Posts Tagged ‘Food’
A blind wine tasting event is coming to Glasgow
Lidl is announcing the first ever ‘Wine Tasting in the Dark’ pop-up from a UK retailer – and it’s coming to Glasgow! Named Lidl Chateaux Noir, the event will help guests to identify top quality wine in the run up to Christmas – even when immersed in total darkness. It comes as new research by…
Read MorePrestigious awards placing for Scots restaurant
One of Edinburgh’s best loved restaurants has been placed fifth in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for best fine dining restaurants across the UK. Aizle currently holds the number one position for best restaurant in Edinburgh on the world’s largest travel platform. Opened in 2014 by husband-and-wife team Stuart Ralston and Krystal Goff, Aizle was…
Read MoreExperience Christmas like Royalty this year
This December, visitors to the Palace of Holyroodhouse will see the State Apartments transformed with shimmering Christmas trees, twinkling lights and a range of activities to celebrate the festive season. Christmas at the Palace of Holyroodhouse will run from 6 December until 6 January 2020. The festive decorations at the Palace of Holyroodhouse will include…
Read MoreTV presenter returns home to launch The Coig routes
Formula One presenter Lee McKenzie has taken pole position as the official ambassador for new tourism campaign for Ayrshire, Firth of Clyde and Clyde Islands. Gaelic for five, The Coig is a series of five tourist routes covering Ayrshire, Arran, Bute and Cumbrae, offering people an exciting new way to explore the unique coast and…
Read MoreWhat a chance – to bartend in the Canary Islands
Talisker whisky are offering one lucky bartender the opportunity to win the bar job of a lifetime; to host the Wildest Bar in the World. The successful applicant will embark on an all expenses elemental adventure to La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, where they will run the Talisker Wilderness Bar – hidden in a…
Read MoreHemingway’s offers a veritable moveable feast
Concept dining is a growing market in the industry, with everyone trying to find that unique angle that others haven’t. The idea of small plates, popularised by the Spanish through tapas, has been on the rise in recent times, and for good reason – why have one large main course, when you can have a…
Read MorePeebles Hydro turns water into gin from hillside spring
Peebles Hydro has turned distiller as it launches a new gin, distillery and school, using water from its own hillside spring water. The 1881 gin, named after the year in which the iconic hotel opened, uses the same water from the rolling Borders hills behind the hotel, known as Shieldgreen, which has been supplying the…
Read MoreFlower power with Narcissus to make festive wreath
With just six weeks to go until the start of December, it’s time to start thinking about your festive preparations to make sure you enjoy a chic Christmas. And what could be more elegant than a beautiful Christmas wreath hung on your front door for all to see and admire? This Christmas, go one better…
Read MoreHave a fish supper – and back the RNLI’s good work
Scotland’s biggest fish and chip restaurant will be raising money for the RNLI’s Fish Supper campaign, with activities kicking off with a meal for volunteer crew from the Kinghorn and Queensferry stations or the rest of October. The 11,000 sq.ft Bertie’s Restaurant and Bar in Edinburgh, in the former St John’s Church, has quickly established…
Read More5-star Glasgow hotel’s next monthly brunch date
Bo & Birdy at The Blythswood is holding its next luxury grazing brunch at the end of this month. The stylish restaurant which underwent a £1.2m refurbishment in May, is offering customers a new brunch experience complete with a bottomless buffet and a pancake station with all the toppings. The brunch, which costs £50 per…
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