Fall in love with top Dine at Home menus this Valentines Day in Edinburgh
Some of the city’s leading independent and family-run restaurants are looking to get hearts and taste buds all of a flutter with their special Valentine’s Day menus for collection or home delivery
Article Source: Taste Communications
Last Updated: 8 February 2021 12:50
Fall in love with Edinburgh’s top ‘dine at home’ menus this Valentine’s Day
As Edinburgh prepares itself for Valentine’s Day in lockdown over the weekend of 12th to 14th February, some of the city’s leading independent and family-run restaurants are looking to get hearts and taste buds all of a flutter with their special Valentine’s Day menus for collection or home delivery.
They have all unveiled special ‘dine at home’ menus to help couples celebrate the most romantic day of the year in the comfort of their own home without the hassle of cooking or washing up.
‘Contini at Home’ Valentine’s Day menus
Third generation Italian Scots, Victor and Carina Contini, are the proud owners of Edinburgh’s award-winning Contini George Street, The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant at the Scottish National Gallery and Cannonball Restaurant & bar at Castlehill on the Royal Mile.
The independent, family-run restaurants showcase the very best seasonal and local Scottish produce on each of its three ‘Contini at Home’ menus.
Contini George Street Valentine's Menu
3 courses with focaccia: £35.00 per person
Rome, Venice, Amalfi, oh how romantic do these words sound? If you’re looking for a reason to ‘virtually’ escape to Italy, then enjoy Contini’s classic Italian Valentine’s menu which they’ve made easy to prepare at home, so you’ll have even more time to sing the Dean Martin classic, ‘That's Amore’.
The ‘Contini at Home’ George Street Valentine’s Day menu includes rosemary focaccia served with sun dried tomato salsa; Vialone Nano risotto with fresh Scottish lobster, Amalfi lemon and fresh chilli; roast sea bass with Italian fennel, datterini tomatoes, capers and dill; plus chocolate and Amarena cherry tiramisu – Contini’s own classic Genovese sponge soaked with Marsala and Amarena cherries layered with mascarpone and 70% cocoa.
The ‘Contini at Home’ Contini George Street Valentine’s menu available for home delivery or collection from Contini, 103 George Street, Edinburgh on 14th February only.
To order, visit the Contini website: Here
The Scottish Cafe's Vegetarian Valentine's Menu
3 courses with focaccia: £30 per person
The lightest of all the Contini at Home menus and perfect for vegetarians. A delicious veloute followed by crepes that simply need to be baked in the oven. Simple to prepare but totally delicious. Chocolate for dessert as it is the only choice for dessert on Valentine’s Day.
The ‘Contini a Home’ Scottish Cafe's Vegetarian Valentine's Menu includes rosemary focaccia with whipped Mara seaweed butter; Phantassie Jerusalem artichoke veloute with mushroom, thyme and Mull cheddar crumble; Spinach and Errington’s goats curd crepes with caramelised red onions and onion purée; followed by 70% chocolate pot, blood orange gel and chocolate crumb.
To order the ‘Contini a Home’ Scottish Cafe Vegetarian Valentine's Menu, visit the Contini website: Here
Cannonball House Valentine's Menu
3 courses with focaccia: £35.00 per person
If you’re missing Cannonball House on the Royal Mile, especially for special occasions, there is no more special occasion in February than Valentine’s Day shared with the one you love.
The ‘Contini at Home’ Cannonball House Valentine's Menu includes rosemary focaccia with whipped Mara seaweed butter; chicken liver parfait with homemade walnut and raisin bread and bitter orange chutney; slow cooked beef cheek with butter mash, confit Phantassie shallots dressing; followed by creme brulee (made easy without the brulee) with poached rhubarb, ginger meringues and almond brittle.
To order the ‘Contini a Home’ Cannonball House Valentine's Menu, visit the Contini website: Here
Fhior, 36 Broughton Street, Edinburgh
Fhior Valentine's Dinner for two people
3 courses for 80.00 for two people for delivery on Saturday 13th February only
Fhior’s special Valentine’s Dinner has some serious luxury and indulgence included. All the effort is put in beforehand to make your evening with your loved one a relaxing one, leaving time for each other. As well as the menu, Fhior has a few little treats in their box to help with your evening.
Lobster and crab ravioli with shellfish bisque and Exmoor caviar to start, followed by Roe deer loin with charred ‘January King’ cabbage, confit beetroot, beetroot ketchup and pearl barley; and finished with milk chocolate and koji fudge delice. The menu can be kept for the following day if stored correctly. Fhior’s menus come part prepared with minimal finishing and plating needed. Instructions are included. To book, visit the Fhior at Home website: Here
Pop your cork for Fhior’s Valentine's Dinner for Two, including a bottle of Vincent Couche Elegance Brut, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay Côte des Bar, Champagne France NV. 12.5% for £110 for two people to share. This is a Terroir driven grower Champagne, with the Chardonnay (20%) coming from the hard chalk of Montgueux and the Pinot Noir (80%) coming from the Kimmeridgian marls of Buxeuil. With a very low dosage of sugar, this is bone dry, yet a long lees ageing of five years gives a generous creamy depth to the palate with toasted brioche and marzipan notes, Raspberry, and red apple fruits. A supremely refined, complex, and elegant wine. Best enjoyed on its own... Or with someone special. To be book Fhior’s Valentine's Dinner for Two, including a bottle of Champagne, visit the Fhior at Home website: Here
McLarens 8 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4DD.
Valentine’s Sharing Supper menu - £70-£80 for two people sharing
McLarens’ chefs have created an extra special Valentine’s Sharing Supper menu to share with your loved one, as well as a delicious Vegetarian option. Dishes include gin cured salmon & blood orange ceviche and salmon croquettes with celeriac remoulade; Scottish Borders Beef Chateaubriand (450g) with Gruyere potato Dauphinoise, seasonal greens & peppercorn sauce; chocolate fondant with orange & vanilla clotted cream; and petit fours - strawberry & champagne macarons with passion fruit & white chocolate truffles.
Vegetarian options include sweet potato & chilli gnocchi with wilted spinach and miso butter, ginger & lime sauce; and slow roasted squash, celeriac and mushroom wellington with gruyere potato dauphinoise, seasonal greens and peppercorn sauce.
McLarens has also partnered up with its friends at Eden Mill Gin to bring Valentine’s couples two Eden Mill Love Gin miniatures to enjoy either on the rocks, with fruit or in a favourite cocktail of your choice.
To order one of the Valentine’s Day menus from McLarens on the Corner, visit Here
Kyloe’s ‘Steak me to Bed’ Valentine’s Day menu
£65 for two people sharing
Kyloe's head chef, John Rutter, has been hard at work creating a special Valentine’s Day version of the popular ‘Steak Me Home’ menu for people to treat that special someone. The menu includes a gourmet steak of your choice: Chateaubriand, Côte de boeuf or Sirloin (500g); bone marrow gravy; peppercorn sauce; beef dripping chips; portobello mushrooms; rocket & parmesan salad and a bottle of red wine.
For extra romantic indulgence, add a fondue set for two people to share, including boozy Valrhona Chocolate fondue with Baileys molten milk chocolate, fingers of fudge, crunchy honeycomb, salted caramel peanut brittle, coconut bounty bites and fresh strawberries.
To order one of the Valentine’s Day menus from Kyloe Restaurant & Grill, visit Here
Collection is from McLarens on the Corner, 8 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4DD.
These restaurants are all part of the ‘Taste Edinburgh’ campaign. Some of the biggest names in Scottish hospitality have come together for the first time to help Edinburgh’s leading independent restaurants, bars and hotels get through a bleak winter of curfews, closed doors and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
After a catastrophic 2020 for the hospitality industry, the ‘Taste Edinburgh’ campaign is encouraging people to give the gift of authentic Scottish hospitality and support the capital’s well-loved independent and family-run restaurants, bars and hotels when they need it most.
The capital’s independent restauranteurs and chefs are urging people to book ‘at home’ dining packages and buy online gift vouchers from their favourite Edinburgh restaurant, bar or hotel as the perfect gift to use as soon as lockdown measures have been eased.
As life returns to normal in 2021, the group is hopeful that their venues will once again be full of customers enjoying some of the best food and drink Scotland has to offer.
The ‘Taste Edinburgh’ campaign has been devised and coordinated by Edinburgh’s Taste Communications, Scotland’s first dedicated food, drink and hospitality media agency.
Gift vouchers can be purchased through each venue’s website or through the Taste Edinburgh campaign page: Here
People can follow the Taste Edinburgh campaign on social media, including Instagram https://instagram.com/tasteedin and Twitter https://twitter.com/tasteedin using the hashtag #TasteEdinburgh
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