One Square’s gingerbread Edinburgh Castle. Readers whose brains have yet to be addled by too many Christmas parties may recall that in November we blogged about the gingerbread show piece on display in Edinburgh’s Sheraton Grand...
When it comes to giving friends and family unusual Christmas gifts, it is important to have the element of surprise on your side but to balance this with a certain amount of suitability. Your gift should be appropriate. Giving a totally...
Chia seeds: mouthwatering? The 5pm Dining blog is busy compiling its 2014 in food blogs. Our annual look back at Scotland’s restaurant scene, it’s a comprehensive examination of the year’s big openings and trends. With a fair wind, we...
The Hangover Pizza from Bite Me Pizza. The 5pm Dining blog recommends that everyone should stick well within their government weekly sanctioned ration of alcohol units. And that doesn’t mean drinking them all in one night. However, we...
Afternoon tea at The Turquoise Thistle can be unconventional. Turquoise Thistle, the restaurant and bar at Hotel Indigo on Edinburgh’s York Place, has extended its afternoon tea menu. The rather elegant venue already offers an indulgent...
As the 5pm Dining blog has mentioned, there is a fantastic selection of Christmas gifts available on the 5pm Christmas Gifts page. From Highland getaways to beauty treatments via some rather fine dining experiences, it’s all there. Dying...
That Mums do most of the work for Christmas is a generalisation but almost certainly a true one. From trussing up the presents to stuffing the turkey, it is Mums who generally keep the show on the road. Taken from the 5pm Christmas gifts...
Your cheese awaits. Matching whisky to food is not a new idea. The 5pm Dining blog has been lucky enough to be at various events where chefs have matched whisky with seafood, game, lamb and chocolate. Some were more successful than...
Giffnock’s Double Dot: their milk shakes bring all the boys to the yard. While most of us may have our eyes on the Christmas finishing line, Santa’s little helpers aren’t the only ones who are still beavering away. In Giffnock,...
Each Christmas, the 5pm Dining blog always looks forward to the first Brussels sprout story of the season. Usually, it’s a scare story which aims to terrify readers with the thought of a sprout-free Christmas. Surely we all remember the...
Feeling fruity? Try the Cafe St Honore Christmas Pudding (Photo: Paul Johnston Copper mango) Christmas is a time for spoiling friends and family. The following restaurants are all lavish, opulent places where the surroundings, the service...
Since it’s Friday, we thought you might enjoy a round-up of some of the most unusual food and drink stories to have come out of Scotland this week. Weave a whisky The 5pm Dining blog was gobsmacked to learn that Johnnie Walker and...
Social and Cocktail mixologists take it back to the Prohibition Era. Being a low down, mean and miserable cynical sort, this 5pm Dining blog scribbler found himself unexpectedly touched by the story of today’s blog. Probably too much...
The French President Charles de Gaulle is said to have remarked ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 cheeses?’ If he found the thought of governing France daunting then what would he have made of Britain – a country which has more...
Authentic Turkish food is the draw at Alla Turca. Christmas doesn’t have to cost a fortune. 5pm’s Christmas gifts page has lots of great ideas for generous presents that won’t break the bank. Here are five gift ideas for under £50. Alla...
Broughty Ferry has a new Italian restaurant. Named after the northern Italian town of Borgo Val di Taro, Borgatoro is part of the Fort Hotel on Fort Street. Alongside a short selection of pasta, pizza and grill dishes, the menu includes...
