
You’ve probably had similar conversations:
“You had something to eat yet?”
“Aye, grabbed some street food on the way.”
“What did you go for?”
“An M&S sandwich….”
If “Street Food” has been a thing for a few years, it seems to usually refer to the menu of a zeitgeist-chasing pop-up. Actual food, bought on an actual street not so often. Maybe there’s a first rule of great street food – you don’t tell people where it is.
But that’s what I’m doing here. The information was passed on to me by a friend during the early days of a new job, and it’s been passed on ever since like a shiny coin.
You’d walk past it, and I probably did many times, but Falafel To Go really is the king of Glasgow city centre street foot. You’ll find it in Hope Street just up from the junction with Sauchiehall Street, little more than an unassuming window between Kokoro and Masala Twist.
The menu? A large falafel wrap, in a flatbread, with or without sauce. There’s not a lot of choice here – you could try the £3 Hummus but I’ve never seen anyone go for it. The menu keeps it simple, the price fair and without any complications, and for the price of a supermarket meal deal you’re getting something freshly made, tasty and more than filling.
If it’s busy, be prepared to wait five minutes as there’s usually always a queue. The size of the place means only a couple of falafels at a time can be made, but the owner has a system that works efficiently, and if you time it right – perhaps closer to the close of lunch hour than the start – there’s hardly any wait at all.
In a city centre increasingly dominated by fast food chain eateries it’s a pleasure to find somewhere that offers a more authentic taste for a reasonable cost.
Just don’t tell anyone about it so the queue doesn’t get too big.
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