Food and Drink
UK Michelin Guide ceremony to be held in Glasgow for the first time
The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2025 launch ceremony will be hosted in Glasgow for the first time ever next year. Scotland punches above its weight with two Two-Michelin -Starred restaurant, Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles and Glenturrett Lalique, as well as 10 One-Michelin -Starred restaurants. Glasgow is home to two One Michelin -Starred restaurants…
Read MoreReview: Elements, Bearsden
Fine dining is evolving. Gone are the days of starchy formality and rigid etiquette. Stuffy dining rooms and menus you can’t decipher are making way for a more relaxed atmosphere. Most of us want to go somewhere that centres around the food and a comfortable dining experience, rather than the prestige of listing arcane herbs…
Read MoreReview: In with the new at Dishoom this autumn
As usual, there’s a queue outside Dishoom, despite the fact that it’s a quite unremarkable Tuesday evening in early October. Or is it? Because, we’re here to be some of the first people to try out what is a momentous occasion at this stalwart of Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square dining scene. A brand new menu…
Read MoreProducer’s Corner: Matthew Mallia, Hobz Bakery
There is an artisan bakery boom happing in Edinburgh. These days it’s not uncommon to see queues out the doors of many bakeries made popular through social media. But for Maltese baker Matthew Mallia, who owns Hobz, becoming viral has never been the aim. Named after the Maltese word for bread, Hobz specialises in baking…
Read MoreBookshop themed bar with cocktails named after famous authors to open in Glasgow
A Jack Kerouac? A Dorothy Parker or an Ernest Hemingway? They might be some of the world’s most famous authors, but now you can sip a cocktail named after them at a new literary themed bar in Glasgow, surrounded by 8,000 books. The Last Bookstore will open later this month at the site of the…
Read MoreReview: Six by Nico x Sole Club, Glasgow
Affordable fine dining is at the heart of everything chef Nico Simeone does. The brains behind the super popular Six by Nico, his menus remain accessible despite his growing success and quest for culinary domination in Scotland. His latest venture, Sole Club – a speakeasy-style fish restaurant – opened in the heart of Finnieston earlier…
Read MoreReview: ASKR is the Plaice to be in Leith
A change is as good as a holiday, so they say. So when a restaurant that has garnered as stellar a reputation as ASKR announces a new pop-up then its likely to be worth embracing the change. Plaice kicked off on 12 September, offering a menu devoted to Scotland’s seafood larder in ASKR restaurant. Situated…
Read MoreA Tale of Two Islands: The latest drams from the Isle of Raasay and Lochranza distillery
Over the past few months there have been some new whisky releases, two of which James Robertson was lucky enough to have a chance to review. The first I am trying comes from the Isle of Raasay. I met with Alasdair Day, Co-Founder and Master Distiller at their spacious offices on Manor Place, Edinburgh…
Read MoreReview: The Bridge Inn, Ratho
Just a short drive from Edinburgh lies The Bridge Inn, the perfect spot for a night away from the city, finds Alister Tenneb. Ratho sits on The Union Canal a few miles South West of Edinburgh and The Bridge Inn – yes you guessed it is right next to the bridge over the canal. We…
Read MoreQ&A with Karuizawa’s Master Distiller, Yoshiyuki Nakazato
Founded in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, a small town with a humid continental climate located on the foothills of Mount Asama in the Nagano Prefecture, Karuizawa Distillery was known for its creative and high-quality small-batch sherry-cask releases. After closing in 2000, Karuizawa vintages were highly sought after, evidenced by the bottles sold on whisky market…
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