Loch Fyne Oysters Restaurant, Clachan, Argyleshire 10.02.11

Loch Fyne Oysters Restaurant, Clachan, Argyleshire 10.02.11

After an unexpected morning trip to this restaurant i felt it merited a mention in my blog if only to buy some of the superb seafood on offer at the adjoining shop.

Leaving Glasgow at 7.30 am with a work colleague to a business meeting in Lochgoilhead i was not exactly filled with joy.

However the sun came up just as we were heading by Loch Lomond and i remembered just how spectacular this part of Scotland is.Its funny how even though it is 40 minutes away from Glasgow i very rarely visit.

Meeting finished early in Lochgoilhead and i was starving, with no sign of any life and an hour to kill we headed to Lochfyne.

The lochfyne restaurant sits right at the side of the loch with the mussel farms and fishing activity just in sight further down the loch.

As we walked into the restaurant the three staff were having what i can only assume was a very interesting chat as we were totally ignored. This promted me to ask if they were open to which the reply was yes!.

We were shown to a table in the sunroom at the front of the old building and presented with the breakfast menu. The menu had a good selection of kippers, mackerel and scrambled eggs etc.

We both chose the eggs bendedict with smoked salmon (£8.25) with a couple of coffees. As we sat looking over the loch drinking our coffees and chatting about the meeting we had just had the waitress delivered a basket of brown and white toast with butter and homemade marmalade. A welcome surprise givien my hunger.

A 20-30 minute wait before breakfast was served. A toasted muffin with their own smoked salmon and two perfectly cooked free range poached eggs smothered in hollandaise sauce. With these ingredients it is hard to go wrong and this was an excellent execution of this tricky dish.

A final bill of £22.50 offered reasonable value for the quality of food, a stop at the Loch Fyne shop attached to the restaurant and a dozen oysters and a some kiln smoked salmon purchased and we were on our way back to Glasgow.

Excellent unexpected breakfast in a wonderful setting.

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