Posts Tagged ‘Burns’
Larkfire is a water that’s 3 billion years in the making
Whisky fans raising a glass this Burns Night can celebrate with a new ‘wild water’ which its creators say helps enhance the depth of flavour of Scotch. Larkfire is sourced from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, where 3-billion-year-old gneiss rock helps give it a unique softness and natural purity that helps unleash…
Read MoreOrcadian whisky dinner to celebrate Burns Night
A Glasgow restaurant has announced an Orcadian Burns Night Whisky Dinner in their multi-award-winning restaurant for Sunday, 26 January. Kickstarting a schedule of events for 2020, seafood restaurant Gamba is continuing its 21st-anniversary celebrations by partnering with Highland Park for a Burns Night like no other. Made with pride on Orkney, Highland Park is made…
Read MoreA Burns Night special from a Michelin-starred chef
One of the world’s leading chefs is coming to Scotland next month to cook a very special dinner. Jason Atherton owns Michelin-starred Pollen Street Social in London and 17 other restaurants in cities including New York, Doha and Shanghai. But on Friday, January 24, he will be in Edinburgh for one night only at Ondine…
Read MoreKT Tunstall joins the line-up for Burns&Beyond
KT Tunstall, Blue Rose Code and Pictish Trail have been added to this year’s Burns&Beyond event. Unique Events, organisers of Burns&Beyond with Johnnie Walker, today announced the full line-up for the flagship Burns&Beyond Culture Trail on Saturday 25 January and revealed two new venues. A single ticket takes audiences on a journey through nine extraordinary…
Read MoreExtra tickets available for KT Tunstall’s Scottish gigs
Scots music star KT Tunstall is set to return to her roots this January with a string of one-off charity gigs around Scotland in celebration of the countdown to Lidl’s 100th store. The week-long Lidl Live tour will see the Suddenly-I-See-singer perform to thousands of fans in towns and cities around Scotland, taking in Aberdeen,…
Read MoreChef creates a new twist on the Burns Supper
One of Scotland’s leading private events chefs has teamed up with Waitrose and WeFiFo to offer Milngavie foodies a fresh twist on the traditional Burns Supper. Following in the footsteps of culinary stars such as BBC MasterChef’s Greg Wallace, Gary Maclean and Jilly McCord, Cater Edinburgh’s Barry Bryson has been handpicked by Waitrose pop up…
Read MoreShould Auld Acquaintance be forgot…
As Burns Night draws ever nearer, the words ‘Auld Acquaintance’ are in lots of our minds. Appropriately, Auld Acquaintance is the name of a premium limited edition blended Scotch whisky, and when good times call for great whisky, what better way to savour those special moments than with a truly special dram? Each drop Auld…
Read MoreLimited edition of 100 bottles from Berry Bros
A limited edition Scotch whisky is being released to mark the Chinese Year of the Rat. Berry Bros & Rudd Single Malt Scotch Whisky 2008 BenRiach is a special celebration bottling, for £88. Only 100 bottles of this limited-edition labelled whisky have been released in the UK. This exclusive single malt has been specially selected…
Read MoreCelebrate Burns Night with a haggis pizza
When Rabbie Burns wrote about the ‘great chieftain o’ the puddin’-race’, chances are he never envisaged haggis on pizza! But this month, in celebration of Burns Night, La Favorita restaurant on Leith Walk in Edinburgh have launched a pizza topped with the traditional Scottish treat in time for Burns Night on 25 January. The 12-inch…
Read MoreHaggis ice cream is on the way to mark Burns Night
This January a Scots gelateria will be celebrating Burns Night the only way they know how: serving up haggis ice cream. Meat-free but with all the spicy flavours you’d expect from Scotland’s national dish, the secret recipe has been developed by Jannettas in Fife master ice cream maker, Owen Hazel using spices found in haggis.…
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