On our last night in Edinburgh, we passed on another haunted tour we could have taken. Instead we found ourselves on a quiet street a couple blocks off High Street at the doors of Whiski Rooms, a comfy little gastropub that seemed to have a decent amount of locals inside too. This looked really cool. Not all who wander are lost, eh?
Jeri started with a yummy bowl of cream of mushroom soup. I had some slices of smoked venison served with fresh horseradish sauce and a couple poached quail eggs. Kind of an original take on the flavors of bacon and eggs actually. The smoked venison was really different. Being peat-smoked, it was very darkly smokey, earthy, and a great match to the 1968 Macallan scotch.
The Macallan was a very special treat for me. A single malt scotch casked for 33 years and bottled in 1968 - a rare vintage scotch. I've heard of such things, but never saw one offered anywhere.
Ok, for the scotch heads -- it was nothing like I expected. Instead of having any kind of strong or dominant aroma, it was amazingly light and clean. If anything, it smelled very much like grain, malt, and smoke. The perfect scotch smells in minimalistic combination. As a comparison, I had a Glenlivet 18 year after this and it was almost cloyingly brown sugar sweet in its aroma - something I've never noticed drinking Glenlivet of several ages over the years.
Our main courses kicked ass. Jeri's cous cous with goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and mushrooms wrapped in phyllo was an great balance of nutty blended with tanginess. My venison loin with braised leeks and potato croquettes was fantastic, and again combined really well with scotch.
We lingered over dessert talking about our trip, making our plans for travel tomorrow, and discussing where we might go next. Whiski Rooms was the perfect way to tie up the last day of our trip to Great Britain.
It's truly been a mad dash across Great Britain, but with incredible views, deep history, delicious food, and kind people almost everywhere we went. So long Edinburgh, and so long Great Britain! We'll meet again :)
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