[][1]A cigar maker at work in the Partagas factory in Havana Edinburgh’s Hotel du Vin are holding a cigar dinner on Thursday 8th September. The original plan was to hold the event in the hotel’s cigar bothy in the courtyard...
A couple of foodie evenings are on the September horizon and you may wish to put them in your diary now. First up, the Butchershop Bar and Grill in Glasgow’s West End, is going Gallic on Wednesday 14th September with a five course French...
[][1]Giffnock's Wee Cucina The Wee Cucina is a new Italian which has just started dishing out the pasta in Giffnock. As the name suggests, the Fenwick Road venture is a compact and bijou little joint that specialises in rustic Italian...
[][1]Neil Forbes, Scottish Chef of the Year The leaves are already beginning to turn which must mean that autumn, the harvest and Scottish Food Fortnight are all on the horizon. Neil Forbes, Chef of the Year at the Scottish Restaurant...
[][1]The OCD chopping board: can't bear rough cut veg? Selfridges are about to start selling an item called the OCD Chopping Board which is billed as ‘the ultimate kitchen aid for the obsessive compulsive food lover’. A...
What would you rather do on Sunday evening? Have a nice meal, watch some fireworks and listen to jazz or sit in front of Antiques Roadshow while worrying about Monday morning? If you have gone for the first option then you will love the...
[][1]Ewan Bremner: spotted in Hotel du Vin It’s not exactly difficult to spot famous faces in Edinburgh over August but we feel that this weekend’s haul of stars seen in restaurants is still pretty good. We’ve seen Ewan...
On Monday, we told you about the Ashoka Cook School which is now open for business in Motherwell College. Cate Devine has written a fun piece in The Herald about her experience of a course at the school. If you’ve ever wondered how...
[][1]Beachcomber bar at Lola Lo Tiki bar Lola Lo opens to the public in Edinburgh this weekend. Unlikely as it may seem that a little bit of Polynesia should wind up in the strait-laced capital, the late night bar looks to be a hit,...
[][1]Simon Munnery: maitre d', chef, bottle washer and agent provocateur Depending on which side of the fence you choose, La Concepta, Simon Munnery’s pop-up conceptual restaurant represents either the best or the worst of Edinburgh...
[][1]Brad Pitt: 'Hi, I'd like a table for eight, please' So Brad, Angelina and their six weans have rocked up in Glasgow to film the World War Z zombie flick. The big question is where are they holed up? According to The Herald, both Mar...
[][1]AC/DC: The Wine, a cheeky little number As a teenage boy growing up in Dundee in the Eighties, this blogger reckoned that Australian rock band AC/DC were the height of adult savoir faire. After all, what could possibly be more...
Gordon Ramsay may have a foul mouth but at least he doesn’t demonstrate how handy his right hook is. Apparently a chef in the Brecon Beacons was so enraged by an offhand remark from the Sunday Times food critic AA Gill that he...
Just in case you missed it, The Herald ran a story on Saturday about a new Indian cook school which is being developed by Sanjay Majhu and his wife, Jiginder. The owner of the Ashoka restaurants intends to name the school the Ashoka Cook...
[][1]Horton's Bar and Kitchen is now open on West George Street Horton’s Bar and Kitchen is a new venture which opened its doors this weekend on West George Street in Glasgow. Formerly Frankenstein’s, the building’s...
We have a little news snippet from the Radfords who ran The Atrium and blue. Apparently, Lisa and Andrew have found a new Edinburgh site which they describe as ‘big, exciting and different’. Other details are a little vague at...
