Soup
WHERE TO FIND GOOD SOUP IN DUNDEE
THE PARROT CAFE, 91 PERTH ROAD
This cafe sits on the same main road that a lot of other good stuff sits on, like Mennie's pub and the Deep Sea Restaurant. Perth Road cuts through Dundee's West End, and offers an eclectic mix of interesting wee shops that keep students from the nearby university fed and watered and generally entertained in one way or another. The Parrot Cafe is a modern snug place with a coal-effect gas fire to warm your outside while the soup warms your core. There are usually two soups, like, 'Ham and Lentil' or 'Butterbean Broth', both taken from a range of about a dozen vegetable varieties and a few containing meat.
This cafe sits on the same main road that a lot of other good stuff sits on, like Mennie's pub and the Deep Sea Restaurant. Perth Road cuts through Dundee's West End, and offers an eclectic mix of interesting wee shops that keep students from the nearby university fed and watered and generally entertained in one way or another. The Parrot Cafe is a modern snug place with a coal-effect gas fire to warm your outside while the soup warms your core. There are usually two soups, like, 'Ham and Lentil' or 'Butterbean Broth', both taken from a range of about a dozen vegetable varieties and a few containing meat.
TARTAN COFFEE HOUSE, 53 PERTH ROAD
Another cosy coffee house, this time with a studenty feel to it. Usually one soup per day, like 'Vegetable' (a title that I find strangely irritating, although I suppose if there are a lot of vegetables in a soup it would be quite impractical to name them all) or 'Chicken Broth'. It smells good when you first walk in, which I always think is a good sign. The small area through the back of the Tartan Coffee House has sofas for some serious relaxation.
Another cosy coffee house, this time with a studenty feel to it. Usually one soup per day, like 'Vegetable' (a title that I find strangely irritating, although I suppose if there are a lot of vegetables in a soup it would be quite impractical to name them all) or 'Chicken Broth'. It smells good when you first walk in, which I always think is a good sign. The small area through the back of the Tartan Coffee House has sofas for some serious relaxation.
LILY AND STONE, 11 UNION STREET
The Lily and Stone coffee shop used to be Taste Fresh, but it has now changed hands. It remains a very agreeable soup-slurping emporium, where varieties like 'Parsnip, Apple and Coriander' can be slurped. Lily and Stone's soups are always vegetarian, and around 90% of the time they are also vegan. They have a few more tables and seats than there used to be, and proclaim to be 'more than a coffee shop,' which they most certainly are. You're not going to know just how much more until you try their soup, which I would recommend that you do.
The Lily and Stone coffee shop used to be Taste Fresh, but it has now changed hands. It remains a very agreeable soup-slurping emporium, where varieties like 'Parsnip, Apple and Coriander' can be slurped. Lily and Stone's soups are always vegetarian, and around 90% of the time they are also vegan. They have a few more tables and seats than there used to be, and proclaim to be 'more than a coffee shop,' which they most certainly are. You're not going to know just how much more until you try their soup, which I would recommend that you do.
ROSEANGLE CAFE ARTS, 130-132 PERTH ROAD
Their full title is probably Roseangle Cafe Arts at the Bridge, which is a bit of a mouthful. The cafe is under Dundee West Church, with an entrance from the cobbled road called Roseangle. It is, of course, as the name suggests, not just a cafe, and there is usually always an art exhibition on. When I was there it was a photographic exhibition, and it looked like a good one to me. The Roseangle Cafe Arts is, let me tell you, a lovely place. I almost passed it by. I had this strange vision in my head of a cafe in a church where poor people sipped tea and prayed and occasionally leapt up off their seat with cries of 'Praise the Lord!' But no, this is a first class cafe. It's small and quiet and very homely, and as well as a few tables there's a nice soft sofa thing to sink into and dream. There were two soups at my visit: 'Beans and Greens' and 'Carrot and Coriander'. Roseangle Cafe Arts is in fact so good that I have been torn between awarding it either two or three hippos. It's almost three, but not quite. If I had half hippos it would probably have a two-and-a-half hippos rating, but the thing about hippos is it's nigh impossible to find a saw big enough to cut one in two. [NOTE - Only opens Monday to Friday. Closed at weekends.]
Their full title is probably Roseangle Cafe Arts at the Bridge, which is a bit of a mouthful. The cafe is under Dundee West Church, with an entrance from the cobbled road called Roseangle. It is, of course, as the name suggests, not just a cafe, and there is usually always an art exhibition on. When I was there it was a photographic exhibition, and it looked like a good one to me. The Roseangle Cafe Arts is, let me tell you, a lovely place. I almost passed it by. I had this strange vision in my head of a cafe in a church where poor people sipped tea and prayed and occasionally leapt up off their seat with cries of 'Praise the Lord!' But no, this is a first class cafe. It's small and quiet and very homely, and as well as a few tables there's a nice soft sofa thing to sink into and dream. There were two soups at my visit: 'Beans and Greens' and 'Carrot and Coriander'. Roseangle Cafe Arts is in fact so good that I have been torn between awarding it either two or three hippos. It's almost three, but not quite. If I had half hippos it would probably have a two-and-a-half hippos rating, but the thing about hippos is it's nigh impossible to find a saw big enough to cut one in two. [NOTE - Only opens Monday to Friday. Closed at weekends.]
T ANN CAKE, 27 EXCHANGE STREET
I somehow missed T Anne Cake when in Dundee, and with a name like that I wish I hadn't. It looks like a really good place, although I appreciate that where marketing campaigns are concerned, the phrase 'A Good Place' might not necessarily have folk flocking to your door. But what might get you flocking to the fine door of T Ann Cake is the quality of the edibles goodies on offer within. A little peek at a blackboard on a blog reveals soups like 'Butternut Squash Dhal' or 'Sweet Potato and Orange'. It irks me somewhat that I seem to be constantly missing some good places. Don't make the same mistake as me. Head direct to T Ann Cake without delay.
I somehow missed T Anne Cake when in Dundee, and with a name like that I wish I hadn't. It looks like a really good place, although I appreciate that where marketing campaigns are concerned, the phrase 'A Good Place' might not necessarily have folk flocking to your door. But what might get you flocking to the fine door of T Ann Cake is the quality of the edibles goodies on offer within. A little peek at a blackboard on a blog reveals soups like 'Butternut Squash Dhal' or 'Sweet Potato and Orange'. It irks me somewhat that I seem to be constantly missing some good places. Don't make the same mistake as me. Head direct to T Ann Cake without delay.
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