Address - 149 Elderslie Street
Website - www.harlequinrestaurants.com/restaurants/mister_singhs.php
Something a bit different, not your traditional brunch but they do have a weekend brunch menu and i'm not one for restricting myself in terms of food types.
Again this was a late one, we arrived about 330 but according to their website weekend brunch runs from 2.30-5pm on a Sunday (from 12pm on a Sat) so we were in pretty good time for it. The reason for our visit was that K had been craving Chicken Malaidar for about a week and was beginning to annoy me by talking about it all the time.
So we arrived and the kilted waiters (their trademark) took us to a table away from the door, a good start. They also took our drink order pretty quickly and were generally really friendly. As I said on the website there is a brunch menu at £6.95 which we had perused before coming and which included the previously mentioned Chicken Tikka Malaidar. However, when we arrived we were given the a la carte menu with a lunch menu at the back, we asked about the brunch menu and the waiter said that this is what they were doing that day (it was cheaper than the brunch menu and a super cheap £5.95 for 2 courses). This menu had lamb malaidar on it but no chicken option, K asked if she could have the 2 courses substituting the lamb for chicken but was told that she couldn't and that she would have to get a la carte if she wanted this, she did that but chicken tikka malidar and boiled rice came to £10.70 pretty much double what i paid for 2 courses. I ordered the Lamb Seekh Kebab followed by chicken tikka chasni with naan.
My starter came pretty quickly and K and I both agreed that it was delicious! The accompanying yogurt sauce set off the nicely spiced lamb wonderfully. K was starting to regret her decision. The main courses arrived (both portions were the same size despite the difference in price) and my chasni was great, the chicken wasn't fatty and tasted wonderful and the naan was fluffy and just the way I like it. Top Marks for the food that I had, especially at such low prices. K had obviously a lot of expectation for her Malaidar seeing as she was paying top whack for it, she said that it was good but not as good as the one from our local take away Alis on Hyndland Street and not as good as the Ashoka Ashton Lane's, she was a little disappointed to say the least, but that is the pressure of expectation. She said she wishes she had just got the lamb in the 2 course lunch.
So from my side a good meal but the experience was definitely affected by the bad customer service of not substituting lamb for chicken. No doubt i'll be back though.
Monday, 31 December 2007
Sat 29/12 - The Left Bank
Address - Gibson Street, Glasgow
Website - http://www.theleftbank.co.uk/
The Left Bank seemed like a good place to start this as it is a) yummy and b) has won an Observer Food Monthly award for best cheap eats. It is also pretty handy cos the menu is very varied so can accommodate all sorts of fussiness.
The three of us arrived about 3, so it was pushing the definition of brunch but I hadn't had breakfast and I did have dinner later so I think that it fits.
The decor in the Left Bank is cosy and features some nice Timerous Beastie wallpaper. We settled ourselves and almost immediately had our drinks order taken, 1 bottled water, 1 diet coke and 1 soy latte (bonus points for fairtrade coffee and having soya milk, there is also a fair vegan selection as well as vegitarian). We then spent a while on the menu, k and c decided on the breakfasts pretty quickly, k meat (£6.95) and c meat-free (£6.75). I, however, couldn't decide. I was very tempted by the Bombay Breakfast (should it be the Mumbai breakfast? pondered C) but went with the homemade beans on toast with cheese (a paltry £3.45).
The food didn't take very long to arrive and i was very happy with my choice, thick homemade toast and the baked beans were a bit spicy and seemed to be cannellini beans with just the right amount of cheese. The others weren't too happy with their breakfasts - they had both fancied fried eggs but they arrived poached, I assume that had they asked for fried they would have got it. C found the veggie haggis sausage a bit spicy and K thought that the creamy sauce on the mushrooms didn't really go but said they were nice anyway - she certainly finished them all. The bacon was great and I tasted the sausage and have to say they were very nice, again it came with the same beans and toast which were well received.
Looking about to the other tables most people seemed to be going for the Mussels and seemed to be enjoying them.
Overall, I was pretty happy with the meal, I don't think that you could make beans on toast with cheese any nicer and the service was just the way I like it, attentive but not too in your face. We sat for ages after we'd finished and, even though it was pretty busy, I didn't feel pressurised to either order anything else or be on our way.
Website - http://www.theleftbank.co.uk/
The Left Bank seemed like a good place to start this as it is a) yummy and b) has won an Observer Food Monthly award for best cheap eats. It is also pretty handy cos the menu is very varied so can accommodate all sorts of fussiness.
The three of us arrived about 3, so it was pushing the definition of brunch but I hadn't had breakfast and I did have dinner later so I think that it fits.
The decor in the Left Bank is cosy and features some nice Timerous Beastie wallpaper. We settled ourselves and almost immediately had our drinks order taken, 1 bottled water, 1 diet coke and 1 soy latte (bonus points for fairtrade coffee and having soya milk, there is also a fair vegan selection as well as vegitarian). We then spent a while on the menu, k and c decided on the breakfasts pretty quickly, k meat (£6.95) and c meat-free (£6.75). I, however, couldn't decide. I was very tempted by the Bombay Breakfast (should it be the Mumbai breakfast? pondered C) but went with the homemade beans on toast with cheese (a paltry £3.45).
The food didn't take very long to arrive and i was very happy with my choice, thick homemade toast and the baked beans were a bit spicy and seemed to be cannellini beans with just the right amount of cheese. The others weren't too happy with their breakfasts - they had both fancied fried eggs but they arrived poached, I assume that had they asked for fried they would have got it. C found the veggie haggis sausage a bit spicy and K thought that the creamy sauce on the mushrooms didn't really go but said they were nice anyway - she certainly finished them all. The bacon was great and I tasted the sausage and have to say they were very nice, again it came with the same beans and toast which were well received.
Looking about to the other tables most people seemed to be going for the Mussels and seemed to be enjoying them.
Overall, I was pretty happy with the meal, I don't think that you could make beans on toast with cheese any nicer and the service was just the way I like it, attentive but not too in your face. We sat for ages after we'd finished and, even though it was pretty busy, I didn't feel pressurised to either order anything else or be on our way.
And so it begins...
This is something that i've been planning to do for a while seeing as Glasgow has a multitude of Brunch options but I was recently reminded and inspired by finding this blog: http://berlinbrunching.blogspot.com/ while planning a trip to Berlin.
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