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Morningside Maker’s Market

The Clay Oven — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:00:37 +0000

As the New Year continues and the weather improves we can start to think about getting out of the house a bit more and enjoying the wonders of our city of Edinburgh. Each month on the first Saturday here in Edinburgh’s beautiful Morningside, the Colmcille Centre is the venue for the Morningside Maker’s Market. Free to enter and with gentle music in the air the market is an opportunity to find a wide range of artisan gifts from all over Scotland. Often selling their own wares, the market brings together some of the most skilled artists, crafters and designers from across the country

Curry Crafter

The market runs from 11am to 4pm so after spending time strolling around and finding some unique items and gifts, we have one further craftsman we recommend you take the time to visit. Here at the Clay Oven Indian Restaurant and Takeaway our chef is applying his finely honed skills to creating great food. To complete your day of culture – pop in for anything from a light curried lunch to a full banquet.

Morningside’s Persian Rug Village

The Clay Oven Edinburgh — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:28:41 +0000

One of our newer neighbours here in Edinburgh’s Morningside is the Persian Rug Village. Like it’s sister store in London the Persian Rug Village is the premier place to find hand crafted rugs and gifts. From its base in Turkey only the finest and most elegant rugs are brought to the UK to delight their UK customers. Their skilled staff also make them the perfect choice should you have any repairs required to your rugs. Finally, if there is a specific design you really want – they can make it to please you!

Curry on a Rug?

So, you may wonder why we’re telling you about a rug shop. Well – for our curry loving customers we believe they offer three important services. Firstly, you can choose a nice rug for your home to keep your toes cosy whilst you enjoy our Indian delicacies. Secondly, they can repair any rugs you may have – in case you have spilt some rich curry sauce on them. Finally, they can create a rug in any motif you like – for a curry fan like us this is perfect – I think I’m getting a picture of a nice Prawn Puri.

Fancy a Curry after treading the boards?

The Clay Oven Edinburgh — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:49:21 +0000

Just over the road from our Morningside base is Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre. Fresh from recent renovations this ever popular venue is soon to be busy with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival arriving in town.

Alice’s Midsummer Night’s Curry

A couple of plays have caught our eye – firstly an American take on the Shakespeare classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream complete with the promise of rude mechanicals which runs from 09/08/2010 to 14/08/2010!

MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

A rollicking and romantic mix of dance, text and original music combined in a hilarious, over-the-top production of Shakespeare’s fantastical play. Demonstrating that American teenagers have the acting chops to tackle the bard. Featuring a dance prologue, whimsical costumes and rude mechanicals hamming it up during the play within a play, this fast paced production weaves three stories of young love, magical creatures and home-spun doofs in a moonlit forest on a midsummer’s eve. An exceptional acting ensemble. Appropriate for all ages. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a wonderful play to introduce young audiences to Shakespeare.

The second is a Texas school’s take on Alice in Wonderland with a Scottish twist running from 10/08/2010
to 14/08/2010.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

An absurd, random, quirky, outrageous, humorous, creepy version of ‘Alice’ (with a Scottish twist) performed by a small troupe from a tiny school located slightly north of oldest town in Texas: Central Heights High School, Nacogdoches. This version of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was originated by the Manhattan Project under the direction of Andre Gregory. Mister Gregory indicates that the essential thing is to use the script as a trampoline for the imagination. Our production is hopefully a seemingly improvised collaborative ensemble piece that reflects Mister Gregory’s original intention while incorporating the artistic spirit of our players.

Cheeky Korma

Both of these sound a bit cheeky – and what could be better than a cheeky curry before or after to complete your evening of culture. As we are talking about a Scottish Summer evening we’re expecting rain but don’t worry. We’re so close to the venue even a theatre programme held above the head will provide enough cover.

Alternative Burn’s Night

The Clay Oven Edinburgh — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:37:23 +0000

Britain’s favourite food vs. Scotland’s favourite poet

Given our restaurant is located in Edinburgh’s traditional Morningside, we’re very aware that Burns Night is just a week away.

We can’t pretend that we’re going to make a haggis curry, or any of the other traditional dishes but we will be open and offering our full fantastic menu (and to be honest – we think it tastes a lot better) – and we’ll happily serve you a dram to drink with it.

If you are happy to be seen out flounting tradition – call us on 0131 447 9724 to book a table – otherwise take advantage of our free home delivery option and enjoy proper good food in the privacy of your own home!