text: Fishers in the City let us down the last time we had a family dinner there So this time we took our mother she is you know to the original and vastly superior Fishers Bistro down at The Shore in Leith to celebrate her birthdaynnn We began with a cocktail or two sitting outside Malmasion depuis enjoying the sights upmarket hen weekenders the sounds ditto and the smells sea champagne perfume and a soupueon of sewerage Then it was a short stroll to Fishers Bistro where the smells significantly improvednnn Our meal nThe oysters were reported as exemplorary and came with a little bottle of Tabasco a side dish of chopped onion and paprika There was a striking dish of mussels and clams and an almost delicious dish of swordfish strips with pickled ginger bean sprouts and sesame The latter came wrapped in a bogstandard wheat tortilla without which the plate would have been near perfectnnn Then followed whole plaice panfried cod and queenie scallops all of which were superb if the grunting noises were anything to go by I can personally vouch for the plaice cooked perfectly with a small topping of goats cheese just enough to compliment not swamp the delicacy of the fish A substantial side dish of mange tout gratin dauphinoise and carrots accompanied the lot in a retro yet surprisingly appropriate mannernPuddings We all had one Which either means the portions are of a reasonable size or we are greedy pigs Stalwarts such as sticky toffee pudding chocolate mud pie and pecan pie all came served with ice cream or cream We did not have coffee and by then they needed the table back for the second sitting a harsh intrusion of commercial reality into our wellfed heavennnn The wine list was reasonable in as much as as I only perused the white ones We enjoyed a very decent Pouilly Fume at ua two actually rejected the two Cloudy Bay options at ua and could have settled for several other perfectly good New and Old World whites between ua ua