Mitchell's Deli, St Andrews

At last I'm getting round to writing about my final (sob) restaurant stop during my visit to St Andrews. We'd spent the day wandering round the town and beaches - we saw the oldest tree in St Andrews (!)....I completed the pier walk again, along with Christopher's housemate Yuyan......we saw Kate and Wills' old halls......and we walked along West Sands (the place where they did the Chariots of Fire running scene!) in the pitch darkness!After all...

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Gorgeous, St Andrews

Despite the slightly cringey name, Gorgeous is a really nice little tearoom just off Market Street, with a welcoming, Christmassy (at the moment!) exterior.Downstairs is takeaway only, with plenty of cakes, scones, savoury options and drinks to choose from (they do quite a lot of gluten free stuff too, so it's good for coeliacs), while upstairs there is a cosy little room full of old fashioned knick knacks for people who want to eat in.I especially...

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Jannettas, St Andrews

During the summer holidays when I was at my grandparents' house, my granny showed me a Times article about the 10 coolest ice cream parlours in Britain. The number one place was not, as you might expect, London based, but Jannettas in St Andrews! So, despite the sub zero temperatures during my visit, we had to pay it a visit.It's a family run ice cream parlour with a friendly atmosphere - lots of newspaper cuttings, postcards and pictures on the...

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Rascals, St Andrews

After literally months of twitter, instagram and facebook stalking, the night where I could finally sample a Rascals burger had arrived!My obsession was born from seeing this article about Rascals' "Man vs Food" style challenge - The Poppas Revenge. It's 5 12oz beef burgers, 8 slices of bacon, melted cheese (a whole block, apparently..!), and pulled pork, plus chips, sweet potato fries, a side salad, coleslaw, 6 magma wings (so hot you...

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