I can't tell you how proud we are to be supporting Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012.
Well I just did.
Very proud.
We have made Howies in Edinburgh both Waterloo Place in the new town and Victoria Street in the medieval old town available to delegates and
jurors who have people to meet, things to do, delights to eat and films to see.
Our Private Dining Room sadly is booked for the night they
wanted it for the deliberations of the jury but none the less we are all on red
alert for the glamorous film types that we expect to see wandering in.
A filmy type person reviewed Killer Joe as follows:
'Brilliant, hilarious and shocking film. Saw it at the Venice Film Festival and it was definitely one of the most enjoyable (and enjoyed) films there. Go and see it'.
'Brilliant, hilarious and shocking film. Saw it at the Venice Film Festival and it was definitely one of the most enjoyable (and enjoyed) films there. Go and see it'.
Ah we do love it when the film juggernaut rolls into town.
It used to be in August the same time of year as the Fringe and International Festival but cleverly it is now a month and a half earlier than that other
monumental bun fight which frees up more time energy and space to concentrate
on this one.
With a restaurant in the new town and one in the old town we do get a fair number of the glitterati turning up on our doorstep. They are seldom
recognised which they seem to love– this is mainly because there is aye such a buzz of comings and goings and of course everyone here is so
obsessed with food that a film or TV star can easily go unnoticed. Of course if Marcus
Wareing or other world renowned chefs were to pitch up there would be a collective fainting fit.
Oh did I mention that Sean Connery celebrated his birthday at
Howies Waterloo a while back?. Our pal has promised us photos….you will see them here…when he
follows through on that - and he had better! Oscar?????
Love Edinburgh! Great to see the support of the local businesses supporting the festival. When I was in Europe this past year, it was hard to exactly figure out where my friends and I wanted to eat because there were so many restaurants to choose from. We ended up eating at the Red Squirrel, and they had an amazing caramel milkshake. Also, we took a quick stop at the Elephant House because my friends are fans of Harry Potter. I was a little disappointed that their commercial dinnerware didn't have elephants on it though! They made up for it with all the elephant pictures and trinkets at least. Seems like this is the place to stop at the next time I am in the UK. Does your restaurants have a twitter page at all to follow events going on?
ReplyDeleteThanks for swinging by the Blog Kelly! Yes indeed we do our Twitter feed which is @HowiesScotland.
ReplyDeleteWhat's yours so we can follow you right back.
Are you planning coming back to Edinburgh soon?
It is indeed overwhelming the number of restaurants in the city but if you are heading our way we would be happy to point you in a few directions of places not to miss. We love nothing better than spreading the word about great restaurants and food in Edinburgh and Scotland in general - after all we are all in it together....Cheers!