The deer head decor at Arisaig mirrors the venison on the menu at their Feast of Scotland dinner. A popular choice with 5pm Restaurant users, Arisaig in Glasgow’s Merchant City is celebrating the Year of Natural Scotland with a four course...
Trooper Beer: it ain’t heavy. It’s more of a citrus-flavoured, hop-driven ale. Beyoncé may have her perfume range and RiRi has designed a clothing line for River Island but if you’re a British rock band of a certain vintage...
Fabrice Bouteloup at [Barley Bree][1] is one of the chefs demonstrating the versatility of Scottish ingredients About three weeks back, the 5pm Restaurant blog previewed Budding Chefs, the student exchange program between French and...
One of these men really enjoyed a pudding in Edinburgh at the weekend. No prizes for guessing which one. As the ninth series of MasterChef gears up for broadcast tonight, the 5pm Restaurant blog was tickled to hear that Gregg Wallace was...
Did anyone else watch the the Reporting Scotland bulletin yesterday which covered the story about some restaurants switching cheap beef for lamb in their dishes? The story had first surfaced in The Sunday Mail that day. The substitution of...
Given that Ron McKenna reviewed this place in October, not long after it opened, the 5pm blog realises that it has arrived at the Fish People Cafe party rather late. However, a blog by the TV and radio presenter Alison Craig has...
Tequila-filled Glock from Firebox: won’t help you shoot straight Not sure whether or not we approve of tequila bottles shaped like guns from Firebox. Linking alcohol and violence never seems like the most well thought out...
Richard McLelland mans the taps at The Vintage in Leith We are living in exciting times if you like craft beer. On Saturday, The Vintage: Craft Beer Bar & Kitchen will open to the public on Henderson Street in Edinburgh’s Leith. New...
Michel and Albert Roux pictured at Le Gavroche. Good scoop from Cate Devine in today’s Herald in which she reveals that a branch of Chez Roux, the Roux family’s offshoot empire, will be providing the dining at Cromlix House,...
Bobar at the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor: saving you from al desko lunching As you may have noticed, money isn’t exactly falling out of the skies at the moment. The good people at Bobar in the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor are doing their bit to...
Scrub up for the Fashion Show at Merchant Square As we have noted before, the blog’s relationship with fashion is fairly distant. Matching socks and a shirt without a gravy stain represent a triumph of haute couture round these...
The judges, including Albert Roux, centre, get to grips with the dishes at the competition Part of the ScotHot trade show at the SECC, today sees the finals of the Scottish Chef of the Year Award, organised bi-annually by the Federation of...
Tattoo or lunch? Lunch or tattoo? Mother’s Day gifts can be tricky Understandably, every restaurant in Scotland is currently trying to promote their Mother’s Day lunches. If you are still looking for somewhere to take your dear...
Cold beer and hot music are on tap at Bar Gumbo on Byres Road ‘Great music, great food, great drinks’ is the plain talking aim at the recently opened Bar Gumbo on Glasgow’s Byres Road. Formerly The Common Room, the new...
Slate has an excellent piece from the techie food writer Harold McGee on the different tastes and textures produced by canned food which has been aged well past its sell by date. ‘Why I now think of best-by dates as...
The popular Arisaig Restaurant in Glasgow’s Merchant Square is currently promoting its £15, three course Mother’s Day menu which you can see here. We understand that they are also keen to hear suggestions for appropriate...
