Scottish Seafood Trail: Delicious dishes from Royal An Lochan
Royal An Lochan seafoodThe Scottish Seafood Trail takes you on a culinary journey around the best places to enjoy the west coast of Scotland’s delicious and abundant seafood.The Royal An Lochan in...
View ArticleCurtains up on Cocktail Theatre at Monboddo
Fancy a warming cocktail at Monboddo Bar?Part of the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Monboddo Bar on Edinburgh’s Bread Street is introducing its latest seasonal cocktail menu with a series of Cocktail Bar...
View ArticleBudding Chefs do Scotland
Just a quick mention of the fifth Budding Chefs – the annual exchange programme in which young Scottish and French chefs visit each other’s home countries and learn about each other’s national produce...
View ArticleSay Yes Chef! and help Action for Children Scotland
Yes Chef? helps young people into the catering trade. Action for Children Scotland is hosting Yes Chef! – a fun charity event at the Grand Central Hotel on Friday 1st May.Their Moving On Project helps...
View ArticleChef recipe inspiration: salmon three ways
Scottish salmon is delicious all year round but there’s something about spring that suits it particularly well. Maybe it’s all the spring vegetables now in season which complement its light, fresh...
View ArticleForks ready for Gastrofest launch
The periodic table of fruit. Science gets tasty at Gastrofest. Pic by Aly Wight Photography. Bug burgers; scientific cocktails and blues-powered brews are all on the menu as Gastrofest gets underway...
View ArticleHail the Highland Haggis Festival
Macsween chef Colin Bussey will be demonstrating the versatility of haggis. Easter traditionally sees the starting gun being fired on the festival season and this year is no different.On Saturday,...
View ArticleCafe Source Too cook up
Cafe Source Too might be one of Glasgow West End’s best kept secrets.Tucked down a hidden pathway in leafy Hyndland, the restaurant boasts a menu packed with produce from Glasgow’s finest suppliers, as...
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off finalist cooks up menu demystifier
The 5pm Dining blog chortled at the news that the Great British Bake Off finalist, Luis Troyano, has teamed up with oven makers Bosch to launch a ‘menu demystifier’.The idea is that...
View ArticleDiary date: Crail Food Festival
Graze on street food at Crail Food Festival.Many lucky whisky lovers will already be on Islay for this year’s Islay Festival of Malt and Music.Ceilidhs, concerts and distillery open days all mean that...
View ArticleNew tasting menu at Cucina
Calabrian pork fillet dish from the tasting menu.Pretty much any restaurant with serious ambitions will offer a tasting menu. It’s the chef’s chance to open up the culinary throttle and show his best...
View ArticleChef recipe inspiration: Scottish strawberries three ways
Unless the weather changes dramatically, it’s fair to say summer 2015 has not been a classic.In fact, thanks to the the cloudy skies and drizzle, we would barely even know it was summer at all if it...
View ArticleTenth anniversary of Foodies Festival
There will be no shortage of cakes at Foodies Festival. August is nearly upon us and once more Edinburgh is beginning to get busy with enthusiastic young thesps and hopeful comedians desperate to avoid...
View ArticleA lovely plate of Scotch lamb
Jamie Scott and Gregg Wallace show their Scotch lamb PGI dishes. Pic Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.ukEarlier this week, the 5pm Dining blog had a fun lunch with Gregg Wallace, Masterchef presenter,...
View ArticleQuick and easy Scotch lamb
Gregg and Jamie shake on who gets first go at the lamb burgers. Pic: Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.uk Last week, the 5pm Dining blog spent an afternoon with Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace and...
View ArticleMake like a chef at Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh
The crustacea bar at Galvin Brasserie de Luxe Pic: Paul Johnston at Copper Mango Thanks to shows such as MasterChef, most of us now have a fair idea of what life can be like in a professional...
View ArticleDundee Flower and Food Festival
Jamie Scott, winner of MasterChef The Professionals will be demoing at the show. Pic Flare Photography. The harvest is getting underway which means that we’re coming up to peak time for flower and veg...
View ArticleBOWfest at Inveraray Castle
Bands, whisky and West Coast produce keep the crowds smiling at BOWfest. The runaway success of last weekend’s Let’s Eat Glasgow! event helped prove that there is a huge appetite for festivals with...
View ArticleThe Most Amazing Christmas Dinner in the World from Tom Kitchin
Tom Kitchin is a clever cookie. In January 2007, he was awarded a Michelin star just six months after he launched The Kitchin restaurant in Leith. He was 29 at the time and the youngest Scottish...
View ArticleHairy Bikers’ recipe for baked fish with peppers and tomatoes
The Hairy Bikers keep it simple with this recipe.While the 5pm Dining blog would like to wish all our readers a tasty New Year, we are aware that the early part of January is seldom a time of great...
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