"Formally the Skean Dhu, provocatively-named La Petite Mort is making noises on Edinburgh’s food scene with its creative and modest menu. Its name refers to French slang for being over-full, but is most commonly defined as “orgasm.” Would the food be as pleasurable La Petite Mort is joined to traditional Tollcross pub, Bennets, but tucked away around the corner on Valleyfield Street. The revamped restaurant offers an on-trend menu with well executed, meat-heavy, better-than-pub-classic food. Our starters were pretty damn good, but the mains were even more superior I began with the black pudding and goats cheese bon bons, which were marvellously rich and dense with a perfectly...read more"
