Taste of Edinburgh update
Following on from our earlier post about Taste of Edinburgh cancelling this year’s event, we’ve had a release from Justin Clarke, CEO of Taste Festivals: “After a huge amount of consideration, we have taken...
Edinburgh Eating and Drinking archives
Taste sunk
Last year’s Taste of Edinburgh Festival was washed out The Taste of Edinburgh festival, which has taken place for the last six years in the capital, won’t be going ahead this year. Torrential rain meant that last year’s...
Bar Soba Edinburgh
Already a staple of Glasgow’s dining scene, with locations in the City Centre and the West End, Bar Soba has opened its first restaurant in the nation’s capital. Bar Soba’s Edinburgh branch landed in Hanover...
Yea or Neigh?
Horses: rather more wary than they used to be of strangers bearing carrots The stories about horse meat in the food supply continue to multiply but, while many people are outraged at being duped, it seems that a fair chunk of the...
The World comes to Musselburgh
Jas and Charan Gill: The Quay World is their oyster The Quay World Banquet at the Quay Complex in Musselburgh is the latest venture to combine the buffet restaurant model with a globe-spanning menu. A couple of weeks back, we blogged...
French pop-up at The Hub
Fred Berkmiller: knows his oignons Over the last couple of years, Fred Berkmiller, chef-patron of L’Escargot Blanc and L’Escargot Bleu, and the Institut français in Edinburgh have organised an exchange programme with young cooking students...
Edinburgh's Stac Polly reveals new look
Scottish produce takes centre stage at Stac Polly First opened in 1990 and named after a mountain in the North West Highlands, Stac Polly on Dublin Street is a time-served veteran of the Edinburgh restaurant scene. A labyrinth of stone...
Slurp up
Bowl O’Noodles: packs a punch Just a quickie to draw your attention to Bowl O’Noodles, a new Leith Walk restaurant and cafe that opened yesterday. As the name suggests, noodles in hot broth are at the heart of the menu....
Woodland Creatures come out to play
The bar at Woodland Creatures on Leith Walk Yesterday the 5pm Restaurants blog mentioned that The Balfour Bar on Leith Walk was being transformed. After extensive refurbishment (read: removal of decades worth of Artex), the premises have...
Spice pick 'n' mix
Indian, Italian, Mexican and Chinese are available at Spice Fusion So, Monday morning and we have blue skies and bright sunshine. If it wasn’t minus two then you could almost imagine that spring had sprung. But while the snowdrops...
G & Tea on the menu at One Square
Hendrick’s Gin; an ideal mid-afternoon pick-me-up One Square bar and restaurant in Edinburgh’s Sheraton is pepping up its afternoon tea offer with a stiff shot of Hendrick’s Gin. Afternoon tea The G & Tea Afternoon Tea is...
Nearly Valentine's Day. Booked in yet?
Anodised pans: a survey suggests that many women would love a set for Valentine’s Day. We would suggest safer alternatives. It seems unlikely that anyone could have overlooked the fact but tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and the...
New openings in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Tony Macaroni in Glasgow’s West End: proving popular in Edinburgh The Tony Macaroni company has expanded rapidly since launching in East Kilbride in 2001. As well as branches in Largs, Motherwell, Livingston and Glasgow, the firm has...
Kitchin and Jack to open Stockbridge pub
Chefs Dominic Jack and Tom Kitchin are to open a bar in Stockbridge The 5pm Restaurants blog has just learned that Tom Kitchin and Dominic Jack, the Michelin-starred chefs behind The Kitchin and Castle Terrace are to open a pub in...
Food news in Glasgow and Edinburgh
The Bonsai Bar Bistro on Edinburgh’s Southside is soon to have a Broughton Street brother Edinburgh’s Broughton Street always has a buzz about it and the latest news is that Bonsai Bar Bistro, long a favourite with the...
Romance Italian style
Mattia Camorani: Head Chef at Cucina makes the case for getting passionate over the pans Is Italian the most romantic language in Europe? The Italians would say so although the French may beg to differ. At Edinburgh’s Hotel Missoni this...