[][1]Wanna join a biker gang? Oh alright. I’m exaggerating. The Hairy bikers won’t be at Glasgow’s Cookie restaurant tonight but their production team will be. They are scouting for participants for the next series of...
As we blogged in June, Edinburgh’s first Lebanese restaurant has been working towards its launch for some time now. Well, Beirut on Nicolson Square opened its doors at the weekend. The large TV screen showing rolling Arabic news...
[][1]There is an unusual meal on the menu at Vittorias If you live in Edinburgh then you can’t fail to have noticed a little thing called the Festival which is going on at the mo. Whether you want highbrow opera or comedy that...
The blog was delighted to see that Cookie in Glasgow’s southside has joined the Gourmet Glasgow promotion. A club, bar, food importer, restaurant and all round culinary agenda setter, Cookie has already been the subject of mulitple...
[][1]Guess what they sell at Yes Sushi? Glasgow’s Baby Grand Group, which is involved with 5pm members such as the Baby Grand (natch), Cottiers and Ad Lib on Hope Street, has been a hive of activity lately. Their Ad Lib American...
[][1]blue has a striking interior Following on from yesterday’s blog about the Hotel du Vin and their new pig policy, we come to Neil Forbes, exec chef at The Atrium, Cafe St Honore and blue in Edinburgh. As well as being the top...
[][1]Denise and Chris at Peelham Edinburgh’s Hotel du Vin has taken the ‘use local produce’ mantra to a new level by buying two Tamworth pigs from the organic Peelham Farm in the Borders. Bought as piglets, the two...
The Glasgow Restaurateurs’ Association launches its Gourmet Glasgow promotion today. A culinary festival involving over forty Glasgow restaurants, the festival runs until the end of the month. Each restaurant is running a special...
The great pre-festival opening rush is on in Edinburgh as restaurateurs, bar owners and cafes hurry to open before the Fringe crowds arrive. The latest venture to join the throng is Divino Enoteca on Merchant Street. The brainchild of...
The blog had a bite to eat at the Festival in the Sky on Saturday. As regular readers will know, it’s a 22 seat dinner table which is hoisted one hundred feet into the air. Dinner is served while you dangle. The pie in the sky...
[][1]The End of History stoats drown their sorrows at no longer being the world's strongest beer Regular readers will recall the the Fraserburgh brewers BrewDog recently released an attention grabbing new beer. Called the End of History,...
[][1]Sky high dining has already been a hit in Jaffa, Israel The blog is off to the Festival In the Sky at the weekend. Featuring a 22 seat dining table which dangles guests a hundred feet above Princes Street Gardens, it looks a somewhat...
Looking for something different to do at the weekend? Howzabout the Traquair Fair? It takes place at Traquair House in Innerleithen on Saturday and Sunday. There will be circus acts, street theatre, millions of kids’ stuff and...
Earlier this year, Stravaigin hit the headlines when they served grey squirrel on their Wild Food menu. It seemed very daring at the time but, according to this report in The Telegraph, a branch of Budgens in London has started selling...
As an antidote to the last post about conspicuous consumption, we bring you news of a noodle bar in Edinburgh. The Red Box Noodle Bar has now opened on the old site of Susie’s Whole Food Diner on West Nicolson Street. It’s one...
The blog chuckled at this Huffington Post slideshow entitled PR Bait: The Most Expensive Restaurant Dish Gimmicks. It’s a barbed look at some of the more ludicrously priced dishes that restaurants and bars have invented in order to...
