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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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