion££
(
01224-652959;
www.fusionbarbistro.com
; 10 North Silver St; 2-/3-course dinner £23/
28; 5.30-10pm Tue-Sat)
This chic and trendy bar-bistro in the upmarket Golden Square
district has a menu that is true to its name, blending Scottish west-coast mussels with
creamy curry sauce and onion bread, and giving slow-roast pork belly the French-Spanish
treatment by serving it with cassoulet and garnishing with chorizo and Serrano ham.
FUSION
Beautiful Mountain£
(
www.thebeautifulmountain.com
;
11-13 Belmont St; mains £4-10; 7.30am-3.30pm
Mon-Fri, 8am-4.30pm Sat, 10.30am-3.30pm Sun)
This cosy cafe is squeezed into a couple
of tiny rooms (seating upstairs), but serves all-day breakfasts and tasty sandwiches
(smoked salmon, Thai chicken, pastrami) on sourdough, bagels, ciabatta and lots of other
breads, along with exquisite espresso and consummate cappuccino. It's also open for din-
ner Thursday to Saturday, when the menu changes to tapas.
CAFE
Sand Dollar Café£
(
01224-572288;
www.sanddollarcafe.com
; 2 Beach Esplanade; mains £4-10;
9am-9pm daily, closed 4-6pm Thu-Sat)
A cut above your usual seaside cafe - on sunny
days you can sit at the wooden tables outside and share a bottle of chilled white wine, and
there's a tempting menu that includes pancakes with maple syrup, homemade burgers and
chocolate brownie with Orkney ice cream. An evening bistro menu (mains £12 to £24,
served from 6pm Thursday to Saturday) offers steak and seafood dishes. The cafe is on
the esplanade, 800m northeast of the city centre.
CAFE, BISTRO
Ashvale Fish Restaurant£
(
www.theashvale.co.uk
;
42-48 Great Western Rd; takeaway £4-7, mains £8-12;
noon-11pm; )
This is the flagship, 200-seat branch of the Ashvale, an award-winning
fish-and-chip restaurant famed for its quality haddock. The Ashvale Whale - a 1lb fish fil-
let in batter (£12.75) - is a speciality; finish it off and you get a second one free (as if
you'd want one by then!). There are branches in Elgin and Brechin. It's 300m southwest
of the west end of Union St.
FISH & CHIPS
Granite Park££
MODERN SCOTTISH
