Food and drink festival: Homegrown speciality craft beers, gins, cider and street food will feature in a festival taking place over the Easter weekend. Now in its third year, North Hop Aberdeen will be showcasing drinks from around Scotland at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. A mash-up of beer hall, cocktail lounge and barn dance, North Hop Aberdeen takes […]
Food & Drink
Kitchen hopes to be a big draw for beer fans
Bar opening: Brewer and pub company Innis & Gunn opened its fourth, and largest Beer Kitchen and one with a key difference. The outlet in Glasgow’s fashionable Ashton Lane features its first on-site microbrewery. The company is also collaborating with local artist Lynn Howarth to provide customers with bespoke portraits…using beer. This weekend Lynn will be in […]
Well worth hunting down this charming Inn
The Fettykill Fox: Within easy reach of Carnoustie, St Andrews and Loch Leven, this old inn is a popular venue for those on golfing or fishing trips. On the outskirts of Glenrothes, it is well worth stopping off here to sample a menu that is thoughtful and well sourced. Fettykill’s name is an updating of ‘fetekil’ […]
Wagamama serves a bigger taste of Japan
Restaurant opening: Wagamama, the restaurant chain focused on Japanese cuisine, is the latest eating house in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square which is slowing evolving into the city’s dining quarter. The Refinery, owned by Drake & Morgan, and Dishoom, chose to open their first units outside London in neighbouring units in the new development owned by Standard […]
Lunch visit proves a happy accident
Candy Bar, George St, Edinburgh: Nestled beneath one of Edinburgh’s most salubrious thoroughfares is the American style Candy Bar on George Street which is known for its fine dining eateries. Coming across this place was a happy accident on a mid week lunch time. It’s a basement space with a brightly coloured canopy, delightful wall […]