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              THE CROSS AT
            
          
        
        
          
            
              KINGUSSIE
            
          
        
        
          Tweedmill Brae
        
        
          Ardbroilach Road,  PH21 1LB
        
        
        
          01540 661166
        
        
          It’s fair to say that the plaudits
        
        
          heaped at the door of The Cross
        
        
          at Kingussie are considerable.
        
        
          Not only has this excellent
        
        
          restaurant been awarded two
        
        
          AA rosettes, but it has appeared
        
        
          in the 2015 Good Food Guide,
        
        
          as well as the 2015 Michelin
        
        
          Guide. Far from resting on
        
        
          their laurels, the culinary team
        
        
          here are determined to keep
        
        
          honing their inventive cuisine.
        
        
          While the service is friendly
        
        
          and attentive without being
        
        
          intrusive, the atmosphere is
        
        
          relaxed and the food is simply
        
        
          sublime. Beautifully plated
        
        
          dishes that score highly for both
        
        
          flavour and texture are created
        
        
          using ingredients sourced from
        
        
          Scotland’s bountiful larder.
        
        
          Poached native blue lobster,
        
        
          foie gras ballotine and oven-
        
        
          roasted quail are just a couple
        
        
          of examples. In the evening,
        
        
          diners can opt for a traditional
        
        
          three-course meal, or a six-
        
        
          course tasting dinner. There’s
        
        
          also the option of hand-selected
        
        
          wines to complement each
        
        
          course, with an assortment of
        
        
          reds and whites to choose from.
        
        
          Indeed, the wine list has been
        
        
          awarded AA status for its depth
        
        
          and quality. Fully deserving of
        
        
          its endless awards, The Cross
        
        
          at Kingussie represents fine
        
        
          dining at its most toothsome,
        
        
          mouth-watering best.