This 5pm blogger has just got back from his honeymoon (it was lovely, thank you) so there have been a couple of recent events which are worth picking up on. First up is that The List magazine’s incredibly useful Eating and Drinking...
Opening just a little too late for The List Guide is Persia, a new restaurant on Glasgow’s Great Western Road. They have signed up with 5pm and we have a copy of one of their menus here. Roy Beers, over at the Glasgow West End...
[][1]Inside Aberdeen's Abercrombie Sticking with Aberdeen, on Friday we wrote about The Abercrombie, a new bar which opened on the city’s Union Street at the weekend. We noted that The Abercrombie’s coat of arms logo was not a...
[][1]Andrew Gordon contemplates a pie or two My ribs were mightily tickled by this tale of a £40 Scotch pie on STV’s website. Made using Wagyu beef, it is the brainchild of the forward-thinking Aberdonian butcher Andrew...
[][1]The Abercrombie's coat of arms In Aberdeen, The new Abercrombie Bar is scheduled to open on Friday 30 April. Formerly Stadia and The Nile, it has been revamped with a new Victorian decor. Traditional Scottish food, dozens of malt...
Wee bit late but wanted to share with you the gorgeous cake (although not literally, obviously, we weren’t giving any of this baby away) delivered to us last week by afternoon tea emporium and best Twitter friends Loopy Lorna’s...
[][1]Whisky Nosing in Speyside The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is limbering up for its annual spree at the end of April. It runs from Thursday 29th April to Monday 3rd May and is a must visit for anyone who thinks that a week has...
[][1]There will be plenty of choice at Paisley Beer Festival The biggest real ale festival in Scotland gets under way at Paisley Town Hall on Wednesday, 28 April. The 23rd Paisley Beer Festival is an annual, four day event and some 4000...
[][1]Phil Vickery is promoting the SPAM Cook of the Year comp Veteran readers of the 5pm blog will remember our entirely unforced excitement at last year’s Spam Cook of the Year competition. Well, it’s back and it’s...
I stumbled across this slide show from a book called Hungry Planet: What The World Eats by a photographer called Peter Menzel. It is not new. It dates back to 2006 but it’s one of the most compelling photo essays I’ve ever...
Are certain foods more appealing to men than women? I only ask because I recently received a press release about the new Bo’Vine steak house on Byres Road and the woman who sent it commented that although it might not be the most...
Amid the travel chaos caused by the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, it seems that there could be a knock on effect when it comes to stocking our supermarket shelves. With the effects of the harsh British winter still fresh in our...
[][1]The Scottish Crannog Centre The 5pm blog team is fearless when it comes to new ways of feeding our faces. Hand us a fork and a reasonably clean napkin and we will go anywhere and do almost anything just as long as there is the...
Over at the Speccy’s website, Stuart Walton is having a rather bilious rant about the pick ‘n’ mix tendencies of Modern British cooking. According to Mr Walton, ‘to a depressing degree, every restaurant is producing...
[][1]Gordon Minnis, centre, owner of Calistoga, with the Best Speciality restaurant award Gordon Minnis is the owner of Calistoga, an Edinburgh restaurant specialising in Californian food and wine. The restaurant recently won the Best...
It seems that Radio 5 presenter Richard Bacon has rocked our nation to the very core by admitting that he’s never tried a Donner Kebab. I personally don’t think it’s that startling, i’m sure there are many sensible...
