New bars and restaurants: Edinburgh’s Brewhemia is daring customers to be different and try their tank beers. New restaurants and bars in Glasgow and Edinburgh are popping up like spring daffodils. Here is the pick of the...
Darnley’s Gin are launching a new Scottish gin distillery this summer. Pic: [Darnleys’ Gin.][1] Scottish gin is booming and there is more to come. The Wemyss family have announced that they are to open a new Darnley’s...
Gary Maclean, winner of MasterChef – The Professionals, will be giving Buddies the benefit of his culinary skills at Paisley Food Festival. Paisley Food Festival will feature a familiar face this year. As MasterChef 2017 appears on...
Mark Hazell, founder of Jaw Brew and Alan Marr, Managing Director of Aulds, toast the launch of their new Scottish beer, Hardtack. The first ever Scottish beer to be made from leftover bread has been created using unsold morning...
Wild Island Botanic Gin has launched. The 5pm Gin Map of Scotland will need topped up. Looks like the 5pm Gin Map of Scotland will need updating. Again. It is said that death and taxes are the only two things in life which we can be...
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...
