一口碳锅 Yikou Charcoal Pot

Head down to West Richmond Street in Leith and you'll find yourself in one of Edinburgh's most underrated dining experiences. Yikou does charcoal pot hotpot, which means you're sat at a table with a bubbling broth heating over actual charcoal, cooking raw ingredients to your liking. It's the kind of meal that demands participation—thinly sliced meats, leafy greens, tofu, mushrooms all going into that Sichuan-spiced stock. The whole thing feels less like being served dinner and more like you're in control, which is precisely why people keep coming back. Leith's been getting livelier by the year, and this spot slots perfectly into that scene.