INDIAN CAVALRY CLUB, Edinburgh; 0131-220 0138. www.indiancavalryclub.co.uk Celebrate Easter Indian-style with the restaurant's Holi Taster menu. Holi is the Indian festival of colours, celebrated to welcome spring. It coincides with Easter this year and is connected to a number of typical foods. The Indian Cavalry Club has put them on a special taster menu, which they serve in their pakora bar.
STOCKBRIDGE RESTAURANT, Edinburgh; 0131-226 6766. www.thestockbridgerestaurant.com This is such a gem of a restaurant tucked away in a basement. Has just started opening for weekend lunches, so it's a great place to take the kids and enjoy a long, le
isurely lunch of fine food served in a relaxed environment designed to make you feel at home. It's 2-for-1 on lunchtime food until the end of April.
LIVING ROOM, George St, Edinburgh, 0131-226 0880 www.thelivingroom.co.uk The Living Room is always great for cocktails, but it also offers a varied menu of British classics and internationally inspired dishes, which makes it the perfect place if you can't decide what type of food you're in the mood for. It's also good for a late Sunday brunch if you've missed breakfast after a night out.
MAMMA'S AMERICAN PIZZA, Edinburgh, 0131-225 6464 www.mammas.co.uk Pizza is usually off the menu for people with a wheat allergy – not at Mamma's, which offers a gluten-free option. All pizzas are made fresh in a stone oven. More than 40 pizza toppings range from firm favourites to more exotic varieties, including cactus, marshmallow and chocolate. Mamma's is an upbeat, family-friendly place to go.
PETIT PARIS, twice in Edinburgh, 0131-226 2442 and 0131-226 1890. www.petitparis-restaurant.co.uk For a meal to remember, head to Petit Paris in the Grassmarket or West End. The waiters' accent immediately makes you feel as if you are entering a brasserie somewhere in Paris. The food is truly French and delicious. At lunchtime, you can enjoy their food for less than a tenner. And it would be rude not to have a glass of wine with your lunch, because isn't that what the French do?
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