Merry Christmas! The aftermath of the 5pm Christmas night out seems a suitable time for a reflective blog post on hangovers and how to deal with them. At present, your blogger is road testing a feisty combination of paracetamol,...
KFC: big in Japan at Christmas It will come as no surprise that different countries all have their own Christmas traditions. For example, the Polish traditionally lay an extra plate at the Christmas table for an unexpected guest while in...
Tom Kitchin is a clever cookie. In January 2007, he was awarded a Michelin star just six months after he launched The Kitchin restaurant in Leith. He was 29 at the time and the youngest Scottish proprietor to be given a star. While Tom...
David Malcom and Robert Hume in the kitchen at Born in the Borders. A visitor centre near Jedburgh, Born in the Borders is a brewery, cafe, restaurant and farm shop that act as a showcase for the fantastic natural produce which is grown,...
A sunny day at Cringletie House in the Borders. It’s all going on at Cringletie House in the Borders. Not only have they asked renowned chef Willie Pike to help develop their menus but they have also teamed up with Velvet Hall...
Great presents are not necessarily big, expensive presents. Sometimes a good gift is simply a thoughtful one that the recipient will really appreciate. Here are some 5pm Christmas Gifts that would make fun, novel or unusual stocking...
Great presents are not necessarily grand presents. Sometimes a good gift is simply a thoughtful one that the recipient will really appreciate. Over the next couple of days, we’ll suggest a handful of 5pm Christmas Gifts that would...
Andy and Cheri Lund in Brewed and Baked, Musselburgh. Need a coffee but could be tempted by a beer? Dither no more. Brewed and Baked, a new licensed coffee shop in Musselburgh has started serving barista-brewed coffee along with a range...
Tony’s new cold cure has yet to catch on. When the 5pm Dining blog last spoke to Chef Tony Singh in the summer, he was eager to point out that partnerships were the way forward for him. Come 2016 he will be seeing how the dice land...
Bread Meats Bread has launched on Lothian Road. A few new places have popped up over the last couple of weeks. Bread Meats Bread have expanded out from their Glasgow base and opened on Lothian Road in the capital. Exotic variations on...
Virginia serves chicken and gin, two of the 5pm Dining blog’s favourite things. The 5pm Dining blog is delighted to welcome two new Glasgow ventures to 5pm. Unusually, they both share the same Virginia Court address in the Merchant...
Gingerbread Christmas Wonderland at Edinburgh’s Sheraton Grand. How do we know Christmas is coming? Let us count the ways. First of all, there is a huge increase in the sightings of the Slade singer Noddy Holder, a man whose mating...
Ever since an unfortunate misunderstanding involving a Bunsen burner and Jumbo MacLean’s duffel coat in third year, this 5pm Dining blog scribbler and science have not been happy bedfellows. However, a new collaboration between The...
There are times when you want to buy someone a special sumptuous gift because you really want to show them just how much you care. And there are times when you need to buy someone a special sumptuous gift because your brownie point bank...
When it comes to giving gifts, words sometimes take on new meanings. For example, when people say ‘You shouldn’t have!’ what they really mean is ‘Wow. You have gone above and beyond anything that I expected and I am...
Do you hunger for your granny’s Singin’ Hinnies or pine for Edinburgh Raspberry Fog? If so, you will have an appetite for the book You’ll Have Had Yer Tea? Treasured Tastes of Scotland. Available free of charge from...
