[][1]Ardanaiseig Hotel: romantic Highland hotels like Ardanaiseig are part of 5pm’s Brave Experience From Braveheart to Local Hero via Highlander, Scotland’s jaw-dropping scenery has often been the setting for memorable movies....
Just a quickie to point you in the direction of a piece in The Telegraph which claims to lift the lid on the working world of Parisian waiters. ...
[][1]The braised red mullet served with pickled veg and warm potato salad at Sideways They opened on Elderslie Street earlier this year but Sideways are fairly new to 5pm so we thought that we’d flag up their lovely coffeehouse,...
[][1]Foodies Edinburgh: going gourmet in the great outdoors For the latest in our Chewin’ the Fat series of interviews, the 5pm blog has had a chat with Sue Hitchen, organiser of the Foodie Festivals. Now in their sixth year, the...
[][1]Mattia Camorani of Cucina at Hotel Missoni: knows his truffles You don’t need to be Einstein to realise that there has been a distinct shortage of sunshine so far this summer. While there may be little chance of getting tanned in...
[][1]Masterchef contestant Ross Boyce will be getting piggy with it at Potterrow The blog has blethered previously about top brewers Innis & Gunn taking over the bar at 32 Potterrow until the end of the Festival. As mentioned, they...
[][1]Peter’s Yard no compromise pizza: not to be messed with Just a quick mention for the new cafe opening up on Deanhaugh Street in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge this morning. It’s an offshoot of the Peter’s Yard cafe...
Every single person at 5pm Towers loves haggis, so we were cockahoop when Jo Macsween got in touch about doing a guest post on the blog. Loads of restaurants on 5pm do creative things with haggis, so we already know it’s not just...
[][1]The Queen: not fussy about her nosebag There is a fun piece in The Times today about the annual meeting of Le Club des Chefs des Chefs. Billed as the world’s most exclusive gastronomic society, Le Club has fairly stringent membership...
[][1]Auchentoshan whisky will be giving men a close shave this evening at Corinthian Gentlemen of Glasgow, if you are looking for something different to do tonight then you might want to drop in at Corinthian where groovy old...
[][1]Head Chef David Millar checks the day’s fish at The Paper Mill in Lasswade Just opened last weekend, The Paper Mill is a sleek new bar and brasserie in Lasswade, just outside Edinburgh. It’s the brainchild of two former...
[][1]Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead and Nick Nairn launch the eat in season app You would have had to live under a rock for a decade or so not to have got the idea already but it’s worth repeating – eating food in season is a...
[][1]unfiltered: for those who like their whisky reading neat On Friday night, shortly before buying a lifejacket began to crop up in conversation, the blog was at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society at The Vaults in Leith. They had chosen the...
Right, the 5pm blog has spent the night casting runes, looking at tea leaves and consulting the BBC weather site. As a result, we can confidently predict that the Taste of Edinburgh festival, which starts today on The Meadows, is very...
[][1]Merida: loves dining out in Glasgow’s West End Just a quick link to the New York Times which has a grub-related interview with Kelly Macdonald, the Scottish actor who voices Merida in Pixar’s recently released...
[][1]The stills and spirit safe at Arran distillery Looking for something to do this weekend? Assuming that Arran isn’t actually submerged by tomorrow then the Isle of Arran distillery is holding a malt and music festival on...
