Pie?

Two of my favourite topics — food and Scotland — come together with the upcoming launch of EatScotland, a guide to Scottish eateries around the country:

The EatScotland scheme has been designed by the tourist body VisitScotland to promote excellence wherever food is served. It will be launched this afternoon in Glasgow as part of the International Food Fair.

Offering the pass-or-fail assessment rather than the one-to-five medallion grading system used by its predecessor, Taste of Scotland, the scheme was devised with the help of wide industry and consumer consultation.

I’m guessing it won’t yield the same results as Singapore’s ABC system, where the C establishments (the dirtiest) are the most popular.

(Point of interest: when I tried to find EatScotland, I first typed www.eatscotland.co.uk, then www.eatscotland.gov.uk, before doing a Google search to locate it at www.eatscotland.com.)

• 25 Jan 2005

• Thinking