A lit­tle birdie told me there’s a Scot­tish degus­ta­tion some­time in the near future at the Copthorne Ori­en­tal’s One80 restau­rant.

So a bit of dig­ging around uncov­ered the menu and price (here) and the date (this Sat­ur­day 25th Jan­u­ary).

scottish_thistle_115305Cock-a-leekie soup, hag­gis, neeps, short­bread and clootie dumplings, just to name a few delights.  All matched with Brook­field wines or Jura sin­gle malt whiskys (and I’ve had a sneak tast­ing of the Gelis­si­mo whisky gela­to — mmm mmmm).

One80’s Welling­ton on a Plate event last year was also a degus­ta­tion, and I believe exec­u­tive chef Chetan Pangam has a fair­ly fussy palate, so you should­n’t go too far wrong at One80 for a din­ing ‘expe­ri­ence’.  My last vis­it there I thought the sur­round­ings were maybe get­ting a lit­tle tired, but I real­ly enjoyed the food.

Chetan usu­al­ly also includes an indi­an-inspired dish or two on his usu­al menu, and tends towards less com­mon ingre­di­ents like ostrich, Waikanae crab, Silere alpine meri­no etc.

So, for those with a han­ker­ing for some­thing Scot­tish, get thee booked for Sat­ur­day. Bag­pipes option­al.

And for those who might just want a dif­fer­ent din­ing expe­ri­ence (and espe­cial­ly if you have the enter­tain­ment card), One80 might just be worth a look.

Dún do bhéal agus bí ag ithe (the Gael­ic ver­sion of ‘shut up and eat’)…