A Spectator Sport: Eaten At

After a hectic week full of meetings Bex and I decided to escape the madness and head to Edinburgh for a few hours, our health kick waning we decided to go all out on food and headed to the beautiful restaurant, The Magnum.

If there is one thing I have learned about myself over the last few months it is that I love Scallops!

I literally can't resist them.

I was over the moon, as you can imagine, to discover they had them on the menu!

Now, most restuarants have a tendency to be incredibly stingy with their scallop servings, the best things come in threes?

Not how I see it will scallops.

Clearly The Magnum recognise my line of thinking as they presented me with Six, (SIX!) beautifully plump scallops served with a chesnut veloute, crispy prosciutto, apple batons and drizzled with maple syrup. Just look at them...

I was in heaven. I have never had scallops with apple and maple syrup and when ordering was slightly aprehensive that it may've been too sweet but it was absolute perfection. I can't resist, here is another picture...

Bex went for their soup of the day which was sweet potato and coconut milk, a delicious combination that was flavoured with eastern spices to give it a really interesting twist.

Although, she did end up in my bad books - how are you supposed to make a bowl of soup look interesting?! I did my best...

For mains we were both incredibly torn on two things, so we ordered both and shared.

I had the cold smoked scottish rib eye with thyme infused polenta, grilled tomatoes, wild mushrooms and onion rings.

This was the best steak I have ever had! The smokiness was subtle and delicious and cooked to absolute perfection, to the point it literally melt in my mouth.

I don't think I'll ever be able to eat steak again, it will never be as good as The Magum's one! The wild mushrooms were beautifully cooked - I'm a huge mushroom fan and they definitely didn't disappoint.

Bex had seared rump of lamb with butternut squash, wild garlic risotto and horseradish crisps. She asked for it well done (Sacrilege, I know). The chef had cooked it beautifully and it was still incredibly moist with a delicious salty skin!

The star of the plate, for me, was the wild garlic risotto. Risotto and I never get on too well but I do love garlic and I will definitely be coming back for a whole plate of it to myself!

Pudding was a tricky affair for us, that health kick was still playing on our minds, however we didn't let it get us down and ordered anyway.

I had the treacle tart with mixed peel brittle and cardamom chantilly cream. This was a little plate of christmas, the warm rich flavours were delicious and the chantilly cream was a welcome addition, cutting through the heavy treacle tart.

Bex had the lemon meringue creme with a shortbread biscuit base and basil sorbet! The basil sorbet didn't endear itself to her at first, however, as soon as she had the sorbet and lemon creme together she soon polished off her plate! I had a sneaky taste and the basil and lemon were delicious together, so fruity and fresh!