[][1]Iain Griffiths celebrates with a Caorunn cocktail Big congrats and a slap on the back to Iain Griffiths after the bar tender at Edinburgh’s Bramble Bar was crowned the winner of Caorunn Gin’s global cocktail competition –...
[][1]Guy Cowan and Ryan James will be going pan to pan in a cook off The feastRen Food and Drink Festival continues apace in Renfrewshire. On Thursday, Phil Lewis of The Cook School will be pairing up with Jacqueline O’Donnell of The...
If you like oysters then make tracks for Hotel du Vin premises. The Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh and sister venue One Devonshire Gardens in Glasgow are hosting an oyster festival this month. The hotels are offering oysters at just £5 a...
As you are all no doubt aware, today is Scottish Venison Day and your 5pm blogger recently attended a venison tasting event to help publicise this tasty natural resource. It was fascinating. For example, I learned that deer are not...
[][1]The Seadogs was scuttled at the weekend The end of the Festivals in Edinburgh is usually marked by two things: fireworks at the Castle and restaurants closing their doors as the performers and all their audiences roll out of town....
Just a quick link to a brilliant glossary of Scottish foods from a magazine in Sinagapore. It tries desperately hard to be positive but is let down by slightly convoluted English and a forensic description of texture which is more off...
[][1]Das gets to grips with the seafood at Guchhi The latest instalment of the 5pm blog’s Chewin’ the Fat series features Vishant Das who, along with fellow chef Sachin Danola, cooks at Guchhi Indian seafood restaurant in Leith. As well...
[][1]Some of Scotland’s top chefs are taking part at feastRen The Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight gets underway tomorrow. Taking place since 2009, the annual celebration of the country’s fantastic produce includes a huge range of...
[][1]The Mercat in Edinburgh’s West End has launched a dedicated whisky bar The Mercat Bar and Restaurant in Edinburgh’s West End is always up to something interesting. From wine dinners to race days, they’re not ones to rest on...
[][1]The new Connich bar at the Hilton Glasgow has plenty of private areas It’s all go at the Hilton Glasgow where staff are busy launching not one, not two but three new venues. The first to be revealed is Connich, their new, ground floor...
[][1]The Moët & Chandon Roof Terrace Bar at 29 For a number of reasons, dinking champagne on a rooftop terrace is something that seldom happens around these parts but all that could change as Glasgow’s 29 launches its Moët & Chandon...
[][1]Mattia Camorani, head chef at Cucina While your 5pm blogger can see blue skies from his window, the air has turned a little nippy and autumn can’t be far away. I’m not looking forward to switching the central heating back on but it...
The 5pm blog spent an enjoyable afternoon yesterday sampling Melville’s Craft Lager as it launched in the gardens on top of Edinburgh’s Glasshouse Hotel. Real fruit Available in strawberry and raspberry fruit flavours,...
[][1]Say Hello to some Highlanders this weekend If you’re looking for foodie activities this weekend then Dumfries and Galloway is not a bad place to start. Their Flavour Fortnight food festival gets underway this weekend with hundreds of...
[][1]Fish ‘n’ tips are on the menu at Nick Nairn’s cook school in Aberdeen on Saturday Like seafood but a bit unsure about how to prep it? Then you may wish to head along to Nick Nairn’s new cook school in Aberdeen on...
[][1]Duck curry at Thairiffic The 5pm blog is hearing very good things about the recently opened Thairiffic restaurant on Sauchiehall Street. The new Thai has opened in the premises which housed the Jade Garden Chinese restaurant for...
