Well here we are again in Edinburgh for the week. Up at before six to drive to Birmingham for the flight.  Typical now the weekend is over, lovely starlit morning with a frost.  Flybe decided to leave on time and thus was in the office by 10.15.

Worked until 7.15, made some good progress and will hand over the code on Tuesday.

I am staying in the Apex International in Grassmarket.  This is a reasonable modern hotel in the old town, with lots of pubs around. Good view of the castle, and near all the tourist bits. No one else from the company is staying in Edinburgh, so I decided to eat in the hotel.

The meal was OK, but not great.  Service initially was slow, but I think I arrived at the time when things had started to speed up.  There appeared to be others who had been there a while who all received their food at the same times.  Good thing I had not gone to eat earlier.  The waitresses were cute though. 

And now for the food.  The honeyed carrot and coriander soup could have done with more coriander to give it some flavour.

The Fillet Steak stacked on thinly sliced Oriental Wok cooked vegetables with Ho Chi sauce could have had less salt in the vegetables, and why oh why do the British overcook their rare steaks.  I am always looking for the rare steak where the inside is not cooked.  This steak was only just pink inside. The fillet steak recipe was a good idea, but poorly executed. Won’t be eating there again.