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Weekend in the ‘hood
Last weekend was pretty dull and rainy in Glasgow but Clair and I visited a bunch of great local places to keep the spirits up.
Hogmanay lunch at Brett
Clair and I just rounded off the year in style with lunch and drinks at Bar Brett on Great Western Road. We had a bird’s eye view too, sat overlooking the pass watching the chefs at work.
Between us we enjoyed a variety of small dishes including oysters, sourdough bread with chicken fat butter, cod toast, smoked beetroot with tahini, clams, lobster ravioli, mushroom XO linguine, Peterhead Coley with curried mussel sauce and a Basque cheesecake.
We tried a few glasses of wine: Veiled Vineyards Old Vine Semillon (white), a Delamotte Blanc de Blancs (champagne), and Le Grand A (Burgundy white) – all lovely.
Brett is fantastic and the staff made us feel very welcome.
Sicilian-style Pasta Alla Norma with aubergine (and artichoke!)
This recipe from Gousto, with a few tweaks from Clair, is a straight winner. Although I’m sure it’s delicious as they list it, Clair substituted linguine for rigatoni and as a treat added some artichoke hearts which took it to the next level.
Lighter meditteranean veg lasagne recipe, by Gousto
This lasagne was meat-free, fun to cook, easy on the eye and tasted great.
Brothy fragrant chicken thigh and spinach noodle soup
A tasty and healthy asian-style recipe from Gousto, which I enjoyed cooking and eating and would like to make again.
Post-COVID holiday in Provence, July 2022
Like most folks we didn’t holiday abroad during 2020 and 2021, when COVID was at its height. Trips abroad are a luxury and privilege so this was no hardship. However I’ll admit that once restrictions were lifted and things felt safer, we were pretty excited to head for some sun and good food, and set our sights on a first trip together to the south of France.
Northern Road Trip, September 2020
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