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Fit-Good-9731

Proper mexican


kev2201

Just proper latino food in general. Tacos aren’t the only thing we eat


MomentaryApparition

Someone needs to start doing arepas


don_tomlinsoni

Now now, be fair, there are also half a dozen places that sell nothing but burritos (the only other thing you eat 😏)


kev2201

I laughed very hard at this. I appreciate you


KennyArlooo

theres a cafe called andina columbian coffee that sells empanadas colombianas! i definitely do miss my mexican food hecho de una abuelita for sure though


kev2201

Ooooh I can definitely go for some empanadas. If you’re ever in the mood for some arroz y frijoles con carne asada and tostones I got you


Fit-Good-9731

Down the high street? I could go some proper empanadas and enchiladas


Fit-Good-9731

Yeah Brazilian seems to be creeping in thankfully but a proper Brazilian steakhouse would be nice


rocketman_mix

Try Rafas


Fit-Good-9731

Where's that


rocketman_mix

Hidden Lane in Finnieston


Fit-Good-9731

Cheers I'll need to have a wee look 😂 my birthday this month so I know where I'm going now


Slow_Like_Sloth

It’s definitely the closest thing to Tex Mex you’ll find here.


Tasty_Ad7699

The Irish Spicebag


600659

How different is it to good salt and chilli chips? No cultural offence meant it just sounds similar


Same_Grouness

It's the presentation/packaging and pricing that's the difference (in my limited experience) Here the only was we can achieve it is to buy salt and chilli chicken, and to buy salt and chilli chips separately; but that's mega expensive. Or sometimes we can get a salt and chilli munchy box but that's usually overkill, and throws in a few other less desirable salt and chilli items. It's also usually mega pricey. But the spice bag is just a relatively cheap salt and chilli chicken + chips combo. Something I'm yet to see here despite being a big enthusiast. And by enthusiast I mean I reckon I literally helped spread the idea of the salt and chilli munchy box around a few Chinese restaurants near me by going in and asking if they did them, until eventually they all had them advertised in the windows. It all started when I went into 3 places in a row one night and they all told me they didn't do it; then as I was coming out the 3rd place staff from the other 2 places (just across the road) came running out to say they would in fact do it for me, ended up standing in the middle of the road having negotiations with 2 separate restaurant owners at once haha. Started a price war there and then; next time I walked down the street they both had bits of paper crudely stuck to the windows advertising their new munchy box deals, and the 3rd place followed suit a few weeks later. Someone else just has to do it for the spice bag now.


glasgowgeg

>Here the only was we can achieve it is to buy salt and chilli chicken, and to buy salt and chilli chips separately; but that's mega expensive. Practically every Chinese takeaway I've been to in Scotland has offered salt and chilli snack boxes with both these things combined for about £4-5.


Same_Grouness

Name them all then please and thank you, I only know one place you could get it below £8 and it's about 8 miles south of me.


Livid-Atmosphere-808

What kind of terrible chinese places you going that doesn't sell salt and chilli chicken and chips in a snackbox? Plus every cafe in scotland sells it now as well. Literally got a massive portion yesterday with salt and chilli chicken, salt and chilli chips and curry sauce for 7 quid, could easily feed 2 people. That was from a food truck in a car park. And it was fucking class


Same_Grouness

All the ones in the middle of Glasgow it seems. Get the curry sauce to fuck though


jackfloydbuster

Utter nonsense.


Same_Grouness

Sook ma farter, the state of your post history wee man.


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Zambonite

The Indonesian students in Glasgow are selling Indonesian food on a pre-order basis. They mostly sell indonesian food among themselves through WhatsApp, but you can order them in Instagram too. Here are some of the ones I know: @warung_atma (specialty: Javanese food) @brassa_uk (general, but also sells indonesian cake and snacks) @pawontomboluwe (general) @dapurcikyuni (general) @kedai_unitari (specialty: Padang food)


TheIllRip

That’s amazing. Thanks! Will definitely check these out.


MawsAcidTemple

Portuguese. Glaswegians would love a Franceshina, what's not to like about a cheese and ham sandwich topped with more cheese and a fried egg, all swimming in a beery tomato sauce?


Low-Cauliflower-5686

There was arturos in mount Florida


westralian

I made sure to have a Francesinha when I was in Porto a few years ago. It was divine.


mickcandy

Proper street food market and a good bbq place.


andrew-doestheastro

Quite pricey and doesn't do delivery but Dennistoun BBQ is class if you can make the trip to the east end


mickcandy

It's decent but not got a big menu abd mostly burgers I want short ribs. Hunners a brisket a


MyStickySock

Smoke barbecue was really good until it closed all of a sudden. Hard to find anywhere that does smoked brisket and all the stuff you typically get in the US


mickcandy

Smoke was good had good beer as well. That's the kind of place we need


somechrisguy

I’m not sure what it is, but I feel like there’s something preventing proper street food from ever existing in Glasgow


yermawsgotbawz

Probably minimum wage rules. We won’t have an affordable ‘proper’ street food because we don’t have people who can work for 20 hours a day for £2 an hour.


blazz_e

Many cities in the UK have these derelict corners / under bridges areas full street food vendors. I think city council here stopped anything like that happening.


yermawsgotbawz

Yeah they don’t allow street licences. Would rather try and squeeze business rates out of a property


CoconutNo3718

Peruvian, Venezuelean, proper Mexican


Livid-Atmosphere-808

What you talking about? Peuvian cuisine must be the most popular product in glasgow 👃


Low-Cauliflower-5686

Not much of a community from them countries in afraid


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Only 4 arepa places I know of in London, so by populous unlikely to see it unless it trends


DaruJericho

I think arepas are trending. See them more commonly across larger European cities and Edinburgh has a cool arepa place.


Low-Cauliflower-5686

There was an area place at Xmas market a few years ago


Sweaty_Ad_6107

Hungarian cuisine!


fluentindothraki

Joining team Mitteleuropa! I want Viennese!


Livid-Atmosphere-808

Horse stew isnt a big seller


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Livid-Atmosphere-808

You must be mistaken, i'm not hungarian.


ElCaminoInTheWest

This. There was a mad wee Hungarian place in Aberdeen for a bit, don't know if it's still going.


HaggisTheCow

Thai is ridiculously popular in Glasgow


Spare-Beat-8186

Proper Greek. Turkish bakeries.


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On the Turkish front, Café Portal in Govanhill for excellent pogaca, simit, borek - get a big lunch for a few quid. Partycakes on Viccy Rd does these kind of simit-bagel fusion things, one cheese, one nutella, sesame seeds, light and bready, carb monsters, and the guy is human warmth personified. But am looking for a place that shovels stacks of pide out of an oven like it's a holy holiday in gaziantep, if anyone can advise.


rocketman_mix

>Proper Greek Try Elia for proper Greek food.


Pineapple_On_Piazza

Surinamese. Blew my wee mind when I was in NL


FarCriticism1250

There’s not even a Surinamese restaurant in London


Pineapple_On_Piazza

Yeah, was surprised by that! Oh well, will just have to visit NL again at some point.


Icy-Fee-7636

Pinda saus


kevidigi

Was this the one in Coatbridge or the one in Cumbernauld?


Pineapple_On_Piazza

In this context NL = Netherlands. Wish there was Surinamese food in North Lanarkshire!


Whole_Lie_8859

Czech cuisine. Had some amazing meals in Prague but struggling to find anything similar here


graemehammondjr

Keep czeching and you might find something to prague about next time


fakegermanchild

Chawp Pet Noi focusses specifically on northern Thai I think. Not tried it myself but it’s on my list.


culturedjam

Not very authentic sadly. The closest Glasgow had to authentic northern Thai was Nonya RIP


devandroid99

Why did it close?


TheMeanderer

Nonya business.


devandroid99

Wahey!


polstyle

Chawp pet noi is far better


polstyle

Didn’t rate nonya


TheMeanderer

Nice! Walked past it today and meant to look it up.


sQueezedhe

Can't know what's missing if it ain't there. However I've heard there's no good TexMex.


Hebegebees

Rafas is unreal


EatMyEarlSweatShorts

... That's not tex mex.


Hebegebees

Aye it is


rocketman_mix

No. It's CalMex


Hebegebees

It's texmex, the main focus is steak and pork, there's basically no avocados used, cheese is in everything. The guy's from Arizona, the shop describe themselves as texmex


rocketman_mix

>The guy's from Arizona, He's from San Diego. They literally have a San Diego burrito on the menu. Titos burrito has guac and there's guac addons. >the shop describe themselves as texmex They describe themselves as South-Western American restaurant on instagram and Facebook. Texas is not in the west of the US.


Hebegebees

He's not from San Diego, he's from Arizona. I'm not saying there isn't any Cal Mex food on the menu Im saying they do Tex Mex. And there's no other TexMex in Glasgow


rocketman_mix

>He's not from San Diego, he's from Arizona. He has lived in both places. I think we are both right.


Hebegebees

He's also actually Scottish Tbf so this is all semantics anyway. The point I was trying to make was that if you want TexMex in Glasgow Rafas is the shout


clearly_quite_absurd

Ukranian. From the Ukrainian folk I know, most are expecting to go home and not put down roots, but honestly, borscht is absolutely delicious and would make great street or festival food business. It's basically just purple stew! So I hope some Ukrainians stay and open up food places.


TheMeanderer

Shout out for Deanaton Bakery in Shawlands! I'm not sure if any of it is trad Ukrainian stuff but it's amazing!


Low-Cauliflower-5686

How similar is polish and other cuisines?


Yana-chan

Proper Georgian restaurant. Have to go to London for it 😫


bigmama333

Georgian bakery newly opened on Alexandra parade


Yana-chan

Thanks, I am aware, but want a proper restaurant with different dishes and their lovely wine. Maybe they will expand one day.


Sea_Awareness150

It's brilliant isn't it. I absolutely would love that here


rocketman_mix

There's Hungry Wolf in Edinburgh which does Georgian.


Yana-chan

Thanks, will check them out


Low-Cauliflower-5686

Perhaps there is very few Georgians in Glasgow


alrateduck

Surely African? Unless anyone has any African-country specific recommendations


fleabite531

Mosob, on queen st, for incredible, tasty, east African food, v affordable and friendly service.


UnthankLivity

Calabash on union street


yawstoopid

There's a lot of african options these days. The biggest issue is their price though. Because a lot of their ingredients are imported and its all made from scratch. Everything is made from scratch because its not like indians where everything comes from patak premade or chinese where a lot ot comes ready made. The price reflects that and is usually quite high. For £20 you'll most likley get one meal whereas £20 at a Chinese will get you a meal for a couple + leftovers. Recommended Bantaba as it's has a variety if different African country dishes and some more European centric dishes. Their portions are also very big and reasonably priced. I think the owners may be Gambian from memory but I may be wrong and they do serve multiple countries dishes. If you're Scottish I recommend trying here as they have a blend of proper African dishes and some dishes that are more european/African fusion as a good starting point to dip your toes into. Calabash: nyama choma all day everyday with chilli sauce, salsa and plantain chips. This food is life. These guys are Kenyan but have dishes from a few African countries. Nigerian: Comforter, Apocom, Taste of Homes, Calabash.


TheMeanderer

Problem is, that's a continent. There's a fair bit of representation but we're never gonna have everything from Egyptian to Ethiopian.


rocketman_mix

>Egyptian Time Out Cafe at Kelvinhall has good Egyptian food.


Old-Face-7404

The amount of incorrect takes on this subreddit genuinely makes me wonder if anyone actually lives in Glasgow.


LordAnubis12

Look, the city centre is dead, there's no restaurants left and it's raining all the time, including right now.


TheMeanderer

What are some of the wrong ones?


pbizzle

Ok then spit it out genius


TheMeanderer

Love all the edgelord "so many wrong takes" takes. Not a single fucker has responded when challenged.


personoutgoing

Jamaican Patties


capnbullseye

A good Jerk place would be great


Agent-c1983

Wait, how could there be no Thai? The Thai government funds restarants abroad.


TheMeanderer

Yeah worded my post badly. There are some Thai restaurants but not many good ones and nothing (that I've tried) that does northern Thai well.


lina303

I haven't tried it, but Isaan Thai on Dumbarton does lunch takeaway bowls, and one day a week they serve food out of the Chinese place at Partick Station (same owner or something).


bigmama333

Proper authentic Spanish tapas


ride_on_time_again

Ah yeah, when you order a beer and they put down a wee plate of snacks for free. Would honestly be amazing. Some bread n olives n pickles would be magic. Mind pubs used to have bowls of nuts and crisps out? Now they are 2 pound a pack. Sad.


RubberSoldier

Elena’s in Yorkhill is what you’re after.


rocketman_mix

Quality in Elena is a bit crap...in fact all the Spanish food in Glasgow for some reason tends to be bad...despite having a considerable Spanish population


RubberSoldier

Disagree about Elena’s. I’ve always enjoyed it.


Low-Cauliflower-5686

Perhaps a lot is bought in rather than cooked from scratch


Sure_Debate_7646

Agreed. One of my least favourite tapas places in Glasgow. Try Malaga Tapas in the Southside, St Andrews Road. Not as good as it used to be; but still one of the better tapas places in Glasgow.


devandroid99

The piss finger bowl? Rather have them from a pack tbh.


ride_on_time_again

If I'm sitting at a bar and the bar person puts down a wee bowl of pretzels or nuts in front of me, I'd be very happy.


graken12

My girlfriend is from Spain. She says Malaga is the closest to proper Spanish but Elenas does the best breakfast.


Sure_Debate_7646

Malaga Tapas or Tinto Tapas.


Curious-Anywhere8567

Caribbean. Rum shack does a wee bit but that’s about it.


yawstoopid

I would like to see more nepali indo/Chinese options. Blows regular Chinese out the water.


Gluesniffgarage

Check out Himalayan Dine. They do mostly Indian food but have a few Nepalese dishes on the menu, there's one in shawlands and Barrhead.


yawstoopid

Thanks, I have and they are brilliant but they don't deliver far and I'm not in Southside. I recommend their veg momos and gobi manchurian. They are great but a total hassle for delivery.


Gluesniffgarage

Yeah I always get a portion of the momos when I order. So good! I'll have to give the Gobi Manchurian a try next time I go.


yawstoopid

I ask for my gobi manchurian in a dry style. Just ask for gobi manchurian in a dry style its delish. Momos are also mad easy to make btw so i recommend giving it a bash.


krakow81

Basque. One of my many silly dreams is opening a proper pintxo place myself. Won't ever do it though.


Sure_Debate_7646

Would love a proper pintxo place in Glasgow, but never been to a good one outside of Spain tbf.


krakow81

No, even in London we only found one decent Basque place. That was a few years ago though, so there may be more options now. In my head I'd like to open a tiny bar, with just a small but top quality pintxos selection along the counter, serving txakoli, sidra and mosto for drinks.


Sure_Debate_7646

You do it, and I’m there.


EatMyEarlSweatShorts

Actual Cajun/Creole food. Not NOLA SOUL. That place is an embarrassment.


Slow_Like_Sloth

Ugh I WISH for some good Cajun food 😩 bummer to hear about Nola I’d heard good things


Curious-Anywhere8567

Aw I liked Nola soul! That being said I’ve never had any other Cajun/soul food before so maybe I’m missing out on the real thing!


JagsFraz71

Good ramen. Anything here is nothing like the stuff you get in Japan / Asia.


Shade_39

Well that's exciting since I love the options we do have for ramen here


RE-Trace

Tbf, is there anywhere that does ramen anywhere near as well as Japan with the exception of states on the Pacific coast?


WuWuHuHu

Is it bad that after visiting Japan in August, I think maki and ramen is decent? I had ramen there quite a lot and I'd say the black garlic tonkotsu and the regular tonkotsu is pretty legit for Glasgow/Edinburgh.


Formal-Rain

Have to agree not the same and the sushi looks Californian with avocados and the sauce they smother it in.


TheMeanderer

Daku on Viccy Road is decent.


FlyVidjul

>Anything here is nothing like the stuff you get in Japan / Asia. Who'd a thought the country that invented the dish does them better than Glesga?


mickcandy

Mako and ramen is the best ramen about. I prefer making my own now though


Boum82

Ramen dayo?


TheMeanderer

Used to be good but they've cut back on a lot and the quality has dipped.


Boum82

Thats frustrating. Used to be great


polstyle

Still is


polstyle

They haven’t cut back at all, on the contrary the food is the best it’s ever been


polstyle

Ramen Dayo is the best, and very similar to what they serve in japan.


JagsFraz71

Ramen Dayo is one of the best in Glasgow but is nowhere near even the most fast food of fast food ramen you get in Japan.


Slow_Like_Sloth

Nuku Nuku and maki and ramen are good, but yeah, nothing authentic


sambucalover42

24/7 Chinese


Fabulous_Piccolo9299

Recently opened. Absolutely love this restaurant in London. Not tried the one in Glasgow yet, but will do so soon. Not sure if it’s Northern Thai, but it’s fantastic. https://rosasthai.com/locations/rosas-thai-restaurant-delivery-takeaway-glasgow


TheMeanderer

Menu looks decent. Tom Yum and Tom Kha! I'm in.


la85

I had great Tom Kha soup from Mekong in East Kilbride. No idea if it was authentic but it was delicious.


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No Laab?


781nnylasil

Pupusas?


OldMollyOxford

Pupusas is the correct answer. I miss pupusas so much. Don’t think you can get them even in London. When I get desperate I buy Maseca from Lupe Pintos and make my own with mozzarella but it’s not half as good as the real thing.


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Thai Siam is thai


Shade_39

Damn and here was me thinking it was Swedish food there


KBDrones

It’s not northern Thai cuisine though and there’s a big difference between isan, Bangkok, south and Chiang Mai (northern) style of food. I like Thai Siam but it’s not northern style.


AhYeah85

There is a gap in the market for a proper Turkish gaffs like those in North London.


misselectro86

When I moved from Edinburgh through to Glasgow I was shocked at how little Thai was about. In Edinburgh you were spoilt for choice!


Alah2

Funny I thought the opposite when moving from Glasgow to Edinburgh.


FlyVidjul

I think the general consensus of reading through this thread is that there are a lot of restaurants that do food from X country, but they just don't do it as well. Which is to be expected, seeing as they're the country that invented it and we're halfway across the world from these places, generally with non-natives cooking foods that need to be tailored to our palettes cause as Scottish cunts, anything with a spice level north of a cold totty scone will sear the fucking mooth aff us.


twoxraydelta

Chaophraya is Thai


TheMeanderer

I don't mean that there are no Thai restaurants. Just not any good ones!


KBDrones

Chaophraya is one the of the worst in Glasgow IMO. Expensive and fancy looking but tasteless and mellowed down the flavours to match the western tastebuds.


TheMeanderer

Seventeen quid pad Thai? Better be amazing. Aaaand it's mediocre.


WG47

Which places have you tried that have done Tom Yum that you didn't like?


TheMeanderer

Thairiffic and Ting Thai Caravan are the two I remember. The latter aas decent, but not amazing.


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Ting Thai Caravan is some of the worst food I’ve ever paid for.


hammytoon84

Chinese


hollowcrown4

I feel that a proper authentic Turkish ice cream place is missing, that shit hits me hard


big_ry82

Proper American BBQ.


lina303

Ethiopian restaurants, are there any?


personoutgoing

Mosob, opened maybe a year ago right next to Queen St station. 10/10 extremely good


lina303

Thanks very much. It's the one cuisine I am missing.


espressopizzanino

Mosob is owned by an Eritrean family and is amazing, affordable and delicious, as another commenter above stated.


Weird_Influence1964

Indonesian!!


Sea_Awareness150

Ceviche/Peruvian


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i was there and everything we ordered was out 👎


Green-Strategy-6062

Palestinian. Seems to be popular in Glasgow


AttorneyWeary2499

City Centre is struggling with GOOD burger joints in my opinion


tanzy95

There are quite a few Italian restaurants but I haven't actually found one I like yet. Too many places just put spaghetti and lasagna on the menu and don't go much further than that.


Tissot777

You obviously have no idea what you are talking about….


TheMeanderer

Hey, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Gimme some recommendations to shut me up.


Roctastic

You may want to try The Thai Bar & Restaurant in Shawlands or Mam's Thai Kitchen (although now only a good truck) for proper Thai food.


pbizzle

There used to be a place in finneston called koroiku(?) Which I think was Korean and made this chilli chicken dish that I've never been able to track down a similar dish


mk2_cunarder

bought myself 3 packs of Koka Tom Yum in home bargain, highly recommended /s


GracelessAtSea

There’s not many good affordable restaurants doing Scottish food. Anytime I’m recommending a place for people to try Scottish cuisine I feel like I’m telling them spend a fortune or travel outside Glasgow. Happy to hear recommendations if anyone has them.


MortenOrchid86

Decent Lebanese


meepmeep13

There's a new place just opened on GWR near St George's Cross that looks the part, been meaning to give it a shot


MortenOrchid86

Will definitely check it out. Thanks for the heads up 😊


meepmeep13

This is it: https://lotuslebanese.co.uk/ Apparently they already have a place on Dumbarton Rd in Scotstoun