Scone Spy: Two Sisters Cafe is the heart of the Carnoustie community

I FIND myself in Carnoustie for the first time.

It’s a bonny wee place in Angus, full of locals blethering to each other, a florist here, a giftshop there.

And, you’ll be glad to hear, there are plenty of eating places to choose from, too.

I get to Two Sisters Cafe. It’s not in the bustling heart of the main street but along towards one quiet end.

It looks busy, so obviously people think it’s worth a wander.

And that’s a good enough recommendation for me.

Before I go in, I’m distracted by some boxes sitting outside on the pavement.

They’re part of “Food Is Free Carnoustie” and are filled with locally-grown fresh fruit and veg – and you really are encouraged to help yourself.

The crab apples, onions, cucumbers and beans look way more appetising than the plastic-packed, all-looks-the-same stuff you get in any supermarket.

What a fantastic idea and a great example of community spirit.

If that doesn’t help to get people eating their five a day, I don’t know what will.

Inside, there’s a gentle hubbub of noise. I spy a free table and plonk myself down before it gets nabbed.

And then comes the important business of deciding what to have.

You know I’m all about the scone, but I’m immediately taken by the sound of chilli cheese fresh bread.

Doesn’t that sound ace?

I decide to get some soup to go with it, but sadly there’s been some sort of delivery hold up and they don’t have any.

So I opt for a coronation chicken sandwich and, of course, a scone – cherry, since you ask.

Oh, go on, then, and a big wodge of chocolate cake.

It’s all part of my research. I’m a professional, OK?

Just on the off-chance, I text a friend who stays nearby. She’ll be at work, but I have to tell her I’m in her part of the world.

And what do you know? She’s got a day off and bounds through the door in a jiffy.

Now, I know what I’m about to say will shock you.

But I’m totally full after my lovely sandwich. And I can see my friend eyeing up my scone.

So we share it.

And we agree that very good it is, too. Then she says something really odd.

“Do you know whose job I would love?” she asks, mid-scone.

“Scone Spy, that’s who. Imagine, getting to eat scones all day long.”

I raise an eyebrow at her.

“Would you indeed?” I reply and change the subject.

Hmph. That will be right.

I take a big bite of the chocolate cake. Lovely.

On the way out, I stop and take some of those crab apples. I think I’ll make apple jelly.

Chocolate, scones and jam. That’s a perfectly balanced diet, I’d say.

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