Leftfield, 12 Barclay Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 4HP (0131 229 1394, leftfieldedinburgh.co.uk). Starters £8-£12, mains £14-£25, desserts £7.50-£8.50, wines from £28.
Leftfield, a small bistro overlooking the Meadows in Edinburgh, isn’t particularly. This is not a criticism. Of course, unconventional leftfield ideas are what drive things on. Without leftfield culinary thinking we would never have known that shellfish and vanilla are brilliant bedfellows (they really are) or that chips could benefit from being cooked three times rather than just twice (thank you, Heston) or that scallops and black pudding were single ingredients that needed to couple up (bravo, Bruno Loubet).
