Eating Scottish snacks, Scottish junk food and drinking Scottish drinks in Edinburgh, Scotland

In our latest travel video we try eating Scottish snacks and Scottish junk food while sampling some Scottish drinks and beverages in Edinburgh, Scotland.

We tried eating Haggis flavored crisps (or potato chips), Irn Bru cola, Rabbie's original alcoholic ginger beer, Whisky flavored tablet, butterscotch organic chocolate and Scottish shortbread cookies.

In terms of my personal favorites I loved the Whisky tablet and ginger beer. Audrey, on the other hand, enjoyed the shortbread cookies the most.

As far as what we didn't like, Irn Bru wasn't a hit. I especially didn't like it because it reminded me too much of cream soda - a drink I don't enjoy. Audrey didn't enjoy the tablet in particular, which she thought tasted like cheese.

What kinds of Scottish foods have you tried? We'd like to make another video and any kind of recommendations would be appreciated.

So this afternoon we are going to be doing a little bit of a taste test. So we've raided a Scottish supermarket and picked out some items that we thought looked very local. So we're going to try those and see what they're like. Yeah, overall we've got five different things. Two beverages and three things to eat.

So first up I'm going to be trying something called Irn Bru and apparently after Whisky this is Scotland's second national drink and it looks like a regular fizzy drink. It kind of looks like it could be orange flavored but I hear it's just sweet and doesn't really taste like fruit. Oh, I'm going to need help opening this.
Rawwwr. Thank you kindly.

So it smells very sweet and sugary. It doesn't smell like orange.

It's a bit like cream soda maybe. It's just really really sweet. Like sweeter than Pepsi or 7Up. Oh yeah?

Yeah, it reminds me a lot of cream soda as well. Which isn't my favorite beverage, so overall I don't think I'm going to be an Irn Bru man anytime soon.

Next up we've got Mackie's of Scotland's Haggis and cracked black pepper flavored chips or crisps as they like to call them here.

Can you taste the Haggis? Ummmm, yeah, kind of but I mean it has more of a an all dressed smokey flavor in my opinion. I do like them.

And what do we have here? Next up we have Crabbie's. Here in the back it says that it is best served chilled with ice and lemon but we have neither of those. Room temperature? And actually we don't even know if this is Scottish or not but I think so. Let's assume. It says following in the pioneering footsteps of the first Scots. Well, there we go. And what is it? I think it's a Ginger beer isn't it? Ginger beer, okay. With alcohol.

Hmmmmm, what does that mean? Ginger beer. Hahahaha. That's exactly what is is. It tastes very gingery? Yes, I don't love beer, so I'm not going to say I love it but it's a nice smell. It smells like ginger tea. Tell me how you like it?

Oh yeah, I like that a lot. It's got a very. It's quite sweet. I mean normally beer doesn't have this sweet of a taste, so this is a nice refreshing beverage. Refreshing at room temperature. True.

And we've got Butterscotch chocolate.

Is this milk chocolate or is it dark bitter chocolate? No, it's really sweet. You'll love it. It kind of reminds me of Dulce de Leche. Dulce de Leche chocolate huh? Like it then? Yeah. I do like it. I mean normally organic chocolate isn't that great in my opinion because it's a little bitter. A bit too natural for me.

Shortbread cookies. This is Christmas in a tin. Mmmm, smells like Christmas? Oooooh, those look good. I can tell I'm going to like this. Nice big thick cookies. Crispy? Not crispy. Just crunchy Christmas cookies, you know? Mmmmmm. Going to share those? Maybe. You know this would make a really souvenir people. If you're visiting Scotland get Scottish shortbread.

And last but not least we have tablet, which is a sweet treat that everyone has been talking about. And this is what I'm most looking forward to having. This is supposed to be very much like fudge and so I can't wait to try it. This one is whisky flavored. Mmmmm....mmmm. Oh yeah!

So I'm just going to go at this like it's a chocolate bar. Just bite right in. Smells good. Oh, wow. That is really really really sweet. Is it soft, crunchy, gooey, chewy? It's a little. I wouldn't call it crunch. It kind of crumbles in your mouth and yeah I can taste a hint of the whisky. I mean it's not overpowering. It's more sweet than anything else but there is definitely a hint of whisky.

This is part of our Travel in Scotland series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Scottish culture, Scottish arts, Scottish foods, Scottish religion and Scottish people.



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All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).