Google trends tracks the most common search terms in 2017. What is happening in the world? Google trends has the answer. Meanwhile Harden’s has come up with a list of the UK’s top 100 restaurants. Google have released their...
Don’t give dodgy gifts this Christmas. The 5pm Christmas Gifts page can help you find crackers like this [quad biking safari][1]. From mouthwash to chocolate body paint, some terrible, terrible crimes have been committed in the name...
Christmas gifts for Dad are not always easy to find. Here are some suggestions from the 5pm Christmas Gifts page which might fit the bill. Six thoughtful Christmas gifts for Dad Much like our suggested Christmas gifts for Mum, we are...
Today’s 5pm Christmas Gifts blog is going to suggest a few Christmas gifts for Mum. Of course, we’re not suggesting that no mum ever wanted to do a distillery tour at Glengoyne. Or had a hankering to go gorge walking. Six...
UWA Tequila is currently available as blanco and reposado. Pic: [Facebook][1]. Whisky and, more lately gin, have been the spirits most closely associated with Scotland. UWA Tequila, a young company based in Aberdeen, hope to add a little...
New Central Belt restaurants: The Tipsy Cow in Airdrie. Pic: [Facebook][1]. The 5pm Dining blog has been gazing into its crystal ball. We see three new Central Belt restaurants: The Tipsy Cow, The Old Gatehouse and The Grill by Highland...
Scottish beef, such as this tomahawk steak at Hutchesons Bar and Brasserie, is a big attraction for overseas visitors. Pic: Kenny Lam The perception of Scottish food and drink has changed hugely over the last twenty years. In roughly that...
Eggs: go-to comfort food for many of us. Pic: [SWNS Digital][1] It’s getting colder, darker and Christmas is a long way off. This is the time of year when comfort food comes into its own. A poll of 2,000 adults, carried out on...
International Gin and Tonic Day: the Printing Press has chosen today to unveil its own small batch, Scottish gin, The Principal. Apparently, today is International Gin and Tonic Day. Who knew? Not that we are knocking it. It is always...
As part of Seafood Week, artist Prudence Staite created famous attractions in fish form. We’re in the middle of Seafood Week. Running until Sunday, Seafood Week is an annual campaign aimed at getting more people to eat more fish,...
The Plumpy Duck at The Bowfield Hotel & Country Club. The Plumpy Duck is the new restaurant at The Bowfield Hotel & Country Club in Howwood. Part of the Manorview Group, the Renfrewshire hotel is in the middle of rolling £1.5 million...
Looking for Scottish food news? Here’s the movers and shakers. First up, we chuckled at the idea that Jack and Victor from Still Game were to become the new Tennent’s Lager Lovelies. The comic duo appear on the back of...
Kokoro: born in the forests of Japan. Billed as a British gin with a Japanese heart, Kokoro is a newly launched gin which is flavoured with exotic sansho berries. Last week, the 5pm Dining blog went along to Glasgow’s Nippon Kitchen...
Loch Bay on Skye has been awarded its first Michelin star. Pic: restaurant’s own. Michael Smith’s Loch Bay restaurant on Skye has been awarded a Michelin star. It is the only Scottish restaurant to be given a new star in the...
Will rum be Scotland’s next big drink? As they launch their Dunedin Rum, Strathearn Distillery hopes so. Scotland has built a well earned reputation for its whisky and, more recently, its gin. However, Dark Matter Distillers in...
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...
