It’s a Highland thing… Mac & Wild hosts celebration to showcase Scottish treats
A Scottish-themed party with food and drink from the Highlands is being hosted as part of London Food Month.
Scottish restaurant group Mac & Wild is running its summer party on the outside terrace of their east London venue in Devonshire Square every Friday in June.
The free-entry party includes a food stand selling slow-cooked, smoked and wild Scottish meat. Highlights include MacDuff Beef short-ribs and Portmahomack Pork shoulder, both marinated in a Highland herb rub, slow-cooked over peat and charcoal overnight, and then flambéed in Talisker 10 whisky.
Costing £8.50, the meat is served in a brioche bun with crispy onions, pickled wild garlic and leeks, a slaw made from apple, fennel and chicory, and spiced bone marrow gravy.
The drinks include cocktails such as the whisky summer mule and whisky Pimms, both £7, or a whisky version of an espresso Martini, for £9. There will also be a selection of Scottish craft beers and wines. Founder Andy Waugh said: “Pretty much everything at Mac & Wild is inspired by what happened at home. I have been stealing and serving my mum’s recipes for a while.
“At home, we used to have a barbecue in the summer come rain or shine so it is paying tribute to that. We have a massive, six-storey covering at the restaurant though, so people really will be able to have a barbecue whatever the weather without getting soaked.”
Food is served between midday and 3pm and from 5pm until late on the terrace, next to a gun room with a virtual shooting simulator where visitors can practise for a Highland shoot. The restaurant has also created a special London Food Month dish: short rib with oyster, bacon breadcrumb and pickled seaweed, which is on the regular menu for £16.
