‘You can call me Mr Wagyu.’ Scotland may have given the world Aberdeen Angus cattle but it’s Scottish-reared Wagyu beef that is currently making the biggest splash in foodie circles. Originating in the Kobe district of...
Bermuda is known as the shipwreck capital of the world. Pic from [Bermuda Tourist Authority][1]. A Monday morning chortle is always welcome and today’s comes courtesy of a press release from the Bermuda Tourist...
Cocktails are a big part of the Slighhouse offer. Edinburgh has been buzzing recently with VDeep, Anfora and the Riparian Rooms all opening their doors. The most recent place to join the pack is Slighhouse , formerly Bar Kohl on George IV...
Build it and they will come: the Ice Bar at Snow Factor. As was mentioned yesterday, this 5pm Dining blog hack has just returned from his holidays. As always, plenty of fresh restaurant news has surfaced while were away sunning...
The Pompadour by Galvin: setting for the first Societea event. This 5pm Dining blog scribbler has been away on his hols for the last couple of weeks so we appreciate that we have left this post a little late. However, it’s a doozie so...
Last Christmas, the 5pm Dining blog was chuffed to find a book called The Language of Food tucked into its stocking. Subtitled A Linguist Reads the Menu, it is written by Dan Jurafsky, a Stanford University professor. No wait, come back....
We’re not packing away our mittens quite just yet but the 5pm Dining blog reckons that winter is on the way out. And that means that the year’s various food festivals will be cranking into life fairly sharpish. One of the first out of...
Dreaming of drams? Taking place from the 30th of April to the 4th of May, the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival continues to grow at a fair old pace. Held annually during the first long weekend in May, the Spirit of Speyside Whisky...
One Square Gin is made with fifteen botanicals. The 5pm Dining blog has long admired the gin know-how at One Square in Edinburgh’s Sheraton Grand. Not content with having some 60 odd gins on the gantry, One Square have now gone one better...
As March gets underway, this seems a suitable time for the 5pm Dining blog to lick its lips and look forward to some of 2015’s beer festivals. May’s party with Summerhall and Barney’s Beer is one of several beer festivals over...
Tabac: lighting up on Mitchell Street. Today we have a round-up of rumours, whispers and dodgy dossiers on developments in Glasgow’s ever changing restaurant scene. First up, we hear that Mess Cantina on Otago Street is no more. Or at...
Brewdog’s marketing has rarely been subtle. These are exciting times to be making beer in Scotland. The exact figure changes all the time but there seems to be more than 80 commercial breweries currently operating in Scotland. These...
Anfora wine bar is serving fine looking food. Hardeep Singh Kohli’s new VDeep operation has attracted plenty of headlines but it’s not the only new opening in Leith. Last week, Anfora opened in the Vaults on Giles Street in the capital. A...
Spink’s Smokies are among the regional delicacies mentioned. If you have ever wondered what is the best way to cut cheese; had a hankering for Smokie ice cream or pondered the favourite food of Shetland’s Trow troll then you should...
Drink wine, help charity. Having a bulbous red nose has sometimes been associated with being overly fond of the bottle. Happily, we can all help give the idea of a red nose some better connotations thanks to this year’s Comic Relief Wine...
Yealands Estate winery in Marlborough, New Zealand. The 5pm Dining blog has long had a soft spot for wine dinners and lunches. Apart from the obvious attractions of food and wine, they are almost always fun events where you can learn a lot...
