Enjoy the summer with Foodies Festival. Unbelievably for those of us who remember the first Foodies Festival as though it were yesterday, the popular event is now celebrating its eleventh outing. The UK’s largest celebration of food and...
Britannia Gin: globe trotting flavours. Scottish gin news is filling our inbox at a rate of knots. The latest ginfo comes from Edinburgh’s Summerhall Distillery. The makers of Pickering’s Gin have partnered with five-star...
From the launch of their core gin range last year to last month’s unveiling of their Scottish cider brandy, Strathearn Distillery always have something interesting up their sleeves. Their latest wheeze is to have developed distillery...
Last year’s Edinburgh Cake Fest has inspired bigger building projects. Image by Seth Mcanespie via Cake Fest Scotland. Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years you will be aware that recently there has been...
Brian Grigor, Head Chef at Number One; Brian Pool, bee keeper and Richard Dalgleish, sous chef at Number One on top of The Balmoral. A couple of years back, this 5pm Dining blog scribbler was mooching around Berlin for the weekend when we...
Guy Grieve, founder of The Ethical Shellfish Company, is one of the judges on Ready, Steady, Chef. The countdown to August is well underway and, in about three weeks, Edinburgh’s population will double as the world comes to visit the...
Doce: bringing a sweet taste of Napoli to Glasgow. Italian restaurants thrive all over the UK but Glasgow in particular seems to have a huge appetite for pasta, pizza and a nice plate of prosciutto. Perhaps accompanied a cheeky glass or...
Mark Greenaway’s food is beautifully presented. Pic: Paul Johnston. Yesterday, the 5pm Dining blog found itself at Restaurant Mark Greenaway for the launch of the chef’s first book: Perceptions. A 256 page glossy production...
Some of the first traders to take up residency at Taste Buchanan. L-R David Equi from Equi’s Ice Cream, Neil Patterson from Sláinte Mhath popup bar, Felicity Day from Chompsky and Katy Murray from Designer Cakes by Paige. Picture: Jeff...
Au revoir, Black Sparrow. It seems that the Bukowski-themed bar and kitchen on North Street has heard its final dawn chorus. Say ‘Bonjour’ to its replacement, Liberté Bar and Bistro. It is owned and operated by Suzanne...
John Maltby: Head Chef at Acanthus. Acanthus at Macdonald Holyrood Hotel is celebrating its first birthday by offering 5pm bookers a tasty 20% discount on dinner from the a la carte menu. Located just along from the Parliament at...
Pulling the pork takes five minutes. With apologies to any Portuguese readers, Sunday’s Euro 2016 final did not go the way that this 5pm Dining blog writer would have wished. Eder’s extra time goal was a heart-breaker for Les...
Harry’s Bar is back in action. Looking for new bars and restaurants to try out in Edinburgh this weekend? Step this way. The 5pm Dining blog may have just what you are looking for… Spit/Fire on Dublin Street has become...
Real ale fans at last year’s Festival. The 5pm Dining blog is fond of a beer or two but we still find the thought of more than 170 different beers rather intimidating. Beer fans who are made of sterner stuff will be flocking to the...
A dish from the new Horn Please restaurant. There is a handful of new openings on the horizon in Glasgow. First up, we have Horn Please on Berkeley Street which promises to offer a ‘new concept of Indian cuisine’ when it opens...
Here at 5pm Dining, we see the popularity of the video clips on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. We know that there is a huge appetite for food prep films and cookery demo vids. While our short films tend to feature local chefs...
