Blind dining
The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa in Edinburgh is holding one of its sensory dining evenings on Friday night. The idea is that customers are blindfolded for the duration of their meal. With their sight removed, the roles played...
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The life of pie
Thanks to the terrace chant of ‘Who ate all the pies?’ the humble pie has not had the best press over the last few years. Unfairly, in some quarters, the pie has become a symbol of gluttony. Describe someone as having their ‘face in a pie’...
Michelin stars and buffet bars
The 100th Michelin Guide to France is published today and it has been met by some fairly predictable howls of outrage. Critics claim it is out of touch, snobby and too French. In response, the Michelin man has given the verbal equivalent of...
Dressing up for dinner
It isn’t scheduled to open until the end of March but I am curious to see how Hummingbird turns out. A new venture on Glasgow’s Bath Street, it is a G1 project that looks as though it will be a cross between a bar, a restaurant...
Television doesn’t get tougher than this
Tonight’s the night. After six weeks, the 132 wannabe chefs who started this fifth series of the new MasterChef have been simmered down to three and, at the climax of this evening’s show, one competitor will emerge gravy-stained...
Bottoms up
A just released report from Oxford University appears to show that women who drink a large glass of wine a day increase their risk of certain types of cancer by up to 25%. I could swear that it was only a couple of weeks...
Flipping 'eck
Today is Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day which means that not only is the air full of pancakes but the papers are full of dubious puns on the words ‘batter’ and ‘toss’. Metro got the day off to a flying start with a story about chefs at the...
More room at the inn
Edinburgh is rumoured to have more restaurants per head of population than any other city in Europe. They are about to be joined by two more over the next few months as a couple of hotel chains deliver new openings. The Missoni fashion...
Let them eat burger
There is a great story emerging today about the head of a private equity firm who decided to punish his wealthy executives by making them eat burgers. Apparently, the Permira company were having their annual jolly at Pennyhill Park in...
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Spice it up
With Balbir Sumal opening his Tiffin Rooms restaurant in Charing Cross, Glasgow has just strengthened its position as the curry capital of Scotland. Balbir’s latest venture draws inspiration from the tiffin boxes which Indian workers use...
Troubles over truffles
I nearly choked on my toast at a story in The Independent today. It reports that an un-named business man refused to settle his £3500 restaurant bill after he and his five companions scoffed a claimed 300g of white truffles at just under a...
A tough times table?
After a soft opening at the weekend, Tony Singh’s new Edinburgh restaurant opens its doors to the public tomorrow. Called Tony’s Table, the North Castle Street venture is just across the road from his much longer established Oloroso. While...
Dine Out For Less!
There are amazing dining deals on 5pm – the restaurants are really looking to entice customers to dine out and so many of them are offering even better deals than usual. Have a look at Mama San, Red Leaf, Bunker in Glasgow and all the...
No crunch at KFC
KFC have just announced that they plan to open 300 new restaurants and create 9000 new jobs in the next three to five years thanks to a £150 million investment. They are banking on the assumption that no matter how hard the credit crunch...
You’ll have had your chips?
As you are all no doubt aware, this is National Chip Week and the Potato Council has been busy drumming up interest in the humble fried spud. For such a simple food it creates a lot of heated discussion. Most chefs agree that any chip worth...