Ingram Wynd is one of many restaurants with enticing menus for Mother’s Day dining. Pic: [restaurant Facebook][1]. Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Check out 5pm’s Mother’s Day dining offers. We all owe our...
Like whisky? Hit Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival takes place from 27th April to 1st May this year and it has some unexpected events on the programme. As the name suggests, the festival is held in...
Butternut squash soup with nasturtium ice cream is on the Hotel du Vin spring fixed price menu. The Hotel du Vin spring fixed price menu launched today. Given that a large proportion of the UK is being battered by Storm Doris – the...
Beyond the charcuterie: a new survey has revealed the adventurous eating habits of British foodies. The Great British Chefs website has just released a survey of British foodies and it makes interesting reading. The national survey of...
NB Gin: from North Berwick to the BRIT Awards. Pic: NB Gin. Less than a week to go and our invite to the BRIT Awards has still to drop through the letterbox of the 5pm Dining blog. What’s going on? We’ve selected our frocks,...
The Rosebud by Daffy’s Gin Booked your Valentine’s Day dinner yet? No? You are either very foolish or cool as a cucumber. Either way, 5pm Dining can help. Simply take a spin over to our Valentine’s Day restaurant...
Blair Athol is one of the distilleries giving free tours for International Scotch Day. Pic: [via Wiki][1]. International Day of the Doughnut? Not interested. World Sandwich Day? Meh. International Scotch Day? Where do we sign...
Fred and Josiah meet the Mangalitsa at Gorgie City Farm. Gourmets have long gone wild for Wagyu beef. Will they go mad for Mangalitsa pork? Chef Fred Berkmiller hopes so as he starts breeding rare Mangalitsa pigs in Scotland for his...
North Hop’s Michelle Russell raises a glass with Walter Micklethwait, distiller of the First Edition Inshriach Speyside Dry Gin. Pic: © Cinestag / Fergus Thom North Hop, the roving artisan food and drink festival, is setting up its...
What’s in the World’s Best Martini? First catch your Daffy’s. How do you make the World’s Best Martini? Use a Scottish gin, obviously… If you were over enthusiastic in your Burns Night celebrations yesterday...
Crown your Burns Night menu with Tony Singh’s clootie samosas. Today is the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns so we are celebrating with recipes for a fantastic Burns Night menu. All three are from top Scottish chefs with...
Jak O’Donnell’s Scotch Lamb and chorizo casserole. The centrepiece of our Burns Supper menu. Burns Night is tomorrow so we are blogging recipes for a tasty Burns supper menu. All three are from top Scottish chefs with...
Oban Distillery is one of the producers exhibiting at the West Coast Whisky Feis. Pic: [Ayack via Wiki][1]. Apparently, today is Blue Monday. The third Monday in January is said to be the most miserable day in the year due to a...
Bright lights in a dark month: Urban Brasserie is taking part in the 5pm Sale. [Pic: Urban Brasserie Facebook][1]. T.S Eliot wrote that April was the cruellest month. Which suggests that he must have slept through most of his...
Innis and None: be good to yourself. Pic: Company Facebook. Happy New Year to all the readers of the 5pm Dining blog! We hope you had a great break and are rested, relaxed and ready to tackle 2017. Here at the blog, we intend to stay on...
Social enterprise ventures such as Ginerosity hit the headlines in 2016. Pic: [Ginerosity Facebook][1]. It’s that time of year when the 5pm Dining blog peers into the past and tries to pick out the big food trends of the last twelve...
