3rdforum wrote:Is that signal tower still there?? Some stunning buildings in Leith, and Edinburgh and Scotland in general
Yip, eaten in Fisher restaurant below it many a time when I lived up there...
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Culinary delight thread...
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Yip, eaten in Fisher restaurant below it many a time when I lived up there...
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The Ocean Mist is moored up where the van is in last picture...
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If I won the lottery, I think I would buy an apartment in Leith.
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Years since I've really been around there other when up for weekends, first flat I bought looked over where the Britannia is moored now,,, then looked at one in that block you rented in, what was it Ocean View or something, that was an investment not to live in, glad I didn't, property crash followed, but still got a thing about living near water...
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Waterfront I think. It's brilliant nodding off to sleep to the sound of waves lapping up on the shore!
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Looked at a few in that development, there was an ocean one, but was deffo in that appartment you rented, huge living area, kitchen and outside area if I recall correct, bedrooms weren't the best...
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Thats the adjacent block I think Minty. Here is the one we stayed in
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Yeah, one you were in was one I'd deffo been in, could just see forth bridge, sunsets would have been brill...
Shit am I becoming homesick...
Shit am I becoming homesick...
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Second picture shows tree branches stuck on the silt, as a kid I can just recall boats going up there...
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I want a place in York, I want a place at Coniston, i want i want i want, got the keys yesterday to i want next door the other way, madness really 
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Well done. Buy some halal chicken to celebrate!
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Poached eggs on muffins with sausages, orange juice, coffee and toast. All set up for the day! 
Only problem is the weather...really grey skies and looks like rain.
Only problem is the weather...really grey skies and looks like rain.
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Medium rare sirloin steak. Had better...4/10.
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Chic Ken curry
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Fillet steak (from Lidl and only €5) chips and an egg 9/10
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Snap, I had chicken curry yesterday as well. Today I had cod chips and peas but it tasted more like haddock. At least it wasnt sea-horse. 
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Toast and marmalade...I'm a culinary wizard when left on my own!
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I had this last night, it was yum, had grilled tomato and boiled spuds with it, oh, didn't go for the smoked gammon just plain, but grilled some smoked bacon lardons that I mixed in with cheese sauce,,, 10/10 it was...
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That looks tasty...
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It was, will be having it again sometime...
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Steak and ale with mash, followed by a little tub of mandarins then a packet of crisps and a cadburys creme egg. I'm a genius with this microwave!
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How long you do the cream egg for...
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Been doing a bit cooking today, made a huge bolognese sauce with no intention of having spag-bol...
For tonight, cannelloni tubes filled with the bolognese sauce then topped with broccoli and cheesy sauce as per last night, then in to oven for 25 minutes, yum...
The rest of the bolognese sauce, two huge lasagnas, 16 normal size portions there as its three layers deep, and two really big portions of the cannelloni/broccoli, so 18 servings in one cook...
Lasagna came out a bit crusty on top, was running out of cheesy sauce at the end despite making four pints of the stuff, will still be yum tommorow, and the next day and the next day and the...........
For tonight, cannelloni tubes filled with the bolognese sauce then topped with broccoli and cheesy sauce as per last night, then in to oven for 25 minutes, yum...
The rest of the bolognese sauce, two huge lasagnas, 16 normal size portions there as its three layers deep, and two really big portions of the cannelloni/broccoli, so 18 servings in one cook...
Lasagna came out a bit crusty on top, was running out of cheesy sauce at the end despite making four pints of the stuff, will still be yum tommorow, and the next day and the next day and the...........
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You should shut the kitchen window. A leaf has blown into your bolognese sauce...
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Thats off my pretend plant in Tenerife 