Burns Breakfast

Just spent a few nights in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. So many places to revisit and things to see from the Georgian new town to the Medieval old town, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace and the Scottish National and Portrait Galleries to name but a few.

This would be writer spent a little time in The Elephant House cafe where J.K. Rowling apparently wrote Harry Potter whilst eating their delicious cakes and coffees. My mocha with salted caramel brownie was delicious but inspiration did not flow and, if anything, I just felt rather conspicuous!

Our last morning in Edinburgh was Thursday (January 25th), the day when the folk of Scotland celebrate the birth of their poet Robbie Burns. Had we stayed until night-time I may have indulged in some vegetarian haggis, neeps and tatties (swede and potatoes) with a wee dram of whisky on the side. As it was, we were homeward bound on the 1pm train from Waverley Station so brunch was the order of the day.

I can highly recommend Urban Angel cafe on Hanover Street, ranked 2nd on Trip Advisor. So much so in fact that we went twice! The first day I tried a Peanut Butter & Maca Bowl and the second day the Acai Bowl. We also had Eggs Benedict and French Toast with berries, aniseed sugar and orange. A nice touch was the little egg timer showing me when it was time to pour my tea.

We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld Lang syne.