Cameron Alexander I agree, It is the best. I did a video on my channel on how good the water is in Italy, and people still drink bottled water, unbelievable.
I BEG YOUR PARDON GOOD SIR....the water in Scotland is not good?! It's fresh, soft water from mountains....it doesn't get any better than that! (especially for a cup of tea).
Apparently the best/cleanest water from source, (faucet) is from Glasgow. Family from Fyfe used to take empty bottles of water to fill and take back home when they were through. Said the water was less metallic.
Marc .Jameson Marc, I totally agree, The water is amazing. I started my travel channel Because I want to help people travel smarter. Buying bottled water when the water is free and completely good to drink is one of those things that I talk about on my channel. You can save a lot of money by not buying bottled water. Good point.
@@rmutch63 Hi Ronnie, I have a travel channel also and would love it if you subscribed to my channel. I have great tips to share. I hope you will join me:)
I know from experience visiting Elgin in the north of Scotland in the 1970s that the water is excellent. The first time I tried it I overdosed on water because it tasted so good. It helps explain things to note that this is near where many of the whisky distilleries are located.
Please get your facts right , our scottish water to our house is not free , we are metered and costs us about 120 pounds a quarter , i assume we are not alone in having this bill!
I was in Scotland 18 months ago, and I have to totally agree did not have a bad meal the whole week. I also dove into the local places and food, stayed away from all the big chain fast food places. Lived the culture all the way.
A couple of additional things you have to try when you visit scotland: * Cullen skink * Cranachan * Loch fyne scallops (and any seafood really) * Gin - there are so many different gins here! They are so good! *bridie
Cullen Skink is amazing! I have to say the water in Scotland is AMAZING! I have well water here in the states so I am very spoiled. When I travel I usually drink bottled water because I can’t stand the taste of public water. I am definitely a water snob! The only time I had bottled water was in our hotel and I didn’t like it 😂. The water is great.
Y'know when you see a list of stuff that we eat here in Scotland it's a minor miracle we're not all dead - but I tell you something I couldn't live without lorne, Irn-Bru, Tunnocks, killie pies etc!
I'm English and I love Scottish food - you might get a better respoonse if you ask for a Scotch Pie as opposed to a Scottish one, they have a different type of pastry. Haggis is marvellous, best deep fried from the chippy. Square (or Lorne) Sausages are great too. And wash it down with plenty of Irn Bru, great drink
Yup, Scotch pies (sometimes called mince pies . Don't ask for a mince pie in England lest you get a pie with mince in it ) use a cold water pastry and are filled with an oatmealy stuff. Never heard of Scottish pies, though I suspect the wee counter lassie will know what you mean.
I can attest that restaurants in small villages will run out of food and there will be nothing but tea and coffee left. I think it's because there is only fresh food used as opposed to the freezer full of preserved stuff we get in the US.
Thank you for giving venison a passing mention! Don't forget to try pheasant, partridge, mallard, snipe and woodcock as well. It's important that the gravy is made from the natural meat juices from the roasting, and not synthetic gravy out of a packet. If you visit Aberdeenshire, you need to try butteries/rowies
Regarding tipping in a bar, in Scotland, if you are going out for a night of drinking we do a thing where we don't tip all night until the last drink you buy of the night, and we'll say to the bar staff "and get one for yourself", now this doesn't mean that the bar staff buys a shot of whisky and downs it, what they do is they take a cash amount from your change equal to the cost of one drink. Over the course of a night's drinking, it effectively works out at a 5-10% tip depending on how much you drink.
If you want to combine some Scottish beer and food for not a lot of money, The Beer Kitchen on Lothian Road in Edinburgh is worth it. Within the Scottish craft beer scene Innis & Gunn isn't highly regarded but I do like their Beer Kitchens. Best breakfast item you missed off was lorne sausage or square sausage, in particular the beef one. Far better than link, a bread roll with square, tattie scone and brown sauce with a can of Irn Bru will sort you out. No one will say 'Scottish pie', it's a Scotch pie (might seem like a subtle difference), they're mutton based and you can get some pretty horrible dry ones but worth trying from a baker or butcher hot. Sticky toffee pudding is a standard and is good, but you should also make a point of trying cranachan.
The first time I had Indian food was in London. Tasted amazing but it also got me among the sickest I've ever been from food. That's even worse when travelling abroad. Not dissing Indian food cuz I got back into it a few years ago and I am addicted to buttered chicken and naan. No GI issues since that very 1st time
Scotland is up there with Switzerland for outstanding natural water quality and taste! Seafood and game are where it's at with top end Scottish cuisine. Our Venison, Grouse and Pheasant! Amazing! Our salmon is outstanding - our scallops, mussels and oysters are also unbeatable! We also have loads of different types of edible mushrooms that taste wonderful. Oh, and Aberdeen angus beef! And yes, Haggis is delicious! For fast food, yeh we deep fry alot of stuff. The best pies, in my opinion - your scotch pie is usually mutton mince - I like a mince and skirlie pie with toasted oatmeal on the top of the mince. Forfar Bridies are a must - Abroath smokies (smoked kippers) are delicious. And then there's Stovies! Stovies are great! :P As for tipping? I'd say 10% is the base tip for standard service. 15% for good service and 20% if it's really good. Glasgow, go anywhere in the west end and you'll probably be good! Ashton lane and places near Kelvingrove park. I'd say Glasgow and Perth are your real 'foodie' cities (I live in Perth, theres only about 40,000 in the city, and just off the top of my head we have Dean's, Café Tabou, Café Breizh and Cardos - Perth seems to do French, medditeranian or contemporary scottish). Rocpool, in Inverness is a must visit. The Loch fyne Oyster bar, near Inveraray on the road to Oban . . . The Ubiquitous chip in Glasgow, any of the restaurants at gleneagles . . . The three chimneys in Skye is famous aswell. Some of the best pizza to be had outside of Italy can be found in Stirling (Napizza) Yeh - Scotland does good food!
I love Scotland! Beautiful mauntains and down to earth people! 1:28 Many countries have variations of "Black pudding" - Scotland, England and Ireland, but also in Spain (the Basque) and the Bulgarians (called "Kurvavitsa") and perhaps even more countries I do not know yet . Actually I am sure the English got it from the Scots and Irish 😆 It's not so "scary" to accept it- in the past people were more careful not to waste food.
The Fish and Chips at the Worlds end pub in Edinburgh. OMG. I only had 3 fish and chips in the 36 days we were in the UK. This one was the most amazing Fish and ships ever. We tried haggis and liked it. Travel without the local food is like swimming without water.
Hi. I'm Scottish and live just outside of Edinburgh. It's great to watch and hear your reviews on my country. Hope you and your family enjoyed your stay and hope you come back =) 🏴 .
Walter what another great video you’ve made on Scotland thank you sir you truly have covered everything in my country! I hope tourists from all over the world find this video useful
Hey So I am back living n Edinburgh. Just a reminder that Edinburgh does have other restaurants but anyway if you are in Scotland try Lorn/ sliced/ square sausage, Red Kola and Cranachan...a tasty desert. There is Cullen Skink, Arbroath Smokies and Rowerie. Forfar Bridies and losts of tasty soft fruits...like raspberries and Strawberries. Oh and if you get a chance, try some of the produce from local bakeries...some of it stodgy but definite comfort food.
I LOVE Scottish food! Tablet, sticky toffee pudding, haggis, all of it! My kids often ask to have Scottish breakfast, so I’ll add some salmon because we can’t find the sausages here in Luxembourg.
If you come to Scotland and don't try Sticky Toffee Pudding you are really missing out! Watching this makes us realise how 'healthy' all of our national dishes are 😂
By the way, they do have McSween's vegetarian haggis as well if you're unsure about trying the real thing. I'm not a fan of haggis either way, but hopefully it's helpful to some of you. You can also get it deep fried in batter in the chippy as well.
Depends where in Scotland you are whether your tap water tastes OK. You can go 10 miles elsewhere where the water comes from a different source and doesn't have fluoride in it. A water filter can sort that out.
As Scot with a massive sweet tooth, I will get ice cream at any opportunity and if you go for the traditional plain flavour & try different establishments in different parts of Scotland you will be surprised at the subtle differences. Also Black pudding with pan seared scallops is heavenly.
Hey I'm from Scotland and he missed out square sausage roll :) I'm moving to Canada in April and the things I'm really going to miss are Haggis, tunnics tea cakes, irn bru, tattie scones and tablet! Our tap water also tastes better than most places I don't really know what he means :)
Most things were spot on in the vid. Ignore the water thing. Water in the UK tends to be purer the further north you go. Even in scotland, I've found the water in the north is nicer than the central belt
Its been several decades but I recall the food in Scotland as being quite good. Nothing fancy, but easy to find a nicely done steak, with potatoes, the usual veggies. Very easy for the American palate.
Best water on earth, And that ain't a scotch pie that's a pork pie and i dunno any Scottish person that's ever had a fried mars bar! That's just for foreigners, But a fried pizza is pretty normal or a pizza crunch (pizza in batter) it's just brilliant, and have no idea how a roll n bacon is a weird thing that's pretty standard lol Also any pub that sells booze and food kids can go fine a bar thats only for drinking thats different.
Just want to join everyone in defending our water but I'm glad you enjoyed Scotland so much. The deep fried Mars bar..... no-one in Scotland would actually eat it but it' s always there for the tourists. Got to try it once, but only once.
Nice work Mark, I’m a master butcher with a shop in Aberdeenshire and we make all of our own haggis, black pudding, white puddings etc by hand & they are all still very popular! Have to get you to try some of our potted head sometime!👍😊
My Grandpa was the manager at the Coop 40 odd years ago. Used to come home on a Friday with a butchers parcel. Steak , pork, pies, lamb, tripe, sausages, ham, chicken, spiced beef, corned beef, liver, kidneys and potted head. My granny loved potted head. Could never manage potted head myself. Happy days!
@@oggie1967 Cheers m8. My usual order from the chippy is single smoke sausage and white pudding supper. Find it goes down easier than the other 2.What the hell's potted head? My father in law down here in Fife makes potted hoch at New year. Don't know what the hell that is either.
Ian Leishman I still make it but it’s potted meat now since the BSE thing! It’s just boiling beef cooked down till it falls to bits, salt, pepper, beef bouillon, water & some gelatin to set it! Bash up the beef with a spud masher and add back to the liquid and stir & decant into tubs to cool! My granny came from Fife & she made potted Hough using shin of beef & a marrow bone to set it! Same thing but different method!👍
Haggis - you must use the whiskey gravy. As a SoCal native, I feel a but of hot sauce (Sriracha, Cholula, etc) would take it over the top and a few others agreed with me. Irn Bru (the national non-alcoholic drink of Scotland) and a packet of crisps. Spot on about having local beers. Besides whiskeys, there is also gin with a variety of types and gin distillery tours. A nice G&T always goes down well. Heck I went up to the top of Arthur's Seat on a couple of Scottish beers and a couple of Scotch whiskeys, and a Coke.
Venison, better than beef, leaner, more flavour; rabbit (wtf does no one eat it anymore) fresh lobster, crab, scallops, mussels, Arbroath smokies. So much amazing food you can get in Scotland.
You can all ways spot a tourist when in the chippy. When they ask for something with chips. Here it's called a supper. i.e. Fish supper or pizza supper
@@andrewjohnston4127 No gluhwein but plenty of buckle (Buckfast tonic wine). Even more sickly sweet and stronger. Actually made in England much much loved by Alkies in Scotland.
I may be wrong, but it seems like you've never visited my neck of the woods, Galloway. Its an oversight lots of tourists make, so intent on getting to Edinburgh/Glasgow, or the Highlands, and end up missing some of the best Scotland has to offer: history, castles, scenery, beaches, small, pretty market towns, and the 2 Roberts, Bruce and Burns. Next time you're over, give it a shot, I can give some suggestions if you want. Second, language. You said in one of your videos "are they speaking English? Yes, but..." Not entirely correct I'm afraid. Scotland has 3 languages - Gaelic and English you know, obviously, but what about Scots? Sharing linguistic roots with English it is often written off as a dialect but is actually a language all of its own, albeit becoming more anglicised in these days of globalisation. I am a native Scots speaker, punished at school for not speaking English, as was the norm back then. It can be hard sometimes, to tell the difference, except if you get 2 Scots speakers talking to each other, THEN you can tell. Anyhow, just thought I'd fill you in a bit. Take care, stay safe, and if I can give any more info, just ask. Lang may yir lum reek
This is wan aye the most common questions i will get as a scottish person What flavour is irn bru I honestly dont even know I guess HEAVEN or FLIPPING AMAZIN
I was delighted to find IrnBru at Wegmans when I came home from Scotland. I think it tastes wretched but my kid loves it. Will have to get a $3 for his stocking this year. Ugh.
Vegetarian haggis is so good there if you don’t eat meat. The baked potato and mashed potato small take away a are very good fast food in Edinburgh. But my favorite thing in Scotland was halloumi fries!!
Scottish tap water will vary depending on where you are most is perfectly fine. Where I am it’s delicious from the tap..... highland spring water is basically bottled close by. So 🤷♀️
A friend and I ate at a hotel in Moffat. We got there right at the start of service, ordered, and the doors to the kitchen hadn’t stopped swinging before our food was brought out. We were in awe. It took only the time needed to get it on the plates.
Potato scones, lorne sausages, pizza crunches/ fried pizza, haggis either fried or regular, whiskey, irn bru (particularly from the 1901 glass bottle), steak and ale pie, and (if you like seafood, I personally don't) Salmon and squid, MOTHER'S PRIDE BREAD (plain bread) and morning rolls with bacon and butter. That's the list folks, pack up and head home
A great advert for Scottish food, but...You didn't try the homemade soups? Or the great mince and skirlie pie? or my favourite Clootie Dumpling? You have so much more to try and take a visit to where I come from, Orkney. wow, you'll love the food.
Hey mark, great video. You should come and check out the Galloway region when your here in the south west. It’s beautiful. A nice change from the highlands, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Black pudding 2 slice of ajd a bita white pudding an aw fried tattie scone and pancake two fried eggs streaky bacon square sausage not that pink lorne sausge crap. Couple ae links mibi .. fried breed .....mushrooms tomatoes tam sauce or broon sauce n a cup a tea ....
Not a delicacy, but plain old simple dinner. A true Scottish meal is a roll and square/slice sausage off a van, even a doubler add a black pudding with your sausage or a heart attack by adding a tattie scone, it has imo to be garnished with brown sauce. Deliciousy goodness right there! 🤤 But a must have is if you go anywhere near the western Highlands have seafood, the variety is all quality tasty goods.
Guessing he's in Edinburgh, their water is arse. pretty much every city's water is bad, come to the countryside its the best tasting thing you will ever drink in your life
I'm in Edinburgh (well Balerno) and the water is GRRRReat, less than a mile to the reservoirs (Harlaw and Threpiemuir) even less than that to the 'water treatment plant'. Have stayed in a few bothies, drunk from mountain streams (yes dead sheep and all) and honestly I can't really detect any difference in the taste (tap water here must be VERY lightly chlorinated to achieve that). Once stayed at an RAF camp (RAF Shawbury) and the water there was MINGING full of rust, tasted horrible, was really viscous etc
Can’t believe you didn’t like Scottish water - it’s all from the mountains and tastes amazing
Cameron Alexander I agree, It is the best. I did a video on my channel on how good the water is in Italy, and people still drink bottled water, unbelievable.
Also, bottled water in a region where tap water is save to drink?
Yes, Cameron, Scottish water is fresh and tasty. Can’t stand bland bottled water. Fresh is best.
I agree! The tap water from Inverness was probably the best tasting water I have ever had.
Actually, nowadays Scottish water tastes like shit. I live near Glasgow, and I caught H Pylori from my supply.
Oh man , the water is Scotland is the best tasting ever.
Especially if you put whiskey in it...
@@paulritchie5868 how dare you dilute the necter of the gods
IKR irn bru is
great
You've got to be kidding. Scottish tap water tastes like iron.
@@geraudbroussaud894 depends where your drinking it fay. Big citys it tastes pish. But up in the higlands its yhe purest you'll ever get.
Congrats on being the first American I've ever heard pronounce 'Edinburgh' correctly. Bravo sir! :)
War machine says it correctly in endgame.
@@dsmyify I haven't seen it.. thanks for the info though.
Bravo
I BEG YOUR PARDON GOOD SIR....the water in Scotland is not good?! It's fresh, soft water from mountains....it doesn't get any better than that! (especially for a cup of tea).
"Scottish water might not taste so good" I BEG YOUR PARDON!
Yeah when I moved up hear from London. The difference in the quality of water was immense.
It's far better up here.
Apparently the best/cleanest water from source, (faucet) is from Glasgow. Family from Fyfe used to take empty bottles of water to fill and take back home when they were through. Said the water was less metallic.
I know I baulked at that statement.. our water is lovely to drink, compared to when I lived in England
@@deanj.w.ferris123 Ayrshire has some of the cleanest water in the uk Glad to say I have it on tap!
Dean J. W. Ferris The Highlands have the best. Straight from the hills.
Feeling a little triggered by the claim Scottish water doesn’t taste great. The tap water here is the stuff of legend
I think you mean council juice
Scottish tap water - it's free! And it's amazing, don't listen to Mark.
Marc .Jameson Marc, I totally agree, The water is amazing. I started my travel channel Because I want to help people travel smarter. Buying bottled water when the water is free and completely good to drink is one of those things that I talk about on my channel. You can save a lot of money by not buying bottled water. Good point.
@@rmutch63 Hi Ronnie, I have a travel channel also and would love it if you subscribed to my channel. I have great tips to share. I hope you will join me:)
I know from experience visiting Elgin in the north of Scotland in the 1970s that the water is excellent. The first time I tried it I overdosed on water because it tasted so good. It helps explain things to note that this is near where many of the whisky distilleries are located.
Please get your facts right , our scottish water to our house is not free , we are metered and costs us about 120 pounds a quarter , i assume we are not alone in having this bill!
@@raymarshall1770 water is free the infastructures not
I was in Scotland 18 months ago, and I have to totally agree did not have a bad meal the whole week. I also dove into the local places and food, stayed away from all the big chain fast food places. Lived the culture all the way.
I love how at the start he’s like “scotland has good food” like it’s surprising
Exactly. He's a bit condescending. Typical American
@@caffhan It's because you people eat your enemies
Wee bit offended by the lack of a square sausage in the supposed "full scottish breakfast"
Aye came on to say that. It's nae a full Scottish without Lorne. And is that a poached egg!? Boak.
Good shout my good sir
N that wasnt even a tottie scone it was fried bread 😂
@@WaltOGrams What's so bad about a poached egg lmao
A couple of additional things you have to try when you visit scotland:
* Cullen skink
* Cranachan
* Loch fyne scallops (and any seafood really)
* Gin - there are so many different gins here! They are so good!
*bridie
Kym Hannah Cullen skink is amazing
A Forfar bridie is a must!
Stuart Robertson The first thing I look for is Cullen skink, delicious smoked haddock soup.
@@DJN881 Love it but so many restaurants ruin it by blending it up and adding loads of cream.
Cullen Skink is amazing! I have to say the water in Scotland is AMAZING! I have well water here in the states so I am very spoiled. When I travel I usually drink bottled water because I can’t stand the taste of public water. I am definitely a water snob! The only time I had bottled water was in our hotel and I didn’t like it 😂. The water is great.
I can't believe you never mentioned a roll and square sausage. You haven't lived until you've had that. Btw, Scottish water is the best in the world
Go to Tasmania.
Scottish water is the best water I have ever tasted.
Akash kumar parida yeah I know, he probably stayed in an old style building with old pipes
Y'know when you see a list of stuff that we eat here in Scotland it's a minor miracle we're not all dead - but I tell you something I couldn't live without lorne, Irn-Bru, Tunnocks, killie pies etc!
Never seen killie pies except at aldi. And those looked suspicious ;) Also my AirBnB didn't have a microwave.
Say aye to a killie pie 😁
Shame the Bru has been butcherd ruclips.net/video/z_4aA7sf9WU/видео.html
@@Zenbloke good old full ass sugar irn bru back in shops now, get it while it lasts 👍
I'm English and I love Scottish food - you might get a better respoonse if you ask for a Scotch Pie as opposed to a Scottish one, they have a different type of pastry.
Haggis is marvellous, best deep fried from the chippy.
Square (or Lorne) Sausages are great too. And wash it down with plenty of Irn Bru, great drink
Yes! I'm English but Scottish food is amazing, and a lot of it definitely appears in my diet year round
Yup, Scotch pies (sometimes called mince pies . Don't ask for a mince pie in England lest you get a pie with mince in it ) use a cold water pastry and are filled with an oatmealy stuff.
Never heard of Scottish pies, though I suspect the wee counter lassie will know what you mean.
Glad u said that according to most English people lol they think that Scottish are same as English people have own meals
Did you just say “the water don’t taste so good”? Did you drink it out a toilet cause our waters some of the best and cleanest in the world
Im scottish and seing this list of food and drinks and no Buckfast has honestly left me scunnert.
Am no impressed at all sir.
No buckfast and he's complaining about the water. Boy definitely punts Avon
His maw punts council to pay his Christmas n school lunch fees
His grans sells fake regal and macaroon roon the back ae the mecca bingo
Buckfast is English and its vile and should be kept in England.
He didny like irn bru either 🤔
I can attest that restaurants in small villages will run out of food and there will be nothing but tea and coffee left. I think it's because there is only fresh food used as opposed to the freezer full of preserved stuff we get in the US.
Thank you for giving venison a passing mention! Don't forget to try pheasant, partridge, mallard, snipe and woodcock as well. It's important that the gravy is made from the natural meat juices from the roasting, and not synthetic gravy out of a packet. If you visit Aberdeenshire, you need to try butteries/rowies
That photo was not of a Scotch Pie. It looked like an English pork pie.
As a scotch pie aficionado that was not a scotch pie..
So glad you enjoy yourself. Us Scots welcome everyone to our country. 🏴🏴 we are happy to have you.
Regarding tipping in a bar, in Scotland, if you are going out for a night of drinking we do a thing where we don't tip all night until the last drink you buy of the night, and we'll say to the bar staff "and get one for yourself", now this doesn't mean that the bar staff buys a shot of whisky and downs it, what they do is they take a cash amount from your change equal to the cost of one drink. Over the course of a night's drinking, it effectively works out at a 5-10% tip depending on how much you drink.
I'm glad to hear people from other Country's talking good about Scottish food that makes me quite happy ☺
Had haggis for breakfast every morning for breakfast 2 months ago when we were in Scotland. It is wonderful!
If it's fresh it's great. Warmed up i am not a fan ;)
Something you should try next time in Scotland is Cranachan (Whipped cream, whisky, honey, raspberries, oatmeal), enjoy!!
The water where I'm from in Scotland is amazing. I live in a small town and the water comes from a local loch. So refreshing.
Scottish water is the best! What on earth are you thinking?!
If you want to combine some Scottish beer and food for not a lot of money, The Beer Kitchen on Lothian Road in Edinburgh is worth it. Within the Scottish craft beer scene Innis & Gunn isn't highly regarded but I do like their Beer Kitchens.
Best breakfast item you missed off was lorne sausage or square sausage, in particular the beef one. Far better than link, a bread roll with square, tattie scone and brown sauce with a can of Irn Bru will sort you out.
No one will say 'Scottish pie', it's a Scotch pie (might seem like a subtle difference), they're mutton based and you can get some pretty horrible dry ones but worth trying from a baker or butcher hot.
Sticky toffee pudding is a standard and is good, but you should also make a point of trying cranachan.
Was in Edinburgh last month. All the locals said that the Indian restaurants in Scotland were the best foods you can eat there.
The first time I had Indian food was in London. Tasted amazing but it also got me among the sickest I've ever been from food. That's even worse when travelling abroad. Not dissing Indian food cuz I got back into it a few years ago and I am addicted to buttered chicken and naan. No GI issues since that very 1st time
Very well done Sir. Well narrated and good photos. 🙂 Thank you.
Irn bru, square sausage, tattie scones, anything from tunnocks, haggis suppers,tablet..... Yeah try that lot 😁
Cannot be beat..
No the Bru no more since they ruined it ruclips.net/video/z_4aA7sf9WU/видео.html
Scotland is up there with Switzerland for outstanding natural water quality and taste!
Seafood and game are where it's at with top end Scottish cuisine.
Our Venison, Grouse and Pheasant! Amazing!
Our salmon is outstanding - our scallops, mussels and oysters are also unbeatable! We also have loads of different types of edible mushrooms that taste wonderful. Oh, and Aberdeen angus beef!
And yes, Haggis is delicious!
For fast food, yeh we deep fry alot of stuff. The best pies, in my opinion - your scotch pie is usually mutton mince - I like a mince and skirlie pie with toasted oatmeal on the top of the mince. Forfar Bridies are a must - Abroath smokies (smoked kippers) are delicious. And then there's Stovies! Stovies are great! :P
As for tipping? I'd say 10% is the base tip for standard service. 15% for good service and 20% if it's really good.
Glasgow, go anywhere in the west end and you'll probably be good! Ashton lane and places near Kelvingrove park.
I'd say Glasgow and Perth are your real 'foodie' cities (I live in Perth, theres only about 40,000 in the city, and just off the top of my head we have Dean's, Café Tabou, Café Breizh and Cardos - Perth seems to do French, medditeranian or contemporary scottish).
Rocpool, in Inverness is a must visit. The Loch fyne Oyster bar, near Inveraray on the road to Oban . . . The Ubiquitous chip in Glasgow, any of the restaurants at gleneagles . . . The three chimneys in Skye is famous aswell.
Some of the best pizza to be had outside of Italy can be found in Stirling (Napizza)
Yeh - Scotland does good food!
I'm from perth too :D
@@savagegoose5124 you agree then, yes?
Perth is a great 'foodie' city despite it's small size.
@@anthonyholroyd5359 yes, for the size there are a lot of restaurants and good places go eat
Forgot about the italian region of Stirling, must go there soon
I love that you can pronounce Edinburgh!!!
Impressed me anaw. Too used to hearing "Edinborrow"
I always teach the Americans to say, ed-in-bruh they usually get it 🤣
Coming in late to tell you my favorite Scottish food: Cullen skink, a delicious smoked haddock soup. Just wonderful.
Love this video I’m from Scotland and great to see you trying and loving everything
I love Scotland! Beautiful mauntains and down to earth people! 1:28 Many countries have variations of "Black pudding" - Scotland, England and Ireland, but also in Spain (the Basque) and the Bulgarians (called "Kurvavitsa") and perhaps even more countries I do not know yet . Actually I am sure the English got it from the Scots and Irish 😆 It's not so "scary" to accept it- in the past people were more careful not to waste food.
Thank You For Your Video On The Food To Eat💚💚💚💚
The Fish and Chips at the Worlds end pub in Edinburgh. OMG. I only had 3 fish and chips in the 36 days we were in the UK. This one was the most amazing Fish and ships ever.
We tried haggis and liked it. Travel without the local food is like swimming without water.
Hi. I'm Scottish and live just outside of Edinburgh. It's great to watch and hear your reviews on my country. Hope you and your family enjoyed your stay and hope you come back =) 🏴 .
Wow. So much great information thank you so much!
Scotland, North West England, and North Wales all have lovely soft water!
Thanks! Super informative video!
Walter what another great video you’ve made on Scotland thank you sir you truly have covered everything in my country! I hope tourists from all over the world find this video useful
Agree. And his name is Mark. Wolters is his last name
Hey So I am back living n Edinburgh. Just a reminder that Edinburgh does have other restaurants but anyway if you are in Scotland try Lorn/ sliced/ square sausage, Red Kola and Cranachan...a tasty desert. There is Cullen Skink, Arbroath Smokies and Rowerie. Forfar Bridies and losts of tasty soft fruits...like raspberries and Strawberries.
Oh and if you get a chance, try some of the produce from local bakeries...some of it stodgy but definite comfort food.
I LOVE Scottish food! Tablet, sticky toffee pudding, haggis, all of it! My kids often ask to have Scottish breakfast, so I’ll add some salmon because we can’t find the sausages here in Luxembourg.
If you come to Scotland and don't try Sticky Toffee Pudding you are really missing out!
Watching this makes us realise how 'healthy' all of our national dishes are 😂
By the way, they do have McSween's vegetarian haggis as well if you're unsure about trying the real thing. I'm not a fan of haggis either way, but hopefully it's helpful to some of you. You can also get it deep fried in batter in the chippy as well.
Depends where in Scotland you are whether your tap water tastes OK. You can go 10 miles elsewhere where the water comes from a different source and doesn't have fluoride in it. A water filter can sort that out.
As Scot with a massive sweet tooth, I will get ice cream at any opportunity and if you go for the traditional plain flavour & try different establishments in different parts of Scotland you will be surprised at the subtle differences.
Also Black pudding with pan seared scallops is heavenly.
The food looks a delicious. Thank you for the information.
Awesome video! We will visit Scotland in March. This is very helpful on what to eat! Thank you!
Hey I'm from Scotland and he missed out square sausage roll :) I'm moving to Canada in April and the things I'm really going to miss are Haggis, tunnics tea cakes, irn bru, tattie scones and tablet! Our tap water also tastes better than most places I don't really know what he means :)
Most things were spot on in the vid. Ignore the water thing. Water in the UK tends to be purer the further north you go. Even in scotland, I've found the water in the north is nicer than the central belt
Enjoy your visit 🏴
Its been several decades but I recall the food in Scotland as being quite good. Nothing fancy, but easy to find a nicely done steak, with potatoes, the usual veggies. Very easy for the American palate.
The neeps in haggis, neeps and tattles is swede, not white turnip - North Americans would call it rutabaga. Great video 😊
Best water on earth, And that ain't a scotch pie that's a pork pie and i dunno any Scottish person that's ever had a fried mars bar! That's just for foreigners, But a fried pizza is pretty normal or a pizza crunch (pizza in batter) it's just brilliant, and have no idea how a roll n bacon is a weird thing that's pretty standard lol Also any pub that sells booze and food kids can go fine a bar thats only for drinking thats different.
Just want to join everyone in defending our water but I'm glad you enjoyed Scotland so much. The deep fried Mars bar..... no-one in Scotland would actually eat it but it' s always there for the tourists. Got to try it once, but only once.
Oh man, I miss Inca Kola, I'll have to try that one!
Also highly recommend Scott’s, it’s a restaurant chain you can find every so often cause it’s not to common, one by the sea somewhere which is lovely
Be sure and try CRANACHAN for dessert!
Also try Millionaire's shortbread and all the other treats in a good Scottish bakery.
Nice work Mark,
I’m a master butcher with a shop in Aberdeenshire and we make all of our own haggis, black pudding, white puddings etc by hand & they are all still very popular!
Have to get you to try some of our potted head sometime!👍😊
If black pudding's blood, and white pudding's fat, what the hell is red pudding?
My Grandpa was the manager at the Coop 40 odd years ago. Used to come home on a Friday with a butchers parcel. Steak , pork, pies, lamb, tripe, sausages, ham, chicken, spiced beef, corned beef, liver, kidneys and potted head. My granny loved potted head. Could never manage potted head myself. Happy days!
Ian Leishman
It’s a 50/50 mix of pork & beef with a big dash of red coloured sausage seasoning!👍
@@oggie1967 Cheers m8. My usual order from the chippy is single smoke sausage and white pudding supper. Find it goes down easier than the other 2.What the hell's potted head? My father in law down here in Fife makes potted hoch at New year. Don't know what the hell that is either.
Ian Leishman
I still make it but it’s potted meat now since the BSE thing!
It’s just boiling beef cooked down till it falls to bits, salt, pepper, beef bouillon, water & some gelatin to set it!
Bash up the beef with a spud masher and add back to the liquid and stir & decant into tubs to cool!
My granny came from Fife & she made potted Hough using shin of beef & a marrow bone to set it! Same thing but different method!👍
Haggis - you must use the whiskey gravy. As a SoCal native, I feel a but of hot sauce (Sriracha, Cholula, etc) would take it over the top and a few others agreed with me. Irn Bru (the national non-alcoholic drink of Scotland) and a packet of crisps. Spot on about having local beers. Besides whiskeys, there is also gin with a variety of types and gin distillery tours. A nice G&T always goes down well. Heck I went up to the top of Arthur's Seat on a couple of Scottish beers and a couple of Scotch whiskeys, and a Coke.
As someone from the upper Midwestern US, it’s bewildering to me that anybody would be afraid of eating wild game meat.
Venison, better than beef, leaner, more flavour; rabbit (wtf does no one eat it anymore) fresh lobster, crab, scallops, mussels, Arbroath smokies. So much amazing food you can get in Scotland.
Irn Bru is depressing now they've removed the sugar. Thank god for the 1901 edition.
Edit: that full scottish is an embarrassment.
Great video I really enjoy the content!
Sticky toffee pudding is absolutely brilliant
go to a chip shop and try deep fried pizza and chips its sooo good
You can all ways spot a tourist when in the chippy. When they ask for something with chips. Here it's called a supper. i.e. Fish supper or pizza supper
If your haggis is too dry, pour a little whisky on it. Or even better, Drambuie. Very traditional.
Why do I smile When your channel comes on
I love Haggis! I even bought a few canned ones to take back home.
Edinburgh is in my opinion in a league all its own, amazing city
Not as good as Glesga.
In Edinburgh we have Pizza Geeks, they've got a pizza called Braveheart, it has haggis and black pudding on it. (not just haggis and black pudding)
Great video but lil pointer Scotland has some of the purest water in the world.
Great video man keep up the great work. Do they have Glühwein in Schottland. I know you’re a fan
I've seen it at the Christmas markets in glasgow and Edinburgh before, well I could smell it first before I saw it 😁
@@andrewjohnston4127 No gluhwein but plenty of buckle (Buckfast tonic wine). Even more sickly sweet and stronger. Actually made in England much much loved by Alkies in Scotland.
@@eckyhen I know what Buckie is lol I live in easterhouse 😂
@@andrewjohnston4127 OK, Respect anyone from Easterhouse. Info. was for foreigners who may not have heard of our other, other national tipple.
Irn Bru is not an acquired taste it's amazing full stop.
Its Tizer meets Lucozade. Horrible.
It used to be amazing till they fucked with it ruclips.net/video/z_4aA7sf9WU/видео.html
I may be wrong, but it seems like you've never visited my neck of the woods, Galloway. Its an oversight lots of tourists make, so intent on getting to Edinburgh/Glasgow, or the Highlands, and end up missing some of the best Scotland has to offer: history, castles, scenery, beaches, small, pretty market towns, and the 2 Roberts, Bruce and Burns. Next time you're over, give it a shot, I can give some suggestions if you want.
Second, language. You said in one of your videos "are they speaking English? Yes, but..." Not entirely correct I'm afraid. Scotland has 3 languages - Gaelic and English you know, obviously, but what about Scots? Sharing linguistic roots with English it is often written off as a dialect but is actually a language all of its own, albeit becoming more anglicised in these days of globalisation.
I am a native Scots speaker, punished at school for not speaking English, as was the norm back then. It can be hard sometimes, to tell the difference, except if you get 2 Scots speakers talking to each other, THEN you can tell.
Anyhow, just thought I'd fill you in a bit. Take care, stay safe, and if I can give any more info, just ask.
Lang may yir lum reek
This is wan aye the most common questions i will get as a scottish person
What flavour is irn bru
I honestly dont even know
I guess HEAVEN or FLIPPING AMAZIN
I was delighted to find IrnBru at Wegmans when I came home from Scotland. I think it tastes wretched but my kid loves it. Will have to get a $3 for his stocking this year. Ugh.
Shortbread cookies! Yeeees! My Scottish colleague brought those to work the other day and they were gone in 5 seconds.
Cool! I'm planning a day trip to Edinburgh and Glasgow. In general I eat vegan, but maybe I'll try the traditional Scottish foods.
Vegetarian haggis is so good there if you don’t eat meat. The baked potato and mashed potato small take away a are very good fast food in Edinburgh. But my favorite thing in Scotland was halloumi fries!!
Scottish tap water will vary depending on where you are most is perfectly fine. Where I am it’s delicious from the tap..... highland spring water is basically bottled close by. So 🤷♀️
A friend and I ate at a hotel in Moffat. We got there right at the start of service, ordered, and the doors to the kitchen hadn’t stopped swinging before our food was brought out. We were in awe. It took only the time needed to get it on the plates.
Darren Jones Moffat is a great wee toon 👍🏼
Potato scones, lorne sausages, pizza crunches/ fried pizza, haggis either fried or regular, whiskey, irn bru (particularly from the 1901 glass bottle), steak and ale pie, and (if you like seafood, I personally don't) Salmon and squid, MOTHER'S PRIDE BREAD (plain bread) and morning rolls with bacon and butter.
That's the list folks, pack up and head home
Just s shame that the Bru is ruined now ruclips.net/video/z_4aA7sf9WU/видео.html
Sticky toffee pudding is delicious. Brew dog beer/lager/ipa is great. Tomintoul whisky is a underrated whisky to try.
A great advert for Scottish food, but...You didn't try the homemade soups? Or the great mince and skirlie pie? or my favourite Clootie Dumpling? You have so much more to try and take a visit to where I come from, Orkney. wow, you'll love the food.
Hey mark, great video. You should come and check out the Galloway region when your here in the south west. It’s beautiful. A nice change from the highlands, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Some of the best food I've eaten in Europe, I've eaten in Scotland
Inca Kola (from Peru) & Fanta had a baby = Irn-Bru (Scotland's other national drink, after whisky). 🤣🥰
I love Scottish food and Scottish candy is my favourite, I live in US still always order Caramel from UK test really different.
Haggis is awesome... was one of my favorite foods from my visit 5 years ago.
That’s the worst looking Scottish breakfast I’ve seen.
My thoughts exactly, in particular the insipid looking supermarket sausage....
Bacon is bacon ya doofs
Yeah where's the fried bread
Black pudding 2 slice of ajd a bita white pudding an aw fried tattie scone and pancake two fried eggs streaky bacon square sausage not that pink lorne sausge crap. Couple ae links mibi .. fried breed .....mushrooms tomatoes tam sauce or broon sauce n a cup a tea ....
We Are All Neil Lennon yeah I’d have that just without the black pudding, ew
If anyone makes it as far North east as Aberdeen, delicacies are butteries and rhubarb rock
Not a delicacy, but plain old simple dinner.
A true Scottish meal is a roll and square/slice sausage off a van, even a doubler add a black pudding with your sausage or a heart attack by adding a tattie scone, it has imo to be garnished with brown sauce.
Deliciousy goodness right there! 🤤
But a must have is if you go anywhere near the western Highlands have seafood, the variety is all quality tasty goods.
Whiskey Tours sound great! And the food looks delicious.
If you like cider try the thistly cross whisky cask cider. It’s aged in glen moray whisky casks for 6 months and is absolutely insane!
I love your content, very good
Scottish water is amazing!!
Guessing he's in Edinburgh, their water is arse. pretty much every city's water is bad, come to the countryside its the best tasting thing you will ever drink in your life
I'm in Edinburgh (well Balerno) and the water is GRRRReat, less than a mile to the reservoirs (Harlaw and Threpiemuir) even less than that to the 'water treatment plant'.
Have stayed in a few bothies, drunk from mountain streams (yes dead sheep and all) and honestly I can't really detect any difference in the taste (tap water here must be VERY lightly chlorinated to achieve that). Once stayed at an RAF camp (RAF Shawbury) and the water there was MINGING full of rust, tasted horrible, was really viscous etc
Glad you enjoyed Scotland. Did you go through aviemore?
You have to try smoked haddock in a creamy sauce or with a poached egg. Yummy.
Try some Cranachan… it’s a Scottish trifle, the King of Desserts over there!