Korma comedian
[][1]Hardeep promises a night of chuckles and pan-rattling Comedy and curry seem to be a popular combo at the moment. As we have blogged before, Slumdog on Sauchiehall Street runs a regular comedy night and now one of the Harlequin...
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Spanish wine tasting at Iggs
[][1]Iggy Campos contemplates his vines Iggy Campos, the patron of Iggs and, of course, the subject of a recent Chewin the Fat blog, is a man who knows and loves the wines of his Spanish homeland. Tomorrow, he is hosting a wine tasting...
Why do I suddenly want a steak?
I loved this story from the Huffington Post about a grocery chain in North Carolina which is promoting its steaks with not just a photo billboard of a succulent-looking steak but also by pumping out the mouth-watering scent of hot...
National Doughnut Day
[][1]Homer: the patron saint of doughnut lovers If you lived in the States then you would have bounced out of bed this morning happy in the knowledge that today is National Doughnut Day. To celebrate this great occasion, Dunkin’...
What to do this weekend
[][1]A young fan of Grow It, Cook It, Eat It Looking for foodie activities for the weekend? You’ve come to the right place. The Edinburgh School of Food & Wine has teamed up with Slow Food Edinburgh and will be giving a cooking...
Mark Hix dinner
The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh is hosting a four course dinner cooked by Mark Hix on Tuesday 15 June. The meal will be followed by a Q&A with the chef. Gordon Ramsay is more famous, Jamie Oliver is richer and...
Slumdog promos
Charan Gill, the original founder and former owner of the Harlequin group of Indian restaurants, is not a man who likes to stand still and he currently is running two wizard wheezes to attract custom to his Slumdog restaurant on Sauchiehall...
Here for the beer
Following on from the last post, tomorrow sees the launch of the 24th Aberdeen and North-East Beer Festival. It takes place in the Richard Donald Stand at Pittodrie and runs until Saturday. Over a hundred different real ales from more...
Liquid lunch revival
[][1]Don Draper takes the healthy lunchtime option: a cocktail and a glass of water Rightly or wrongly, the drinks industry is being squeezed and, in most areas of life, drinking is becoming less and less acceptable. You don’t have...
Nothing new under the sun
Great article about the eating habits of the ancient Greeks by Ferdinand Mount in the Indie. Celebrity chefs? Exotic ingredients? Culinary one upmanship? The Greeks have been there, done that and bought the toga some 1600 years before...
Pop-up afternoon tea
Jackie Hunter has written a colourful piece in today’s Scotsman about an Edinburgh woman who has launched a pop-up afternoon tea event in her living room. Worth a read, if you fancy a nibble with a twist. ...
The mile high club
[][1]A dining room with a view Pie in the sky will take on a whole new meaning this August as the Festival in the Sky dining table sets up in Princes Street Gardens. An open air dining room suspended 50 metres above the ground, the 22...
Competitive scoffing
Extreme eating challenges haven’t really caught on here in the same way that they have in the States but, for a few months now, the Apache Spur restaurant in Aberdeen has been running a steak promo. If you can eat 64 ounces of their...
Naked waiter?
The Big Hospitality site has a good interview with Silvan Giraldin, the maitre d’ at Le Gavroche for decades. Not everybody wants the sort of service that you would get at the Roux brothers’ place but he still has some useful...
Sushi popsicle
[][1]Mmmm, sushi in a tube Do you love sushi? Would you like to eat it out of a tube? If so, try the Sushi Popper: a tube of pre-sliced sushi roll which is pushed up through its container and eaten from the top of the tube. The pusher...
3 Harbours Seafood Festival
This is a big weekend for food festivals on the east coast and, to be honest, it’s a bit of a David and Goliath situation. The Goliath in the picture is the Taste of Edinburgh event which we’ll cover in another post. The...