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EVENTS
GLASGOW ■ Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 7 & 21 Jan, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road, citymarkets glasgow.co.uk
■ Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 14 & 28 Jan, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street, citymarketsglasgow .co.uk
■ Tea Tasting & Ceremony
Fri 20 & Sun 22 Jan, 2.30–4.30pm. £5. Millennium Hotel, George Square, 332 6711. A traditional Chinese tea ceremony with Kung Fu Tea. Part of Takeaway China.
■ Chinese New Year
Eve Banquet and
Shanghai Jazz Sun 22 Jan, 7pm.
£49.50–£55. Millennium Hotel, George Square, 332 6711. Welcome Chinese New Year with a banquet by chef Chew Kian Seng from the Hotel Equatorial Shanghai and jazz from Carol Kidd and Nigel Clark. Part of Takeaway China.
■ Silverburn Farmers’
& Speciality Market FREE Sun 29 Jan, 10am–4pm. Silverburn, Barrhead Road, citymarketsglasgow .co.uk
EDINBURGH ■ Edinburgh Farmers’
Market FREE Saturdays, 9am–2pm. Castle Terrace, edinburgh farmersmarket.com
■ Portobello Organic Market
FREE Sat 7 Jan, 9.30am–1.30pm. Brighton Park, Brighton Place, pedal-
porty.org.uk/food/porto bello-organic-market A wide range of tasty offerings with a conscience from local artisan producers, plus crafts and other goods.
■ Stockbridge Market FREE Sundays, 10am–5pm. Saunders Street, Stockbridge,
stockbridgemarket.com Beautiful produce in bustling surrounds at this popular weekly market.
■ Supper with Burns Mon 23–Wed 25 Jan, 7pm. £20. The Tass, 1 High Street, 556 9579. A traditional Burns Supper with storytellers Linda Bandelier and David
Campbell. Booking via the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Part of Burnsfest.
■ Burns Night Supper Wed 25 Jan, 7pm. £27.95. Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. Celebrate with a night of bagpipes, speeches, haggis and whisky.
Co-inciding with the Chinese New Year, Glasgow’s Millennium Hotel hosts a series of food and drink events as part of the Takeaway China festival, including a tea tasting with expert Heddy Fang from Edinburgh’s Kung Fu Tea.
■ Rhône Wines Fri 27 Jan, 6pm. £22. Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Taste the sunshine in darkest Scottish January as you try some wines from the Rhône region. There’s also a discussion about wine growing, covering the obvious vineyard and grape issues, but also the definition of a terroir and organic wine.
FURTHER AFIELD ■ Kingussie Food on Film
Thu 2–Sun 5 Feb, kingussiefood onfilm.co.uk A small but exciting Highland film festival that promises a feast of local food, celebrity chefs, short films, documentaries and feature films to make you laugh, make you think and make you hungry.
2 course lunch £15.50 2 course dinner £18
AWARD-WINNING CHINESE RESTAURANT (Formerly Indian Cavalry Club)
3 Atholl Place, Edinburgh EH3 8HP
0131 228 3333 (Restaurant Bookings) 0131 228 8883 (Takeaway)
www.chinatownedinburgh.co.uk
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