Bonjour mes amis, Today’s 5pm Dining blog is going to have a distinct Gallic flavour as we celebrate the second Goût de France day. Initiated last year by the chef Alain Ducasse and the French ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
John Gilmour Butchers will be demonstrating their knife skills at Hutchesons. We’ve rounded up a sweet selection of food news nuggets and a couple of possible dates for your diary. First up, we’ll mention the Sensory Dining...
You get a more colourful brand of bar staff at The Real Mary King’s Close. This 5pm Dining scribbler has had the good fortune to drink whisky in many different places. At the summit of Lochnagar and on the deck of a converted fishing...
Glasgow’s restaurant scene is like a huge pot of simmering soup with new bars and restaurants constantly bubbling to the top while others fall back down. Currently coming to a boil on West Regent Street is Poco Havana Bar...
Chef Tony Singh with friend. Picture © Andy Buchanan 2015 There have been a few moves and shakes on Edinburgh’s restaurant scene of late. On the ever buzzy Broughton Street, Eden’s Kitchen has come to life. It’s a...
The new look bar at Malmaison Edinburgh. To Tower Place in Leith where Malmaison Edinburgh, the very first Mal hotel, brasserie and bar, is looking spruce and elegant after a £1.2 million refurbishment. When Mal opened, way back in 1994,...
There will always be blue skies at Boardwalk Beach Club. It’s been such an action-packed week for new openings that it would have been a shame not to end with another one. Word reaches the 5pm Dining blog that the arrival of spring...
The bar area at Spiritualist. Over the last couple of years, Glasgow’s restaurateurs have shown considerable ambition as they launched swish new businesses in city centre buildings with long and notable histories behind them....
six°north are helping to keep Partick refreshed. Spring is in the air and the restaurateurs and licensees of Scotland’s Central Belt certainly seem to be feeling the effects of the rising sap. Hot on the heels of our new restaurant...
It’s aye pie time at MacGregors Pie and Ale Howff. As it’s National Pie Week, this seems an appropriate time to mention MacGregors Pie and Ale Howff, a new bar which has just opened on Glasgow’s Blackfriars Street. As...
Jamie Scott in his new kitchen. Pic: Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.uk Monday morning, the start of a new week and the perfect time for a blog on a new restaurant. Opened last week, The Newport Restaurant is the first solo venture from...
Galloway Wild Foods will be foraging for wild cocktail ingredients at Springfest. Following on from yesterday’s blog, here are a few more Scottish food and drink festivals which are popping up on the horizon. After a successful...
At the time of writing, the rain lashing against the window makes the thought of ever venturing outside again seem distinctly uninviting. However, if previous years are anything to go by, winter won’t last forever and, when it...
Scotch pot roast beef: give Mum a break and cook lunch. Mother’s Day is nearly here and, for many of the nation’s mums, all they can look forward to is a badly executed breakfast in bed. Or perhaps a potato print card. Oh,...
Afternoon tea at One Square is themed on a seasonal basis. As Mother’s Day steams rapidly into view, this seems a good time to ask ‘What meal do mums like most?’ One that they don’t have prepare or clean up...
North Hop Edinburgh Launch at The Assembly Rooms. From top left clockwise – James Porteous from Electric Spirit Co., Kirsty Dunsmore from Edinburgh Beer Factory, Adam Blair from El Cartel Casera Mexicana and Flora Manson (musician)...
