Cara Stadler, Craig Sandle and Chris Galvin go to work on an egg. Surely the ultimate accolade for any chef is to invent a dish that becomes famous around the world? The chefs at the Waldorf Astoria in New York have come up with a fair...
eh2 Tempus restaurant looks opulent. The 5pm Dining blog likes hip, shiny hangouts as much as the next forty something bloke chasing his lost youth. We are all for smoked cocktails, lumbersexual beards that hide our multiple chins and the...
The Lake of Menteith Hotel is snug in the winter. It’s all happening at the Lake of Menteith Hotel in Perthshire. Their Head Chef Dan Bryant has just returned from a two year stint working on America’s Eastern Shore. It will be...
Kitty O’Shea’s: proving that Irish bars have legs. Burger bars come and go while cocktails wax and wane in popularity. The drinks, décor or food that make a bar or restaurant popular one month may mean that it is dead in the...
There are some places that will make even the fiercest of Grinches smile and start wishing everyone a merry Christmas. We’ve rounded up five Edinburgh restaurants which all, in their own way, evoke that sometimes elusive Christmas...
Loks Bar and Kitchen is open for business on the southside. On Glasgow’s Southside, Loks Bar and Kitchen is finding its feet after opening earlier this month. In another life, the Newlandsfield Road address used to be home to Pollok FC...
Go gastro at The Ox. Over the last few days, the 5pm Dining blog has havered about some fab new places which have opened in Glasgow. The East Coast’s restaurateurs have been just as busy. First up, The Bellevue Bar on...
On Friday, we pointed out that Kari Restaurant and The Mad Platter have joined the ranks of Glasgow’s restaurants. Today, the 5pm Dining blog takes a little look at The Market Kitchen which has just opened on West Nile Street on the site...
It’s the platters that matter at The Mad Platter. Photo [Red Media][1] With Christmas not long off, Glasgow’s restaurateurs have gone into overdrive launching new venues. Here is news of a couple of recently opened ventures...
Monir Mohammed: Mother India knows best. The 5pm Dining blog is not entirely sure how we’ve missed this so far but Monir Mohammed has a book out. Simply called Mother India at Home, it features many of the recipes which have made his...
Brothers and sisters should be easy to choose Christmas presents for. In theory, they are the people most similar to you and, whatever you like, they will probably prefer as well. Obviously, that is not how it works. He has grown out of...
Rudolf? Is that you? The Khublai Khan Mongolian BBQ team terrified the 5pm office recently by sending us an email which threatened that ‘Santa Claus will not arrive this year as Khublai Khan Restaurant has Rudolf and his mates on the...
Feeling fruity? Try the Cafe St Honore Christmas Pudding (Photo: Paul Johnston Copper mango) For the last few years, Neil Forbes, the chef at Café St Honoré in Edinburgh, has been selling his Christmas puds to happy diners who can take...
Crinan Hotel has a beautiful location on the Argyll coast. The 5pm Dining blog learnt the hard way that buying his better half cigars for Christmas was unwise. Avoid sleeping on the sofa by choosing carefully from the 5pm Christmas gift...
Scotch and Soda circus will get the joint jumping. Edinburgh’s winter festivals get underway from next Friday as the ice rink opens in Princes Street Gardens and attractions such as the Star Flyer and North Pole Slide come to life. Friday...
Fly the flag with Scottish produce. It will soon be St Andrew’s Day and Arisaig restaurant in Glasgow’s Merchant Square is celebrating with a three course dinner and ceilidh on the night. Dinner will be served on the...
