The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2019, have been revealed over the course of the last few days. On Monday we were able to tell you that Two Fat Ladies at The Buttery and Julie’s Kopitiam had been included in the best restaurants in Scotland category, voted by readers.
The latest update shows commendations for Cafe Strange Brew, The Hebridean, Comet Pieces and Accento Cafe across the Best Sunday Lunch and Best Cheap Eats categories.
There was also an Editor’s Award to Scottish chef Andrew Fairlie, who died earlier this year.
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The Observer Food Monthly Awards celebrate leading chefs, restaurateurs, bars and food producers from across the country. This year’s awards event took place in London, hosted by Nigella Lawson and Jay Rayner.
Jamie Oliver collected the award for Best Food Personality, Claudia Roden took home Lifetime Achievement and Refugee Community Kitchen won Outstanding Achievement.
Matt Lovell and Rob Hampton’s London restaurant The Oysterman was announced as Best Restaurant.
You can read about all the winners here.
This is what the Observer Food Monthly Awards had to say about the other Glasgow highlights.
Best Sunday Lunch in Scotland
Cafe Strange Brew, Glasgow
Sundays needn’t always mean a roast; here it means easy starts and coffee with Turkish eggs, fluffy pancakes with vanilla cream, fattoush salad, and a Stornoway black pudding stack.
1082 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 3XA; 0141 237 4321; facebook.com
The Hebridean, Glasgow
This gastropub is keeping Sundays on brand with haggis, neeps and tatties and an Islay sauce, then local roast beef, and cranachan to finish.
333 Great Western Rd; 0141 339 3701; the-hebridean.co.uk
Best Cheap Eats in Scotland
Comet Pieces, Glasgow
They do great breakfasts (omelettes; smashed avocado) but the signature lunch rolls are where it’s at. Haggis, hash brown, fried egg and whisky sauce (veg and non-veg versions available); shredded chicken, black pudding, spring onions and sriracha; potato scone, cheesy scambled eggs and sriracha mayo… Bring an appetite.
150 Queen Margaret Dr, G20 8NY; 0141 945 2135; cometpieces.co.uk
Cafe Strange Brew, Glasgow
Forget quotidian fry ups. Here, fried eggs come with ham hock, and pea and thyme veloute, or go Iraqi-inspired with lamb mince and garlicky yogurt. Vegans (and everyone else) will delight in breakfast coconut panna cotta with granola.
1082 Pollokshaws Rd, G41 3XA; 0141 440 7290; facebook.com
Accento Cafe, Glasgow
The chicken Milanese panini and Italian pastries practically sell themselves at this casual daytime cafe run by a family with Sardinian heritage.
6 Claremont St, G3 7HA; 0141 258 3830; facebook.com