Stranraer Oyster Festival celebrates Loch Ryan oysters. Pic: [Kim Ayres via Facebook][1]. The inaugural Stranraer Oyster Festival 2017 takes place this weekend. The festival is inspired by the annual September harvesting of Loch Ryan’s...
Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight is in full flow and the organisers want you to change one thing about your diet. The nationwide event supports and promotes Scotland’s produce and the people who grow, make, cook and sell it. Over the...
Best of the West: fun for all ages. Pic: [Facebook][1]. The seventh annual Best of the West Festival takes place in the grounds of Inveraray Castle this weekend. Starting from this evening, visitors can look forward to live music, family...
Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight starts tomorrow and organisers are encouraging the Scottish public to get involved. Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight launched yesterday at Barras Art and Design (BaaD) and A’Challtainn restaurant. The...
Chef de Campo is one of the entertaining sights to be spotted at this weekend’s Loch Lomond Food and Drink Festival. Pic: [Facebook][1]. The harvest is underway which means that we are entering peak season for Scottish food and drink...
Daniel Ashmore is Head Chef at The Pompadour by Galvin. The restaurant was named Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year 2017 at the fourth annual Food Awards Scotland. Congratulations are due to the best Scottish restaurants as a round of new...
Classic tarte au citron, raspberry gel, meringue and compote Macdonald Forest Hills will be familiar with many 5pmers not least because of its stunning location looking out across Loch Ard. The hotel has now given you another reason to...
The Shore Grill and Fish House at the Queensferry Hotel. We haven’t eaten a meal at the just launched Shore Grill & Fish House in North Queensferry. But we can tell you that the views are delicious. The restaurant is part of the...
The price of a pint varies hugely around the globe. However, a beer and a bite to eat need not break the bank. The Drake is offering two main courses and a glass of wine for two at £16. As we all know, the price of a pint can leap up and...
Heverlee will be pouring in New Waverley arches. Fancy a drink this weekend? Here’s the latest Scottish drinks news. Last night, the 5pm Dining blog toddled along to the launch of Heverlee beer’s micro-festival in Edinburgh’s...
Scottish drinks news: the Scotch Malt Whisky Society are offering single cask gin, rum and Cognac. Scotland is a land of food and drink. Especially drink. Here is the latest Scottish drinks news round-up. Uwa Tequila is a new Scottish...
We all know how well wine goes with seafood but have you ever tried pairing beer with seafood? Scottish seafood is loved the world over and Scotland’s craft beer industry is now brimming with ales and beers from breweries across the...
The Royal Highland Show: visitors will be flocking to see the sights. The 177th Royal Highland Show starts tomorrow at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston. Some 6000 farmyard animals and an expected 180,000+ visitors will attend the four...
The latest edition of the 5pm Gin Map of Scotland is available to [download][1]. To celebrate, we have rounded up a selection of great offers where you can enjoy fine food with a refreshing Scottish gin. You can browse all the offers...
The latest edition of the 5pm Gin Map of Scotland. Celebrate Scottish gin with the latest 5pm Gin Map of Scotland. Gin has been a Scottish success story over the last few years with more than 70% of the gin consumed in the UK now being...
Doug Wood: wine merchant and, more recently, milk sommelier. Pics: Carlo Paloni. While wine sommeliers are nothing new, could milk sommeliers ever catch on? The 5pm Dining blog has covered tea sommeliers and, almost unbelievably, water...
