After a pleasant stay at Christine and Chris’s place in Glasgow, we continue our journey by taking a bus in the evening from Glasgow to Edinburgh. About an hour later, we arrived in Edinburgh.
It was approximately 9pm when we arrived but the sky was still bright. The city of Edinburgh can be seen from the photo with the Bank of Scotland visible on the right.
The next day we visited the National Museum of Scotland. From the top floor of the museum, we are able to capture photos of the Edinburgh Castle.
Edinburgh Castle is where we visited after lunch. The admission fee for the castle was rather expensive, £13 per adult. This is the Crown Square located inside the castle.
The Laich Hall is located in the ground floor of the Royal Palace. It was created in the 1617 to serve as an outer reception room and dining chamber for King James VI. Today, the hall is used for government functions.
The Great Hall is the castle’s main banqueting chamber. For more information about the castle, please visit their official website here.
Back to our main theme – food. There are many restaurants, café and bars located on Royal Mile, Edinburgh Old Town’s busiest tourist street. We were thinking of having a light lunch and randomly chosen a café to have our meal. The café is named after Robert Burns aka Rabbie Burns, a famous poet and lyricist. One of his best known poem was the Auld Lang Syne.
The interior of the café was nice and cozy, very unique with various cooking utensils hanging on the ceiling.
We ordered a spicy baguette with grilled spicy sausage, mozzarella cheese and jalapeño peppers served with salad. Priced at £6.50, the baguette was definitely overpriced. We hate to admit it, but this is probably one of the worst sandwiches we’ve ever had in our life. For the high price that we paid, we were only served with a few pathetic pieces of sausages, jalapeño peppers and cheese. Worst still, the sandwich was way too spicy for us and it burnt our lips! It was unbelievable as most of you would’ve known that we love and take spicy food.
Overpriced at £2.75, the croissant with jam and butter was also a disaster. The plain croissant was too soggy. We could’ve gotten something better from a nearby shop, and at a much lower price too!
Probably the worst place we’ve dined in for food in the UK so far. Read quite a number of negative feedbacks on the internet too. Would definitely avoid this place in the future!
Café Information
Royal Mile, 103 High Street,
EH1 1SG Edinburgh,
Scotland,
United Kingdom.
