[][1]Glasgow and Edinburgh: separated by just 40 miles but both have their own customs 5pm Dining have just launched a fun online survey looking at the different dining habits of restaurant-goers in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Win £100 You...
[][1]Glasgow Cooks Better: buy it so you can cook better too. Look out for copies of the new Glasgow Cooks Better recipe book which launches on the 18th of February. It has been created by the Glasgow Restaurant Association (GRA) in...
[][1]Chef Neil Forbes will be matching food to Innis and Gunn beers The 5pm Dining blog recently learned of an interesting new project which aims to help young professionals get the most out of Edinburgh. Your New Crew is the brainchild...
[][1]Let beery battle commence Monday morning at the 5pm Dining blog can only mean one thing: beer battles! The long-awaited, fourth Battle of the Brewers (BOTB) takes place this Thursday with Stewart Brewing going toe-to-toe with Fyne...
[][1]The brigade at Sydney’s Quay take a breather with the opera house in the background. In restaurant terms, the family meal is not one that you share with your relatives. Instead, it’s a meal which is shared with people who...
[][1]Chinese cooking: wok this way for best results As we mentioned earlier this week, the Chinese New Year starts tomorrow and the 5pm Dining blog wishes you all Kung Hei Fat Choy, or Happy New Year. Naturally, we think you should...
[][1]Belvedere Unfiltered: dark horse among vodkas What are you up to on Saturday night? Takeaway accompanied by The Voice followed by Jonathan Ross? Fine. Just not very exciting. Boring even. Some might say. Alternatively, for a more...
[][1]Mmmmmm, crackling. If the 5pm Dining blog ever found itself in the terrible position of being forced to eat only one type of meat forever then we would choose pork. Bacon, ham, sausages, charcuterie – pig is the meat that just keeps...
Friday is the first day of the Chinese New Year. Last year was the year of the snake and this incoming one is the year of the horse. Those born in horse years are said to be cheery souls; good with money; smooth talkers and perceptive –...
[https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gWqTam2rIM?feature=oembed] The 5pm Dining blog is always interested in new and unusual restaurants and they don’t come much more unconventional than the Wild Cabaret and Wicked Lounge which is taking...
[][1]Mogwai whisky: best drunk while listening to Happy Songs for Happy People? Like rock? Love whisky? If you shouted ‘Hell! Yeah!’ to both questions, while making horn signs with your fingers, then you will probably go total fruit loop...
[][1]Gary Goldie is putting his name above the door at a new venture in Oban So, we were going to blog about decoding the secret hand signals used by waiting staff and then we learned that Gary Goldie is to take charge of the kitchens at...
[][1]Jacqueline O’Donnell’s haggis bon bons. Having almost won a school prize for our recital of The Puddock (yeah, we know it’s not by Burns but still, it’s Scottish poetry, innit), the 5pm Dining blog has always had a...
[][1]Mark Greenaway’s new rhubarb dessert Like many kids, when this 5pm Dining blog scribbler was a nipper, I always took great delight in singing alternative versions of Happy Birthday to You. Adding the line about squashed...
[][1]Take a Whisky Journey at SCOTCH in The Balmoral You want all the latest food news? Step this way, amigos. First up, the good people at Edinburgh’s Balmoral are gearing up for the Burns Night launch of their Whisky Journeys in the...
[][1]Burgers, dogs and tongue-in-cheek dish names are all the rage at Little Urban Achievers Club New restaurants are added to the 5pm fold all the time and this week is no different. Recent arrivals include Ashiana in Dalkeith and the...
