[][1]The Abercrombie's coat of arms In Aberdeen, The new Abercrombie Bar is scheduled to open on Friday 30 April. Formerly Stadia and The Nile, it has been revamped with a new Victorian decor. Traditional Scottish food, dozens of malt...
[][1]Whisky Nosing in Speyside The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is limbering up for its annual spree at the end of April. It runs from Thursday 29th April to Monday 3rd May and is a must visit for anyone who thinks that a week has...
[][1]There will be plenty of choice at Paisley Beer Festival The biggest real ale festival in Scotland gets under way at Paisley Town Hall on Wednesday, 28 April. The 23rd Paisley Beer Festival is an annual, four day event and some 4000...
[][1]Phil Vickery is promoting the SPAM Cook of the Year comp Veteran readers of the 5pm blog will remember our entirely unforced excitement at last year’s Spam Cook of the Year competition. Well, it’s back and it’s...
I stumbled across this slide show from a book called Hungry Planet: What The World Eats by a photographer called Peter Menzel. It is not new. It dates back to 2006 but it’s one of the most compelling photo essays I’ve ever...
Are certain foods more appealing to men than women? I only ask because I recently received a press release about the new Bo’Vine steak house on Byres Road and the woman who sent it commented that although it might not be the most...
[][1]The Scottish Crannog Centre The 5pm blog team is fearless when it comes to new ways of feeding our faces. Hand us a fork and a reasonably clean napkin and we will go anywhere and do almost anything just as long as there is the...
Over at the Speccy’s website, Stuart Walton is having a rather bilious rant about the pick ‘n’ mix tendencies of Modern British cooking. According to Mr Walton, ‘to a depressing degree, every restaurant is producing...
[][1]Gordon Minnis, centre, owner of Calistoga, with the Best Speciality restaurant award Gordon Minnis is the owner of Calistoga, an Edinburgh restaurant specialising in Californian food and wine. The restaurant recently won the Best...
Having proved rather popular since it opened in February 2009, Assam’s Indian Restaurant has expanded out from its West Regent Street home in Glasgow’s city centre and opened a new place in East Kilbride. Tamarind Lounge on...
[][1]The Iron Chefs: No Greg, cooking does get tougher than MasterChef MasterChef’s Greg Wallace is well known for his catch phrase ‘Cooking doesn’t get tougher than this!’ Well, those hardy souls taking part in...
[][1]The booths at Bo'Vine There’s a distinctly meaty flavour to the new Bo’Vine restaurant which opens on Byres Road today. Part of the Grosvenor Hilton and the sister restaurant to Bobar, Bo’Vine is a steakhouse that...
[][1]The Butcher's Shop Bar and Grill opens tonight It’s all kicking off in Glasgow at the moment with lots of new openings on the horizon. First up, it’s a big Hiya to Tasty Byte@Nyte which has just signed up to 5pm. The...
[][1]Voters will be hearing a lot of waffle over the next few weeks Regular readers will know that this blog has always been slightly obsessed with the works of Bompas and Parr, a couple of bright young things who make funeral jellies,...
If you think that you’ve got the chops to cut it in a pro kitchen then Edinburgh’s Taste Festival wants to hear from you. Its organisers are searching for Scotland’s culinary champions of tomorrow by way of a talent...
[][1]The Fuhrer rendered in bacon via EatLiver The 5pm blog tries not to cover too many American new stories because they offer a peek into the food future of the UK which is just too scary to think about. As an example, check out this...
