All this has been told before, and told well, by Dion Clayton, by Mander and Mitchenson, by John Fisher (in the wonderful Funny Way to Be a Hero) and by Colin MacInnes in his superb elegy Sweet Saturday Night.
Eat/drink Foodie specialities include Borders lamb, smoked Tweed salmon (local producer Teviot is superb) and the sweet, fruity Selkirk bannock.
The superb starters include sweet little scallops in the shell served in a special Hong Kong condiment made with soy, sugar and fermented fish sauce, and fried giant prawns filled with roe and served with little sweet-potato dumplings.
The superb starters include sweet little scallops in the shell served in a special Hong Kong condiment made with soy, sugar and fermented fish sauce; fried giant prawns filled with roe and served with little sweet-potato dumplings; and tiny pork ribs, cooked so that the fat melts away, leaving nothing but crisp bits of meat.
I went for the classic mojito ($8), a superb not-too-sweet cocktail served in a tall glass with plenty of mint.
The grilled liver is superb, with an almost sweet pungency, and the cabbage, too, caramelizes to a surprising sweetness.
The m'hanncha puff pastry, filled with almonds and pistachios and accompanied by mint ice cream, is sweet and superb.
Patlican salatasi — mashed eggplant salad — adds a nice touch of smokiness, and the superb Greek salad includes sweet stuffed grape leaves and bits of artichoke.
These included "The Wild Sweet Wine: Superb Stories of Sensual Love" (1958), "Stories for the Dead of Night" (1957) and "Combat: Pacific Theater, World War II" (1959).
