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La Bonne Auberge, West Nile Street, Glasgow
La Bonne Auberge We grabbed ourselves a deal online and had a post holiday cheer up dinner out. Not being able to pick a …
Foodie Pen Pals – Box 2
The lovely Paula from Lancashire sent me a box of goodies this month. Eccles cakes, I love them, stole one out the packet and gave …
Sweeney's on the park, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow – Sep 2012
Long known as The Bay Horse, this venue has been a pub for a long time. We ventured in before but weren’t impressed. This time …
The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow – Sep 2012
A welcome addition to the Shawlands cafe/entertainment scene is The Glad Cafe. Part cafe/venue I’m sure this place will go from strength to strength. Reminded …
Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Wetherspoons, Shawlands – Sep 2012
Wetherspoons appear to have extended their menu quite a bit since the last time I had breakfast. Seems like something for all now and not …
Bruschetta, 9 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow – Aug 2012 ***CLOSED***
Picked this one for a lunch time get-together. Looked good from the outside and inside too. However this changed once we’d got our food. …
Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, Glasgow – September 2012
We nipped in as part of Glasgow Beer Week due to the added bonus of all 6 ales from Tempest Brewery on tap. We …
EatFilm at Sloans, Glasgow – September 2012
Moulin Rouge, some food, some drink and one of the oldest pubs in Glasgow? Yes. I noticed this when I was in a couple of …
Koyama, 20 Forrest Road, Edinburgh – Aug 2012
Loving all things Asian at the moment, we ventured into Koyama (mainly due to the good ratings on TripAdvisor/Urbanspoon). Inside the decor is Japanese minimalist, …
Creedence – July 2012
We picked up a deal voucher for mussels and chips with a glass of white wine for 2 for £10 but when I popped in to reserve …
Vroni's – July 2012
Vroni’s is a small cosy wine bar for people to look good in, so we expected good food on their lunch menu. How wrong we …
Foodie Pen Pals – First Month
We met the delightful Rock Salt at a bloggers event and after a good snoop around her blog decided we’d love to join in the …
Persia – June 2012 ***CLOSED***
Following on from Anatolia, we were in the mood for more food from that part of the world (and beyond!). We spied a graduation dinner …
***CLOSED*** Oko, 302 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow – August 2012
Best news I’ve had for a while (kind of!) another OKO 🙂 We heart OKO, since we stumbled in last year it’s been a near …
Chaophraya – August 2012
The largest Thai restaurant in Europe has just opened up…and it’s Glasgow! Based in the listed Townhouse building on the corner of Buchanan Street (Palm Sugar …
Anatolia – June 2012 ***CLOSED***
Anatolia is a new Turkish restaurant on the corner of St.Vincent street and Hope street where Arisaig used to be. We popped in to try out …
Glasgow Beer Week – #gbw12 – 7th – 14th September 2012
Week of events celebrates rising beer scene in the “Beer Green Place” Beer enthusiasts are looking forward to the second Glasgow Beer Week from 7th-14th …
Wholefoods, Giffnock, Glasgow – Cafe – August 2012
A profusion of delights on sale at the in-store cafe, however we were good and went for a capuccino (big huge mug!) for £1.49 and …
Foodies Festival, Inverleith Park, Edinburgh – August 2012
It was Foodies time again and after giving away tickets on our Twitter page, we thought we should at least go along ourselves! …
Kweilin Cantonese Restaurant, 19-21 Dundas Street, Edinburgh
A long day at the Foodies Festival meant that we needed somewhere to rest our weary legs and get some food and drink. We wandered …
New Blog home, hopefully subscribers moved
After a bit of tweaking, learning a lot more about wordpress than we ever knew before, we are back with a new home – …
Bier Spezialitaten-Laden, Berlin – **CLOSED**
Situated right next door to Strausberger Platz U-bahn on Karl Marx Allee is the best beer shop in the world (in my opinion). …
Blasda Launches
[ Blasda is gaelic for tasty, delicious, appetising, sweet. From blas (“taste, flavour”). As in “That vindaloo’s blasda!” Blasda is the festival where the local …