Hogmanay
[][1]Glasgow's Merchant Square will be getting jiggy with a Hogmanay ceilidh Now that the small matter of Christmas is out of the way, we can start planning the party that really matters in Scotland: Hogmanay. You can find out about all...
[][1]Glasgow's Merchant Square will be getting jiggy with a Hogmanay ceilidh Now that the small matter of Christmas is out of the way, we can start planning the party that really matters in Scotland: Hogmanay. You can find out about all...
Here’s our second part of the culinary round-up of the year: May The Taste of Edinburgh event takes place. Its future is now under discussion. The Yak and Yeti Nepalese restaurant opens in Edinburgh and becomes the immediate front...
Here’s the 5pm blog’s run through of the significant foodie events of the last year: January 2010 [][1]Nick Nairn opened the Kailyard For the third year in a row, a Scottish chip shop won the UK Fish & Chip Shop of the...
I have just come across this cracking wee story in the P&J. Apparently, Inverness is to have Scotland’s first Jamaican restaurant. There was an Edinburgh restaurant called Caribbean Connection which ran on Grove Street for...
[][1]The Ubiquitous Chip: looking good at 40 Glasgow’s Ubiquitous Chip will be 40 in 2011 and they are celebrating the landmark birthday with a year-long programme of events and special menus. Colin Clydesdale, son of the Chip’s...
The blog is feeling a little under the weather after a recent turkey overload but we have harvested some nice links should you need something to distract you from the relatives. The Telegraph has an intriguing story about a new sushi...
[][1]The Flavour Thesaurus: buy it In a short space of time, this blogger is going to down tools and dive into a large bucket of mince pies. Until then, here’s my one suggestion should you still need a last minute Christmas present...
[][1]This man will be cooking your dinner in 2011 Yesterday we predicted that 2011 would be the year of the pie. Today we will make several similarly rash predictions about the culinary trends of the future. Be warned, they are fairly...
[][1]Judging at the World Scotch Pie competition Well, according to many a food trend forecaster, we, the British nation will have eaten all the pies by the end of next year. While for some of us the pie was never off trend, lots of...
Certain tweeters have been hinting that one of Edinburgh’s big name chefs might be about to open a new branch in the city. Possibly in the premises that used to house Tony’s Table. Hmmm? We’ll look into this one and get...
[][1]The blog contemplates last year's predictions Last year, this blogger took the foolhardy step of trying to predict some of the trends that would influence the restaurant scene and what we would eat over the coming year. It’s...
5pm is in the papers and no, it’s not because of a riotous Christmas lunch. Keep an eye out for the 5pm takeaway service which is launching very soon. ...
[][1]'I see the 5pm blog's waistline expanding' It’s that time of year when bloggers, journalists and foodies put on their thinking hats and try to predict what food trends will affect our diets in the coming year. There are some...
[][1]In a burger? Really? It’s a Christmas tradition for the media/sprout marketing board to spin a ‘sprout drought’ scare story around this time of year. There’s a good example of just such a sprout catastrophe...
[][1]Inside The Saint The Glaswegian has just given a glowing review to the recently launched Saint restaurant on Bath Street. Reviewer Elle Hain called the decor ‘gorgeous’; the waiting staff ‘friendly’ and her...
[][1]Seumas MacInnes aka Mr Gandolfi Raised in Glasgow but with a Hebridean background, Seumas MacInnes is the owner of Glasgow’s landmark Gandolfi restaurants in the Merchant city. The long established Cafe Gandolfi was joined by Bar...