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’)…