You Say Sandwich, We Say Yeah!

Curbing the line ups by going on a cold Fall evening, this half a ice cream cookie sandwich was worth all the hype. Stepping inside to a warm cookie coven, the array of ice cream flavours borders on traditional hipster, which is in fact just yuppie. But damn this mint chocolate is fresh. More mint than chocolate, sweet without saccharine, the generous proportion of ice cream to fresh cookie makes both ice cream and cookie all the better, which in the assemblage of most ice cream cookies, is a rare, rare feat.

Husband and I were invited to have Tea with the Queen. The annual Garden Party is held for all those who have contributed to Scottish culture, and husband has most certainly done that recently. I accompanied as a doting spouse. It was my finest hour. I even wore clean underwear and everything.  The party is held in the manicured grounds of the Palace of Holyrood, the Queen’s Edinburgh Residence and the gardens are framed by an ancient ruined Abbey and the even more ancient hill of Arthur’s Seat. On arrival, we sauntered in and amongst the invited guests, watching Queenie and Phillip bestow royal glances to simpering Royalists. We got bored and wandered off to the refreshment tent.  We’d been told the tea is the best cup of tea you’ll ever have. It wasn’t. Luke warm and anaemic, it felt like a Cup Of Tea’s dying, pathetic, younger sibling, so I moved on to other items on the menu - cold mocha drinks, passionfruit tarts, eclairs, raspberry topped cakes, e...