Spring food is coming
Rhubarb will soon be in the shops. Pic via [Wikipedia][1]. The 5pm Dining blog is bored with winter. Thunder snow was cute at first but we have grown tired of its novelty and we are now yawning at the idea of being weather...
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Craft beer and curry spice up VDeep
Hardeep in VDeep Pic: Paul Johnston at Copper Mango Curry and beer have long been a dream team combination. The pairing will be given a thoughtful update from tomorrow when VDeep – a new restaurant from Hardeep Singh Kohli – opens to the...
Chop Chop announces Glasgow opening
The dumplings that built and empire. Chop Chop Chinese restaurants have announced that their first Glasgow branch will open on Mitchell Street on Monday 2nd March. The idea was first mooted in 2011 but, after many delays, Glasgow diners...
Curtains up on Cocktail Theatre at Monboddo
Fancy a warming cocktail at Monboddo Bar? Part of the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Monboddo Bar on Edinburgh’s Bread Street is introducing its latest seasonal cocktail menu with a series of Cocktail Bar Theatre events. Everyone is...
Brewn sauce for National Chip Week
The Loch Ness Monster in chip form by artist Prudence Staite. As you are all well aware, it’s National Chip Week – that time of year when a grateful nation celebrates the miraculous process by which the humble spud is turned into the...
Going to Kylie's funeral?
Alas, Kylie the Kyloe cow is no more. Yes, it’s true. Kylie is being laid to rest. Kylie being the giant fibreglass cow which has been hanging around the exterior wall of Edinburgh’s Kyloe restaurant for the last few...
Restaurant supplier focus: Campbells Prime Meat
The 5pm Dining blog recently visited Campbells Prime Meats at Linlithgow. If you have ever eaten out in a Scottish restaurant then there is a high chance that the company supplied at least some, and quite possibly all, of your...
Fat, flowers and tubers back in fashion
The 5pm Dining blog has been enjoying this week’s food related news stories. Not least the welcome revelation that saturated fat won’t immediately kill you if you so much as sneak a glance at a bacon buttie. Lashings of butter While...
Buzzworks opens Prestwick Lido
The opening party at Lido in Prestwick was jumping. Pic by [Danny Paton Photography][1]. Ayrshire’s ever innovative Buzzworks group opens a second branch of their Lido brand in Prestwick this morning. The new Lido is on the Main...
The food of love: can dining and desire make the perfect couple?
The 5pm Dining blog is feeling a little shell-shocked after recently receiving a Valentine’s press release entitled Ten Foods to Enjoy in the Bedroom. Now, we are not sensitive types who blush at the briefest glimpse of a Wolf Hall...
Slow Food founder eats Edinburgh
Slow Food Edinburgh can claim something of a feather in their collective cap with the news that Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement, will be attending several events in the capital at the end of February. Carlo Petrini: Slow...
Break up or make up?
The gardens at Greywalls: ideal for a romantic stroll. The 5pm Dining blog often finds some odd emails in our inbox. Last week, we were startled to receive a press release with the following heart-warming title: Red Tuesday: The top...
Wine tastings and dinners in Glasgow and Edinburgh
Dry River vineyards in New Zealand. Valentine’s Day is always a popular time to eat out but, for those whose appetite remains sharp after the big day, there are plenty of other great dining options in Glasgow and Edinburgh including these...
Pork: the language of love?
Give it Aldi with a heart-shaped pork steak. The 5pm Dining blog has been enjoying many of the Valentine-themed press releases which have been flooding our inbox of late. In particular, we chuckled at a recent heart-shaped missive from...
Dig in to The Potting Shed
Strike a light! The cocktails at The Potting Shed are a universe away from the Cosmo. Younger readers may be astonished that there was once a time when pub food meant a pack of peanuts. Or a pie and chips, if you were drinking somewhere...
VDeep to launch in 20 days
Is Hardeep Singh Kohli heading to Leith? Earlier in the year, we mentioned that The Vintage in Leith was about to change guise. The owners are looking for a larger city centre location in which to run a new version of their charcuterie...