[][1]They are back The new Sex and the City film is released on Friday 28 May and Scotland’s restaurants and bars have not been slow hitch a ride on the chick flick juggernaut. To get you in the mood, you can watch a trailer of the...
[][1]Rosita Missoni eyes up the cake stand The idea of afternoon tea has had a strong revival over the last few months. Perhaps it offers something traditional and comforting at a time when much else seems rather wobbly. In Edinburgh,...
Many of Edinburgh’s Indian food fans were weeping into their porridge the morning after Khushi’s restaurant on Victoria Street was badly damaged by a fire back in December 2008. The very first Khushi’s opened in 1947 on...
[][1]Dominic Jack joins Tom Kitchin's Edinburgh team Tom Kitchin, chef patron of Edinburgh’s highly regarded Kitchin restaurant, has announced plans to open a new city centre site. Located on the former site of Abstract, the new...
[][1]There's a moose aboot the hoose at the Hillhead Bookclub The West End of Glasgow has a new bar and 5pm has a new member in the form of the quirky Hillhead Bookclub. It opened at the weekend on the former site of The Salon on...
Unless you have been under a rock for the last ten years then you will know that many fish stocks around the world are under a huge amount of pressure. In this article, the Daily Mail reckons that fish ‘n’ chips, as we know...
[][1]Leith Walk gets a taste of Mexico Los Cardos is a new joint on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk which is branding itself as ‘fresh Mex’. It’s a simple looking affair which is halfway between a takeaway and a...
[][1]Alan Murchison will be appearing at the Taste of Edinburgh event The Taste of Edinburgh celeb chef line-up continues to expand with Alan Murchison and Aldo Zilli among the men in white scheduled to appear in Inverleith Park on 28-30...
[][1]The man behind the Mr Snax blog Scotland’s restaurant scene has been coming to life along with the recent Spring weather. In Glasgow, Elia Greek Restaurant is finding its feet after opening on George Square next to the...
Just a quickie about this story reported by the Daily Mail in its usual breathless fashion. If you want to live forever then it seems that fish, whole grains and lots of veg are in while wheat, gluten, dairy, sugar, meat, tap water and,...
[][1]The Rutland's Bru-Hattan Stuff the election. Today’s really important news is that the World Cocktail Week kicks off now. Rather like the World Baseball series, it seems to be a mostly American affair but that hasn’t...
[][1]What will your choice of burger say about your voting intentions tomorrow night? I’m not sure if that is one of the best or worst headlines that I’ve ever inflicted on the 5pm blog so, moving on swiftly . . . Unless you...
This 5pm blogger has just got back from his honeymoon (it was lovely, thank you) so there have been a couple of recent events which are worth picking up on. First up is that The List magazine’s incredibly useful Eating and Drinking...
Opening just a little too late for The List Guide is Persia, a new restaurant on Glasgow’s Great Western Road. They have signed up with 5pm and we have a copy of one of their menus here. Roy Beers, over at the Glasgow West End...
[][1]Inside Aberdeen's Abercrombie Sticking with Aberdeen, on Friday we wrote about The Abercrombie, a new bar which opened on the city’s Union Street at the weekend. We noted that The Abercrombie’s coat of arms logo was not a...
[][1]Andrew Gordon contemplates a pie or two My ribs were mightily tickled by this tale of a £40 Scotch pie on STV’s website. Made using Wagyu beef, it is the brainchild of the forward-thinking Aberdonian butcher Andrew...
