An Evening At Harvey Nichols Edinburgh

The Fourth Floor Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie at Harvey Nics in Edinburgh held its first ever foodie event tonight.  What a night!  I had a fantastic time with Mum and Sis-in-Law checking out seafood, sushi and cupcake demos to a cocktail masterclass.  There were local producers galore, all of whose products can be purchased in the food court. 

The Chocolate Sculpture

Hubby's Chocolate Hearts

Iain Burnett Chocolate caught my eye (no surprises there!) with a fantastic display of chocolate work which was closely followed by some samples of some of his truffles.  Heaven in a mouthful!  They were the smoothest, richest, melt in your mouth truffles I have ever tasted.  I had to get Hubby some of the love heart ones to try as he couldn't make it to the event, opting to play golf with the boys instead!  He got a box of 8 truffles, I picked the White Velvet (a creamy white chocolate ganache and Madagascan vanilla) and the Heart of Gold (a smooth golden caramel).  Both were sublime!  And I may have bought myself a packet of his White Hot Chocolate mix too but considering there were many other chocolate treats also in his range that I am dying to try I feel I have been very restrained really!

A summer punch was served on the balcony were an edible flower garden had also been set up.  So cute!  I loved the idea, it was almost too much to bear to eat the beautifully decorated shortbread flowers (they were attached to bamboo skewers using white chocolate - will be stealing this idea for sure!)

Talking of too much to bear ....

Isn't he gorgeous!  How anybody could eat him I don't know. He could be purchased at the Chocolate Lounge, a sushi style conveyor belt of sweet treats and mini champagne bottles.  Wonderful  idea, I shall be visiting this locale far more often from now on!  This little guy will set you back £10 in a gift box, I was sorely tempted to 'adopt' one!

We also had a guided tour of the kitchens and met some of the chef's - all on their best behaviour.  The kitchens are tiny, especially for the amount of chefs that need to fit behind the pass.  I can imagine it would be exciting in full service though.

We also got a gift of an apron on arrival, this came in handy for the seafood demo when Chef had lobster juice flying all over the place!  And at the end of the night we all got a goody bag to take home which included two of Iain Burnett's Chocolates, a cupcake, a miniature bottle of whisky, a Scottish Field magazine and a bottle of water.  Fantastic value for money as the ticket only cost £15 to start with.  I highly recommend going if your local Harvey Nics does something similar, it was a fantastic night out ;0)