Joe & ‘Za pizzeria will be serving pizzas topped with Valentine’s Day messages. Valentine’s Day is a lovely idea but it does lead to some strange suggestions. As you might imagine, here at 5pm Dining, we think that dinner in a...
Tofu: the vegan Viagra? Pic: [Wiki][1]. Apparently, vegans are more likely to cheat on their partners than meat-eaters. No wait, come back. It must be true because it says so in this press release from IllicitEncounters.com And before we...
Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival returns to the Biscuit Factory after last year’s debut. Pic: [Facebook][1]. Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival returns to the Biscuit Factory over the Bank Holiday weekend, 25-27 May. Combining a world class...
First up, the BrewDog bad boys are launching their second bar in Edinburgh today. Seven years after the launch of their first Edinburgh BrewDog bar on the Cowgate, the Ellon-based firm are opening on Lothian Road. A former Clydesdale bank...
Weird food news: fugu, or puffer fish at Tsukiji Fish Market. Pic: [Wiki][1]. Welcome to ‘Are you Going to Eat That?’ The latest instalment in an occasional round-up of weird food news found down the back of the internet. Last...
Rabbie’s Haggis Afternoon Tea is one way to guarantee an alternative Burns Night. [Pic source][1]. With Burns Night on the horizon, our thoughts turn once more to haggis. Earlier this week, we had a chat with James Macsween, Managing...
New restaurant openings: Cock & Bull Kitchen serves dishes such as cock and waffles. Pic: [Facebook][1]. You want even more new restaurant openings in Glasgow and Edinburgh? We got you. For the first time ever, the 5pm Dining blog is...
Like waffles? Fill your boots at Honu this weekend. Pic: [Facebook][1]. Welcome to the first in an occasional series of blogs where we collate wonderful and weird food news. We start with the belly-busting story that Partick’s Honu...
The perfect bacon butty: white bread & ketchup? The 5pm Dining blog has mentioned veganism several times of late. So, it seems only fair that we should take a look at something entirely different: the perfect bacon butty. Never let it be...
Bread Street Brasserie runs a three course vegan menu on the first Wednesday of every month. Pic: [Facebook][1]. In between Christmas and New Year, the 5pm Dining blog pinpointed veganism as being one of the more significant food trends...
Scotland’s Craft Beer Map: find your hoppy place. Happy New Year to all our 5pm Dining blog readers. Welcome back for another year of piping hot food and drink news. If you are taking part in Dry January or simply putting a cork in...
Cacti: coming soon to a plate near you according to predictions for food trends in 2018. Yesterday, the 5pm Food blog predicted that the rise of plant-based eating would be one of the most significant food trends in 2018. Today,...
Southern-fried chicken from Memphis Meats. What will be the most significant food trend in 2018? Easy – the rise and rise of plant-based eating. Every year, the 5pm Food blog makes a few stabs at predicting what food trends will...
Food trends: Clark and Lake is one of several new wine bars to have opened in Edinburgh in 2017. The 5pm Dining blog does not always have a 100% record when it comes to predicting food trends. However, last year, we did OK. We echoed the...
Restaurant trends: Edinburgh’s BABA is one of a number of new ventures serving their take on eastern Mediterranean cuisines. As always, new restaurant trends emerged in 2017 while old ones withered. This is a whistlestop look back at...
Kater Salad, a mix of pickled herring, onions, bell peppers, yoghurt and paprika, is a Belgian hangover cure. Pic: via Ebookers. Overdone it a bit last night? Rough around the edges? Brain a howling void of horror? You need a hangover...
