We try an ‘Immersive Taste of Scotland’ dining experience at Glasgow’s Mharsanta
Mharsanta is a bar and restaurant located in Glasgow’s Merchant City who specialise in Scottish cuisine. In a private room down stairs they offer an ‘Immersive Taste of Scotland’ dining experience where each course reflects a part of Scotland’s gastronomic heritage which is served with an accompanying presentation.
We tried this out.
Participants are welcomed by a traditional piper and read a Scottish poem. The experience is three hours long and can host a maximum of 20 people. It’s a great way to learn and indulge in Scottish culture.
We tried this out.
Participants are welcomed by a traditional piper and read a Scottish poem. The experience is three hours long and can host a maximum of 20 people. It’s a great way to learn and indulge in Scottish culture.
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00:00 Firtha, yer honest, sauncy face. Great chief to know the pudding race.
00:05 Mar Santa is a bar and restaurant located in Glasgow's Merchant City who specialise in Scottish cuisine.
00:11 In a private room downstairs they offer an immersive Taste of Scotland dining experience,
00:15 where each course reflects a part of Scotland's gastronomic heritage,
00:19 which is served with an accompanying presentation. We tried this out.
00:23 Well, first of all I'd like to welcome you guys to Vir Santa Restaurant and Bar.
00:27 We're a family-run restaurant here in Bell Street, which is actually one of the oldest streets in Glasgow.
00:34 With tonight's immersive Taste of Scotland dining experience,
00:38 we're going to enjoy a five-course tasting menu that really shines a light on some of the best products that Scotland's got to offer.
00:44 These will be specially selected Scottish drinks accompanying each course as well.
00:49 At Vir Santa we take really good pride in making sure we use trusted local suppliers
00:54 to provide us with that really important local produce.
00:57 Over the last couple of years we've worked with some of Scotland's top drink brands
01:01 and we ask their ambassadors to actually tell you a little bit about what makes their drinks unique.
01:06 These interviews will introduce the brands and you can taste along if you wish.
01:10 I'll also tell you a little bit about each course as we go along,
01:13 why we're serving it with a little bit of history put in there as well for you.
01:17 Participants are welcomed by a traditional piper and read a Scottish poem.
01:21 The experience is three hours long and can host a maximum of 20 people.
01:25 It's a great way to learn and indulge in Scottish culture.
01:29 Scottish seafood is often thought of as some of the best in the world and it's highly sought after.
01:35 The Scottish fleet is the most important in the UK in terms of weight and value landed,
01:40 with Peterhead being the main UK port.
01:44 Peterhead on the north coast, northeast coast of Scotland, is actually the most important in Europe as well,
01:50 which shows how, I always think for such a small country in terms of land mass,
01:55 how important Scotland is in terms of food and drink around the world.
01:59 I think if you say to visitors and people who come to Scotland, "What is Scottish food?"
02:03 nine times out of ten they're going to say haggis.
02:06 Haggis was and is traditional Scottish food stuff.
02:10 We actually eat a fair bit of haggis ourselves.
02:13 It's not just something that we say to visitors and tourists that come along.
02:17 We do actually enjoy it.
02:20 Its popularity obviously owes a lot to Robert Burns.
02:23 He was our national poet and he wrote the tongue-in-cheek poem called "The Address to the Haggis".
02:28 It starts with the lines, "Fair fae your honest, sonsy face,
02:32 Great chief to know the pudding race."