Oink Victoria Street

Oink is a small place with a fuchsia front on the bend of Victoria Street, the street of colourful shops running down from George IV Bridge to the Grassmarket. In the window sits the whole roast pig, and everything they sell comes from it: pulled pork rolls with crackling. It's the quick bite you're after between the castle and the National Museum, without sitting down at a table.

How to order

You choose in four steps. First the size: Piglet at 80 g (£6.65), Oink at 160 g (£9.15), the most popular, or Grunter at 250 g (£11.95). Then white or brown bread. Next the filling, which they call stuffing here: sage and onion, or homemade haggis, which is a gentle way to try it for the first time. Finally the sauce: apple, mustard mayonnaise, barbecue, chilli cheese, chilli jam or spicy tomato, all homemade. If you don't want bread, they do the same meat in a box, with the trimmings.

When to go and where to eat it

It's open every day from 11:00 to 17:00, but closes earlier if the pig runs out, so don't leave it until mid-afternoon. There's hardly any room inside: the usual thing is to eat it as you stroll or to walk two minutes down to the Grassmarket and find a bench with the castle above you.

Who it suits

Families with children who are good eaters, hungry teenagers and anyone wanting a cheap meal in the Old Town without losing time. Everything they sell contains pork, so it's not a place for vegetarians. Oink has two other shops, one on Canongate, at the lower end of the Royal Mile, and another on Hanover Street, in the New Town, with the same product.