Whisky ahoy!
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society are behind Edinburgh Whisky Fest 2013 These are fine times to be a whisky lover and the next few months are looking especially tasty. At the beginning of May, the Spirit of Speyside Festival will get...
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Matching beer & food at Ryan's Cellar Bar
Stewart Brewing are heading for Ryan’s Cellar Restaurant for a beer and food matching dinner A couple of weeks back, we blogged about Gregg Wallace enthusiastically noshing a dessert at Ryan’s Cellar Bar and Restaurant during a trip...
London's fifth best restaurant
Just a quickie to point out a fun story in today’s Telegraph. The Regency Cafe is an old school greasy spoon in Westminster. According to Yelp rankings, it’s the fifth best restaurant in London. The brilliantly named Harry...
Nominate your faves for the Scottish Restaurant Awards
Voting closes at midnight on Sunday. Voting for the Scottish Restaurant Awards closes at midnight on Sunday 24th March. If you have a favourite Italian; a knock-out local Indian restaurant or a brilliant takeaway that everyone should know...
Pun to the hills
Last week, the 5pm Restaurant blog mentioned that Iron Maiden were producing their own beer called The Trooper. We knew that there would be great headlines to be found using Maiden song titles but the best we came up with was the rather...
Food trucks: the real cost
Thanks @graemevirtue for pointing out this fantastic article on the economics of food trucks. It comes from the priceonomics blog. I realise that it’s unlikely to knock Fifty Shades off the best seller lists but it’s...
Get on board River Life
Both French and Caribbean cooking are on offer at River Life in Edinburgh It’s a hearty ‘Bonjour’ from the 5pm blog to Edinburgh River Life, a French and Caribbean restaurant which has just joined the ranks of 5pm Restaurants. The venture...
Fish People Cafe nets a new fan
Given that Ron McKenna reviewed this place in October, not long after it opened, the 5pm blog realises that it has arrived at the Fish People Cafe party rather late. However, a blog by the TV and radio presenter Alison Craig has...
The Vintage bar prepares for launch
Richard McLelland mans the taps at The Vintage in Leith We are living in exciting times if you like craft beer. On Saturday, The Vintage: Craft Beer Bar & Kitchen will open to the public on Henderson Street in Edinburgh’s Leith. New...
Andy serves up Chez Roux restaurant
Michel and Albert Roux pictured at Le Gavroche. Good scoop from Cate Devine in today’s Herald in which she reveals that a branch of Chez Roux, the Roux family’s offshoot empire, will be providing the dining at Cromlix House,...
Dine & Style in Merchant Square
Scrub up for the Fashion Show at Merchant Square As we have noted before, the blog’s relationship with fashion is fairly distant. Matching socks and a shirt without a gravy stain represent a triumph of haute couture round these...
Food Standards Agency – Guest Post
Where are you really eating out? It seems you can’t judge food hygiene by outward appearances when choosing where to eat out. These days we’re all more conscious of what we’re eating and making the right choices. But, when it comes to...
Vintage canned sardines?
Slate has an excellent piece from the techie food writer Harold McGee on the different tastes and textures produced by canned food which has been aged well past its sell by date. ‘Why I now think of best-by dates as...
Mother's Day at Arisaig
The popular Arisaig Restaurant in Glasgow’s Merchant Square is currently promoting its £15, three course Mother’s Day menu which you can see here. We understand that they are also keen to hear suggestions for appropriate...
Pasta, non! Pâtes, s'il vous plait!
Pasta: a linguistic crime In France, L’Academie francaise has always been pretty zealous about guarding the purity of the French language. Nothing is more likely to make an Academy member throw up his mains in horreur than hearing...
Sesame pony carpaccio
Click here for The Onion’s satirical take on the horse meat story: ...