Restaurateurs are often colourful characters and Edinburgh’s Brian Donkin is no exception. A gambler, golfer and occasional wearer of Albanian army outfits, Donkin used to own the city’s Oyster bars as well as the Camargue...
There are plenty of niche markets within the food and restaurant trades. From the Stinking Rose restaurant in San Francisco which uses garlic in every dish to the Icelandic taste for rotting shark meat, it seems that there...
The grill or steakhouse is one of those restaurant types that seems to pop in and out of fashion on a regular basis. They are a bit like cocktails in that they have a few years of seeming naff or dull followed by a few more...
It’s been a few years in development but the much anticipated Missoni hotel opened this week on the corner of the Royal Mile and George IV Bridge in Edinburgh. It’s the first in a proposed chain of Missoni hotels with the...
Arta in Glasgow’s Merchant City is celebrating its tenth birthday this year by running a fun programme of events throughout June. Flamenco performances, salsa classes and live music are all promised at the...
Ferran Adria, Heston Blumenthal and Sat Bains are all famous for having kitchens that could double as laboratories. They haven’t quite thrown out all of their pots and pans in favour of a nice set of test tubes and beakers but when...
Brian Maule is laying on a gastronomic blow-out at his Chardon D’Or restaurant tomorrow night. He has just added the wines of Cantine Leonardo to his wine list and is celebrating the news with a four course dinner where each course...
Number Sixteen on Byres Road has recently re-opened after it closed suddenly at the end of January. The Glasgow restaurant is now under new ownership but fans of the old regime may well recognise a few faces and dishes on the...
Lebowskis, the Glasgow bar that takes its lead from the laidback hero of the Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski, very quietly opened a new branch in Edinburgh on Thursday. The bowling slacker at the heart of the...
Time for a brisk salute to the The Captain’s Galley at Scrabster in Caithness. The twenty seat restaurant has just netted the prestigious title of Seafood Restaurant of the Year at the Seafood Awards in London. ...
Tweed, twin sets and tartans for tourists is the cynical answer but a much more upbeat perspective can be found at this weekend’s Taste of Edinburgh event. Some 25,000 people are expected to visit the annual food...
Camerons restaurant in the Hilton has launched a new six course dinner menu called the Chef’s Table. The menu is: Champagne and canapés on arrival New season asparagus and quails egg salad Poached...
As part of the Edinburgh Art Festival taking place in August, the Collective Gallery are hosting an exhibition titled ‘The How Not To Cook Book- Lessons learned the hard way’. It’s a limited edition book and art...
Looking at the advertising used in the men’s razor market, there seems to be two types of campaign. One says ‘Use our razors and you will be able to bend it like Beckham and score with more women than George Clooney dipped in...
Forget biofuels, hybrid engines and LPG cars, Tony Crolla, owner of La Favorita and the Vittoria restaurants, has gone one better with his log-fuelled pizza van. Apparently, Tony was wondering how he could recreate the taste of his...
Brodie‘s, a family-run, West Regent Street bar recently sent in their funky newsletter. Fronted by the bar’s mascot, Percy Pea Face, it’s a canny mix of chirpy info about the bar and their suppliers as well as a selection of...
