Day trip to the seaside this Sunday? North Berwick Food Festival

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North Berwick Food Festival

The North Berwick Food Festival will take place in a giant marquee on Sunday 30th April (May holiday weekend) on Anchor Green (opp the Seabird Centre) from 12 noon to 5pm.

Following its successful debut at the Seabird Centre last autumn, this will be the first of a series of Food Festivals this year. It is being organised by Slow Food UK, headed up by John Tiller, who lives in North Berwick. The Slow Food Association was originally set up in Italy as an antidote to fast food and is all about rediscovering the pleasures of natural produce. Scotland has a rich natural larder and East Lothian is home to an emerging source of specialist producers and suppliers, many still relatively unknown. The festival will bring together some of the best of these for the festival with some 20 individual stands featuring food and drink to try, taste and buy on the day.

The companies taking part range from Ballencrieff Bacons and hams to Belhaven Smokery's trout and salmon, Geoge Hood's local honey to Trusty Crust's home made organic breads, specialist cheeses from Cheasy Peasy to Seafood and specialists food and drink from The Fisherman's ktichen, Brodie's of Musselburgh's hand made chocolates to Luca's delicious icecream, wines, spirits and liqueurs from Locketts and fragrant coffees and teas from Howdah to whisky tasting from Glenkinchie. A veritable feast. There will also be activities to keep the children happy, including a quiz and face painting. Entry will be 50p which includes entry to the free prize draw with lots of delicious food and drink to be won.

Only a short train ride from Edinburgh and North Berwick has a good beach too.

teapot2

competitionscafe wrote:

North Berwick Food Festival

Luca's delicious icecream, Only a short train ride from Edinburgh and North Berwick has a good beach too.

Mmmmmmm Luca's [Homer Simpson donut moment there] And North Berwick has more than one good beach IMHO

xxxx teapot

Edinburghlass_2

Sounds like a good day out

beanielou

Pity the old pool has been replaced by the sea bird centre
But yes should be a great day.
we used to have a wee holiday home there when I was a little girl:D
Yum yum to Lucca's though

teapot2

If you have a good look the old pool has in fact been concreted over for carparking. The old changing rooms are still there and the seating above them but it is wierd seeing it gone [if you know what I mean]. The Seabird Centre replaced what was the old pavilion building where there used to be dancing of a weekend and am dram etc............... memories

beanielou

Yeah, was down in NB a couple of weeks ago so yeah lots of memories!!
Hadent realised bout the SB centre as looked from the bay.
Used to go to concerts n things in the pavillion!!!!!
Thanks teapot2.
Took my DS for a long weekend a few years ago but he was very unimpressed!!
I remember the seaside mission and getting stung by the jellyfish!! The paddling pool looks like not there now-prob a H&S issue!!

teapot2

Hi BeanieLou - good news Health & Safety has not reached the paddling pool as yet. Was it high tide when you were there? If so it might just have been submerged but is deffo still there :j

I remember the seaside mission too - grew up in NB but didn't appreciate it at the time & couldn't wait to leave. Think going back as an adult that it is impressive so what's not for DS to like?

Happy days

Teapot

beanielou

teapot2 wrote:

Hi BeanieLou - good news Health & Safety has not reached the paddling pool as yet. Was it high tide when you were there? If so it might just have been submerged but is deffo still there :j

I remember the seaside mission too - grew up in NB but didn't appreciate it at the time & couldn't wait to leave. Think going back as an adult that it is impressive so what's not for DS to like?

Happy days

Teapot[/QUOTE

Happy days indeed!!
Wish I was as carefree now as I was then-only thing I worried aboiut was how many bounces I had done on the trampolines & how many ice creams I had had!! lol