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Author: miconex

Spotlight: Boozy Cow

What most people don’t realise about the Boozy Cow, and what really makes it a place worth spending your money, is that all profit goes to charity. That’s right, its a none profit restaurant and bar with £3 gin and tonics and killer burgers, what’s not to love? With its dark interior, ‘blood’ splattered window, and graffiti filled walls the Boozy cow Edinburgh looks like the bar in a B horror movie, one which has its tongue firmly in its cheek. Its all a bit of fun and theatre which compliments the meat feast of a menu featuring burgers,...

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Oil of Life at Body Shop Princes Street

The closer to 40 I get, the more wrinkles I notice. Some in places I never expected. Like smile lines. On my cheeks. Who gets wrinkles on their cheeks? This gal. My friend assured me it wasn’t age, just dehydration. Try a good nourishing oil, she suggested, they’ve got one at the body shop. I like the body shop for shower gel and body butter but it’s not my first choice in skincare. I trust this friend, though, and her wrinkled cheeks, so I gave it a go. The nice young lady in the store, with nary a line...

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Saigon Saigon Review

If you live in Edinburgh you’re bound to have seen the guy on Princes Street holding up his sign, or the A board on South St. Andrew Sq. advertising the “£8.99 lunch buffet” at Saigon Saigon. You’d be excused for thinking that it was just another cheap and greasy Chinese restaurant, but you’d be wrong. I urge you to go in, skip past the actual buffet, choose a table, ask for a menu, and behold the wonders within. This is Chinese food as you rarely see it complete with frogs legs, duck tongues, chicken feet, and tripe. Not feeling...

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Spotlight: East India Company

Granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600, The East India Company was founded to explore the mysteries of the East. The Company’s pioneering spirit and sense of adventure created British India, founded Hong Kong and Singapore and introduced tea to Britain and India. Their warehouses were places of wonder, stocking never before seen silks, chintzes, calicos, porcelain, coffees, chocolates and spices from around the world. They played a pivotal role in writing our history by planting the first teas in Darjeeling, causing the Boston Tea Party; holding Napoleon captive; and generating the fortune of Elihu Yale,...

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