Enjoy a HRC experience at home with Plateaway Following the successful launch of Hard Rock @Home (See here for the Hard Rock Cafe Ribs), the iconic brand Hard Rock Cafe has unveiled its classic BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger that can now be enjoyed in your own home. We’re just…

Top curry restaurant’s full re-opening Scotland’s Curry Restaurant of the Year is getting ready to welcome customers indoors for the first time this year and are eager to show off their outdoor dining area. “We’ve worked hard on developing our outdoor area. Customers eating there could be forgiven…

Edinburgh Castle Gin Edinburgh Castle has launched its first-ever gin in collaboration with Edinburgh Gin distillery. The small-batch gin was created by Historic Environment Scotland and inspired by Edinburgh’s  gorse-clad spring landscape. If you know the hills around Edinburgh, you certainly will have seen gorse. Edinburgh Castle Gin…

Young chef duo to open fine dining restaurant in Leith The two chefs behind Edinburgh’s popular at-home fine dining pop-up Bad Seeds, Tomás Gormley and Sam Yorke are to open their first restaurant, Heron, on The Shore in Leith. The two chefs, who have worked in some of…

Copa Jerez – Raise your talent The Copa Jerez is a competition held each year where professional chefs take part, with their sommelier, to create a three-course meal with each dish paired with a different Sherry. Whilst you won’t be crowned this year’s Copa Jerez champion you can…

 A Pedro Ximinez boost to this cake Inspired by the Copa Jerez competition (Find out more here) we decided to make a chocolate sherry cake.  A rich and luxurious cake.  Layers of sherry sponge, coffee buttercream and surrounded with a chocolate ganache.  Bliss.  Funnily enough it pairs well…

A sweet sour Whisky cocktails are all the thing at Glenmorangie with the release of X by Glenmorangie.  Click here to find out about the new whisky.  Here is a surprisingly sweet and tasty cocktail, perfect for pre-dinner drinks. Ingredients 2 oz X by Glenmorangie 1/2 oz fresh…

X by Glenmorangie inspires delicious mixed drinks Glenmorangie has released new single malt Scotch whisky specially made for mixing.  This is a luscious whisky with a variety of flavours, from pear, vanilla and honeysuckle to orange sherbet and chocolate fudge. Created from a combination of whisky aged in…

Discovering the Wines of New York State New York State probably isn’t an obvious location where you’d expect to find great American wine. Aside from California you don’t see much else from the USA on these shores, although we did once try wine from Virginia from the Turnberry…

Over 800 million currywurst are eaten in Germany each year. So what is currywurst and how can you make your own at home without having to wait for currywurst week at Lidl. Click link to jump to section What is currywurst?Why is currywurst so popular in Germany?How do…