Two Fat Ladies In The City

Went out last night for a belated Valentine's dinner with Mr Gastro last night, after having spent the afternoon in the GFT watching Breakfast at Tiffany's. After a few drinks in the Butterfly and the Pig on Bath Street (see below for a review of their fabulous burgers), we headed just around the corner to Two Fat Ladies on Blythswood Street.

I haven't tried the branch in the old Buttery yet, but the Dumbarton Road restaurant is a long standing favourite of mine. We hadn't tried the City Centre one before, but hoped it would be every bit as good as the original.

We weren't disappointed. This review doesn't even have pictures because I was so greedy and just ate what I was given, rather than pausing to capture the plate! Mr G had cullen skink ('the best I've ever had', he proclaimed) followed by monkfish, rosemary and bacon skewers on creamed savoy cabbage and leeks. It looked and smelled absolutely delicious, but I was more than happy with my own choices! I had clams served with linguine and a spinach beurreblanc - so tasty that I am going to try and recreate it! - followed by scallops on MacLeod of Stornoway black pudding, in a saffron and spring onion cream. Quite honestly two of the best plates of food I've eaten - everything was cooked to absolute perfection, and the flavour balances in each dish were spot on. The sauces were beautiful and rich (just how I like 'em!) but left no room at all for a pud - I was absolutely full by the end of the main.

Washed down with a lovely half bottle of Muscadet too, as Mr G was on the beers. Can't wait to go back - absolutely delicious.

An Lochan Scallops!

I'm afraid that,as you can see, I had started eating before I remembered to take the picture. Gluttony, pure and simple! 

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An Lochan

Spent the afternoon having a lovely lunch with Mama Gastro at An Lochan on the Crow Road. I had a HUGE plate of langoustines with lemon mayo, followed by the absolutely amazing scallops wrapped in bacon with black pudding. Regular readers will know my scallop fetish and these were so big and juicy I can hardly describe them! We finished with a Scottish cheese platter - a nice touch is that they have a cheese menu, where you select your choices for your plate. We feasted on Aiket, Ayrshire Bonnet goats' cheese, Lanark Blue, Smoked Mull Brie and Smoked Applewood Cheddar, which came with apple, celery, chutney and gorgeous homemade oatcakes, beautifully presented on a slate tile. Just wonderful. Going straight in my top ten, which badly needs an update! I may even have to start doing top fives in different categories...

There has been a bit of a gap in my posts - I'm now all set up with LifeCast on my iPhone so I can blog on the go! Hopefully this means more snappy restaurant reviews.