Let’s Eat Glasgow is the city food festival working to help tackle food inequality. It will return to SWG3, in Finnieston, this weekend (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September) with twice as many social enterprises taking part. The organisers are a curious not-for-profit group called Real Food, Real Folk. It's a co-operative of some of Glasgow top restaurants. This year … [Read more...] about Glasgow Food Heroes: Ivan Stein from The Gannet
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Lunch at Cau on Ingram Street
One of Limmy's many Vines - improvised short videos uploaded to the social media platform - has him standing as a Glasgow character on Royal Exchange Square. He points to the statue of Wellington with its obligatory traffic cone hat saying "see that, that's my Glasgow". Sitting in the backdrop is the decidedly grim edifice of the old Bank of Scotland building, a concrete … [Read more...] about Lunch at Cau on Ingram Street
Makar Glasgow Gin Sorbet on the menu at Gamba
Gin is certainly having its moment in the sun at the moment being elevated to the current drink of choice for the most fashionable cocktails. Independent gin producers are driving this interest and innovation in the ways the spirit is produced and served. Now there's another interesting preparation for gin fans to try with an interesting collaboration between Makar Glasgow … [Read more...] about Makar Glasgow Gin Sorbet on the menu at Gamba
Best Dishes #11: Honey and Ginger Chicken at The Hanoi Bike Shop
Hanoi Bike Shop is now considered an essential part of a resurgent West End and is part of a trending interest in street food. It's hard to believe that this was Glasgow's first Vietnamese restaurant. There are deep local roots here despite the exotic menu as this is a sister restaurant of Stravaigin and the Ubiquitous Chip, two pillars of Glasgow cooking. Down a lane off … [Read more...] about Best Dishes #11: Honey and Ginger Chicken at The Hanoi Bike Shop
Five Guys know burgers and fries
Step into Five Guys in Glasgow and place your order at the till before the assembly line of workers put together your burgers, hot dogs, shakes and fries. While you wait, gaze around at the white and red clad dining room and you'll soon notice that every available space on the walls is occupied by a ringing endorsement of the food you are about to be served in a brown paper … [Read more...] about Five Guys know burgers and fries