[][1]It gets hot in a Josper. David Scott is the Head Chef at Blackwood’s Bar and Grill at the Nira Caledonia on Gloucester Place in Edinburgh’s New Town. His restaurant has just introduced a rather enticing new a la carte menu which you...
[][1]Speyside: home to many a famous distillery Glasses are being polished for the launch of The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival which gets underway on Thursday 1st May. Running for five days, the well established event will signal the...
[][1]The pumps are primed at Drygate. The 5pm Dining blog is getting all flustered about the imminent launch of Drygate, the new brewery, bar and restaurant on Glasgow’s Duke Street. Scheduled to open on Saturday 10th May, the project is...
Juniper bar on Edinburgh’s Princes Street has introduced a new Friday Wine Down event. Every Friday, from 5pm-7pm, the cosy library in the bar is playing host to a very informal networking bash. Not that you need to be handing out the...
[][1]The bar at the recently launched Raeburn Hotel in Edinburgh. From the Games to the Ryder Cup, this is a big year for Scotland and our restaurateurs have been working flat out to provide visitors and Scots alike with all manner of...
Fin The 21st edition of The List’s Eating and Drinking Guide is in the shops today and, as happens every year, it is bigger than before. According to Editor Donald Reid, the latest edition contains some 158 new entries out of an...
The 5pm Dining blog has always had a soft spot for the chef Tony Singh ever since we interviewed him on the Royal Yacht Britannia. It was way back in the uncertain mists of the Nineties. Or perhaps it was the early 2000s. It was yonks ago,...
[][1]Scotch Broth events match food and whisky on a molecular level. Happily, there is less than a month to go before the Homecoming Whisky Month pops its cork. If malt whisky makes your mouth water then the 5pm Dining blog suggests you...
[][1]La Bonne Auberge: make your own rom com over dinner. It’s a foolish man or woman who takes advice from the 5pm Dining blog on affairs of the heart. Need a tip on how to make the perfect G ‘n’ T or how to produce great egg-fried rice...
[][1]The Surgeon’s Hall is again the venue for the Edinburgh Whisky Stramash. Like whisky? Yes? Then you will probably already know that Homecoming Scotland’s Whisky Month gets underway in May. There are loads of events...
So, what clan are you? And we’re not talking about Game of Thrones. As part of Homecoming Scotland’s Whisky Month in May, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is launching a Clans & Drams project. The Society, which bottles single cask...
[][1]Aizle’s dish of pork cheek, pig ear crackling, turnip, radish, watercress and togarashi. The 5pm Dining blog had a fun evening last night at a preview of Aizle, a new restaurant on Edinburgh’s St Leonard’s...
[][1]The rather stylish Drawing Room at the new Innis and Gunn HQ and events space. ‘Learn something new every day, even if you forget what it was two days later’ is the motto of the 5pm Dining Blog. Never let it be said that we are not...
[][1]Rascals’ Messy Burger is not misnamed. The 5pm Dining blog has recently been pondering why the Glasgow burger boom hasn’t seemed to travel across the M8. Of course, there are loads of places in the capital selling burgers but...
http://youtu.be/ZZ9OLuoDSpY Rather like Edith Piaf, the 5pm Dining blog ne regrette rien. Except perhaps that large wedge of Camembert we rather unwisely demolished just before bedtime last night. We’re certain that you won’t regret...
Looking forward to June, there is an interesting event taking place at the ever lively Summerhall on Sunday 15th. Billed as Savour, United Flavours of Edinburgh, some of the capital’s top artisan producers, suppliers, chefs and wine...
