2012: a culinary recap
The 5pm blog will be taking a break for the next couple of days but we’ll be back on the 27th of December. Until then, here’s the first installment of our culinary look back at 2012. Have a great Christmas. January...
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All still standing?
So the apocalypse has been put off. Again. My arteries are now regretting this deep-fried Christmas pudding. ...
Drambuie sees in The Bells in Edinburgh
Yesterday, we blogged about the Hogmanay Ceilidh Dinner taking place at the Trades Hall in Glasgow. Today, we’re shifting across the M8 and taking look at Drambuie’s Extraordinary Hogmanay. The drinks brand is taking up residence in the...
Hogmanay Ceilidh dinner
[][1]The magnificent Trades Hall of Glasgow. Pic by by Steven Cadman and published on Flickr. We realise that Christmas is still to come but you don’t need to be a woggle-joggling scout to benefit from the old advice to ‘be prepared’. In...
It's the end of the world… what's for dinner?
[][1]In the event of a nuclear winter, foraging will become more fashionable According to the ancient Mayans and numerous assorted fruit loops, the world is going to end on Friday. It’s unfortunate timing – the 5pm Christmas...
Baws up
Trust the Daily Record to spread a little festive cheer with its story about the unfortunately named breakfast cereal superhero – Big Baws. ...
Cheer for the beer
[][1]Williams Bros is just one of the independent Scottish brewers which has had a great year The 5pm blog is usually more concerned with restaurants than bars but since our diet seems to be mainly liquid at this time of year, we thought...
Whisky, wine and fine food
[][1]The whisky snug at HdV Edinburgh If you are still not sorted out for Christmas then the 5pm blog commends your steely nerves – few people play chicken with the festive season and show quite such bravery. Naturally, we have some...
Blog
[][1]A new branch of Jamie’s is set to open in Aberdeen in February The 5pm Blog was faced with a tricky decision today: should we lead with the tale of Wigan’s triumph in the pie-eating Olympics or flag up new arrivals on the...
It's all new
[][1]The bar at the recently launched Buff Low Cafe: you will never see it this quiet again The 5pm Restaurant site has welcomed a number of new venues over the last couple of weeks. The two Ad Lib restaurants on Hope Street and Ingram...
Fantastic Big Deal at award-winning Amarone
[][1]The Glasgow Amarone team collecting their award Yesterday, we blogged about Amarone restaurant in Glasgow winning the Best Overall Restaurant prize at the Glasgow Restaurant Awards. If you want to see what ingredients go into an...
Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food
[][1]Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food recently arrived in Edinburgh The 5pm blog was tickled by a new Indian restaurant which opened on Edinburgh’s Leven Street recently. Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food aims to do as the name suggests although...
Sexy and they know it
[][1]Winner of the Aspiring Front of House Manager award, Claire McCulloch, of Restaurant at Blythswood Square, flanked by Willie McCurrach (City of Glasgow College, left) and Willie Jones (Manager Gleneagles, right) Last...
Dodge the Beast from the East – visit the 5pm Christmas gift page
[][1]A meal at Ingram Wynd would make a welcome stocking filler The papers have been full of stories about the the imminent arrival of the Beast from the East – the Siberian weather front which is supposed to savage the UK in its...
Glasgow Restaurant Awards
[][1]Top Glaswegian chefs Brian Maule, Guy Cowan & John Quigley will be at the awards The nibbles are being prepared; the fizz is on ice and the finalists’ nerves are all a-flutter. It can only mean one thing: the Glasgow Restaurant...
Bidding battle for Glasgow Restaurant Awards heats up
Earlier this week, we blogged about a ticket for the Glasgow Restaurant Awards which had been put on eBay. We said it was going to be a hot ticket and the bids are currently going crazy for the much sought after invite. Having...