Wine and dine
Brian Maule is laying on a gastronomic blow-out at his Chardon D’Or restaurant tomorrow night. He has just added the wines of Cantine Leonardo to his wine list and is celebrating the news with a four course dinner where each course...
Brian Maule is laying on a gastronomic blow-out at his Chardon D’Or restaurant tomorrow night. He has just added the wines of Cantine Leonardo to his wine list and is celebrating the news with a four course dinner where each course...
Number Sixteen on Byres Road has recently re-opened after it closed suddenly at the end of January. The Glasgow restaurant is now under new ownership but fans of the old regime may well recognise a few faces and dishes on the...
Lebowskis, the Glasgow bar that takes its lead from the laidback hero of the Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski, very quietly opened a new branch in Edinburgh on Thursday. The bowling slacker at the heart of the...
Time for a brisk salute to the The Captain’s Galley at Scrabster in Caithness. The twenty seat restaurant has just netted the prestigious title of Seafood Restaurant of the Year at the Seafood Awards in London. ...
Tweed, twin sets and tartans for tourists is the cynical answer but a much more upbeat perspective can be found at this weekend’s Taste of Edinburgh event. Some 25,000 people are expected to visit the annual food...
Camerons restaurant in the Hilton has launched a new six course dinner menu called the Chef’s Table. The menu is: Champagne and canapés on arrival New season asparagus and quails egg salad Poached...
As part of the Edinburgh Art Festival taking place in August, the Collective Gallery are hosting an exhibition titled ‘The How Not To Cook Book- Lessons learned the hard way’. It’s a limited edition book and art...
Looking at the advertising used in the men’s razor market, there seems to be two types of campaign. One says ‘Use our razors and you will be able to bend it like Beckham and score with more women than George Clooney dipped in...
Forget biofuels, hybrid engines and LPG cars, Tony Crolla, owner of La Favorita and the Vittoria restaurants, has gone one better with his log-fuelled pizza van. Apparently, Tony was wondering how he could recreate the taste of his...
Brodie‘s, a family-run, West Regent Street bar recently sent in their funky newsletter. Fronted by the bar’s mascot, Percy Pea Face, it’s a canny mix of chirpy info about the bar and their suppliers as well as a selection of...
Ever been irritated by a skiving member of restaurant staff? Presumably, Eric Ripart has; the laugh-a-minute chef at New York’s Le Bernardin has taken time out from his busy schedule of tutting and shaking his head at waiters to pen...
A blind wine teasing may sound like a scene from 9 and a ½ Weeks but it’s actually a slightly new take on wine tasting being tested by Edinburgh’s Tapa bar. Run by a veteran of Edinburgh’s tapas restaurants, it’s...
Men, look away now. There is nothing to see here so just move along. Or cut to the bottom of the entry. All clear? Bloke-free zone? OK. Afternoon tea is already pretty girly but the Exchange Bar in Edinburgh’s Sheraton...
The Glasgow Subway Festival is returning this weekend and, as well as on train cabaret performances, petting zoos and an underground fairground, there are lots of food related frolics going down. The Scotland Street...
In an attempt to trump Jen’s classic 5pm blog post about Baconnaise, I’ve found some bacon-based items which are even more potentially-deadly. An AK47 replica constructed entirely of bacon! And probably gristle too!!!...
Paul Kitching opened 21212, his keenly waited for restaurant in Edinburgh last night. Set in a four storey, Georgian townhouse, the dining room looks on to the open kitchen where the chef and his eight-strong brigade assemble...