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[][1]Meltdown - The Revenge: not a date pizza There is nothing like a chilli to bring out the macho instincts in a bloke. The days of going into a curry house and asking for the hottest thing on the menu may have passed but, for a...
[][1]Meltdown - The Revenge: not a date pizza There is nothing like a chilli to bring out the macho instincts in a bloke. The days of going into a curry house and asking for the hottest thing on the menu may have passed but, for a...
[][1]Iggs: now in its 21st year Originally from Teruel in Spain, Iggy Campos is one of Edinburgh’s most long serving restaurateurs. He opened Iggs Spanish restaurant on Jeffrey Street in 1989 and added Barioja, a tapas bar, in 2001. Over...
[][1]It's back! Fans of rubbish catchphrases will be delighted this evening as John Torode and Gregg Wallace launch a sixth series of Masterchef. The formula is repetitive, the cooking, at least in the early stages, is diabolical and,...
[][1]Brewdog again opt for their typically subtle marketing Back in November, the 5pm blog told you how the Fraserburgh Brewdog company had developed a super strength beer called Tactical Nuclear Penguin. With an ABV of 32%, it just beat...
[][1]Flipping 'eck! It's pancake day. Today is Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent and, in Christian traditions, it was the day in which people would use up a lot of the food in their stores before fasting for forty days. Irrespective...
This slightly bizarre story in The Telegraph brightened my Monday morning. According to research by the Potato Council (I know. Who would have thought?), eating chips makes people feel happy. It’s worth clicking through just to get...
[][1]Simple French food is what Brasserie Gerard aims for Like any trade, the restaurant business loves a bit of gossip: who is opening, who is closing and which chef is redefining the meaning of ‘a good service’ when it comes...
Following on from yesterday’s Food Fight post, Jay Rayner has waded into the ‘poncey food’ debate with a well judged skewering of Jan Moir’s previous article in The Daily Mail. Moir asserted that she had had a...
[][1]The Yo! Sushi in London As we noted in the 5pm blog last week, Yo! Sushi planned to open its fourth Scottish branch in Edinburgh’s Harvey Nichols last night. We whizzed up in the lift to the Forth Floor (geddit?) at around 7pm...
I’ve enjoyed watching the spat which has been spun around the goings on at The Goose, a gastro-pub in Oxfordshire. The place was recently awarded a Michelin star so it’s a big pat on the back for the kitchen brigade....
[][1]Could Stravaigin 2 help make Byres Road the best foodie street in Britain? If you had to choose between eating out on The Shore in Edinburgh or Byres Road in Glasgow, which would you choose? There are plenty of great restaurants on...
5pm is proud to sponsor the Scottish Restaurant Awards again this year. The Awards celebrate the outstanding creativity, customer service and top quality dining on offer throughout Scotland. The winners will be announced at a glittering...
We said that this year was going to be the one in which the eco-friendly credentials of restaurants started to really matter and the just announced launch of The Sustainable Restaurant Association is part of the trend. According to a...
[][1]Albert Roux: building a Scottish empire According to The Herald, Albert Roux is to follow up last year’s restaurant at the Rocpool in Inverness with two more Scottish ventures. In April, he will open a new restaurant in Inver...
[][1]The Rutland has been an exhibitor at previous Taste festivals It’s still a bit too parky for the year’s food festivals to start appearing but there is the occasional bustle in the hedgerows. The annual Taste Festival is...
According to this piece in The Telegraph, early Romans used to celebrate Lupercalia, a fertility festival, around this time of year. Thought to be an early precursor to the modern St Valentine’s Day, young male Romans would strip...