Top Greek restaurant Halloumi looks to Athens for inspiration as they introduce their new spring menu to give diners a modern taste of the Mediterranean. Highlights include a fiery dressed crab salad with avocado, chilli and spring onion and a tender swordfish steak with cherry tomatoes and specialty extra virgin oil from Greece. Crumbly feta cheese and spinach make … [Read more...] about Halloumi steps into spring with new menu
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Charity cook book brings together a Taste of Glasgow
A Taste of Glasgow is a new charity cook book that brings together a collection of the city’s best recipes, allowing everyone to try their favourite restaurant dishes at home. With contributions from some of Glasgow’s best chefs, including Brian Maule and MasterChef:The Professionals winner Gary Maclean, the book also contains recipes from local favourite restaurants like … [Read more...] about Charity cook book brings together a Taste of Glasgow
Best of Glasgow: University Cafe celebrates its centenary year
This is the centenary year for a living part of Glasgow's food story. The University Cafe is a throwback to the first proliferation of local ice cream parlours across the city. The cafe's enduring appeal is down to an idiosyncratic family fusion of Italian and Glaswegian influences held together in a tiny Art Deco room with slim wood-lined booths and bedecked in kitschy … [Read more...] about Best of Glasgow: University Cafe celebrates its centenary year
Best Dishes #20: Raclette at Brel Bar
When we think of Brel we think of pints in the front bar, lunch upstairs, or maybe sitting outside on the hill in the garden with a DJ playing when there is a glimmer of sunshine. It's an established part of Ashton Lane. The fact it is a Belgian bar in the west end is often a footnote. Of course, there is plenty of Belgian beer to remind us. The food menu has a particular … [Read more...] about Best Dishes #20: Raclette at Brel Bar
RECIPES: Simon Howie and MasterChef champion Gary Maclean share Valentine’s dishes
Scottish butcher Simon Howie has partnered with Scotland’s new national chef and MasterChef: The Professionals winner, Gary Maclean, to share two delicious recipes for Valentine's Day. Working together, the pair have come up with recipes for a brunch and a romantic dinner that centre around Simon Howie’s Wee Black Pudding. In these dishes, the soft textured pudding, which is … [Read more...] about RECIPES: Simon Howie and MasterChef champion Gary Maclean share Valentine’s dishes