Blue Marlin Seafood Restaurant, The

The recent upsurge in game dishes on restaurant menus is hardly surprising; their exquisite flavour is enough to warrant attention, but what about game fish? The Atlantic blue marlins are one such species with a spear-like snout ready to knife through a school of prey. Thankfully, its namesake restaurant in the former fishing village of Broughty Ferry is a restrained place where diners are seen enjoying the best of what the coastal waters of Fife and Angus have on offer.

So here's a chance to get your feet wet, sorry taste buds whetted, possibly with a bowl of smoked salmon and sweet corn chowder, or seared scallops and black pudding with a balsamic and roasted onion dressing. Baked coley fillet and lobster and prawn tails set on turmeric flavoured rice in a creamy South African style curry sauce are particularly attractive main course options. In addition to the usual sticky toffee pudding, the dessert list at Blue Marlin has something else interesting; keep an eye open for the chocolate chilli ice cream served in a brandy basket on raspberry coulis.