Glasgow Foodie June 2016 magazine

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Magazi n e

JUNE 2016

Th is M on t h : Sh illin g Br ew in g Co Eu r o 2016 Beer s Gif f n ock Beer Fest ival 111 by Nico Su n day Lu n ch at Th e Hon ou r s Azu r e Beer by Ler w ick Br ew er y

Welcome to Glasgow Foodie Magazine!

A magazine collated by @glasgowfoodie of Twitter and Foodie Explorers.

We have reviews of Sunday Lunch at The Honours at Malmaison, and Monday Taste Club at 111 by Nico. Plus beer festival news from Giffnock Beer Festival and a new opening Shilling Beer Company.

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Di n e 111 BY NICO 111 CLEVEDEN ROAD KELVINDALE GLASGOW

It?s slightly hidden away, between a Spar and Dry Cleaners in Kelvindale, but only a 5 minute walk from Great Western Road.

Monday Taste Club

We?d booked the M on day Tast e Clu b after seeing photos online ? the deal is currently £20 per person and not £30 as stated on the menu.

111 by Nico used to be Simply Fish (which served some for each is still and an additional £30 ofMatched the bestwine fish and chipscourse in Glasgow, before that it peran person you?re one called of those who a was Italianif restaurant La people Famiglia.

It?swants still the bigger booze same than food same owners, chef bill. but now with a more varied menu and focus on that fine-dining.

We arrived to find many others had taken them up on the Monday deal, the restaurant was packed and full of chatter so we were glad we?d booked.

Food-wise 111 by Nico is really good and probably already up there with the best that Glasgow has to offer by way of fine-dining. You probably won?t find this standard of food for £20 or even £30 anywhere else within the city? but we have a few gripes, mainly that we were still a bit hungry after 5 courses and a shared 6th course, that it was really noisy with people talking so it?s not a great place for a quiet/romantic night out.

Staff were generally very good but they didn?t tell us what cheeses we had and made the mistake of topping up our gin with a full bottle of tonic. The Italian beers listed on their website were also not available when we visited but they did have bottles of Stewart Brewing beer for £4.50 each.

The total cost of our meal for two was £73.40.

Before dining here we?d heard a few people talking about how 111

by Nico could finally be the place to get a coveted Michelin star for Glasgow but we?d say no, not yet. Cail Bruich is still the front-runner in our opinion. Toilets are upstairs and were basic but clean. The music was covers of chart hits but we?d have preferred no music as the place was so noisy.

Fu ll Review HERE TL;DR + Great value fine-dining + Staff were generally pretty good + Toilets clean ? Small courses so we still had room for more food ? Very noisy (when full anyway) so a struggle to chat

Even t Pr eview : Gif f n ock Beer Fest ival Tick et s on Sale Glasgow breweries WEST, Dr ygat e, Jaw Br ew an d local m icr o-br ew er y Clock w or k w ill be join ed by Edin bu r gh Beer Fact or y, Tem pest Br ew in g Co an d Loch Lom on d Br ew er y PLUS Bijou Win e Com pan y, Du n bar ?s Th ist ly Cr oss Cider , an d t h e Glasgow Dist iller y Com pan y, phew!

And!, food from Ton i?s Pizzer ia as well as street food faves Fir edog.

The Gif f n ock Beer Fest ival, which takes place on Sat u r day, Au gu st 27, will take place at Glasgow Hu t ch eson s?Aloysian s RFC. The ear ly-bir d t ick et offer, which starts today for a limited period, will see entry costs for adults reduced from £8 to £6 and concessions (students/pensioners) from £5 to £4.

Under-18s, parents will be delighted to know, go free. Tick et s can be bou gh t f r om t h e GHA w ebsit e, www.gharugby.co.uk and https://billetto.co.uk/giffnock-beer-festival-2016

Ler w ick Br ew er y r elease Azu r e in bot t les We love Lerwick Brewery, OK we love beer generally, but Lerwick hold a special wee place as Mrs Foodies Gran came from Shetland so double love for these folks.

Azure has now moved from draught to bottle and will feature in the Aldi su m m er beer f est ival launching this Th u r sday 9t h Ju n e.

Made with Rakau hops from New Zealand and Cascade hops from America, this is a lighter brew and not as hoppy as is the current trend.

The prices at Aldi are great for an intro to some decent beers, so get in quick.

HI-SPIRITS GIN LUNCH SATURDAY, 18TH JUNE 2016 Th e Hon ou r s Glasgow are holding a Gin Lu n ch in conjunction with Hi-Spirits on Saturday 18th June from 12.30pm and we?ll be there to!

Join us in the bar for a refreshing gin and tonic and then a full gin tasting both neat and in cocktails, experiencing a range of different gins from the Hi-Spirits portfolio which include Brokers London Dry, Blackwoods, Langley?s No8, King of Soho and Brooklyn.

Each drink will be explained and expertly prepared by Emily from Hi-Spirits. Then it will be through to The Honours for a delicious two course set lunch.

See you there!

Tickets are ÂŁ35 per person including the full gin experience and lunch To book call 0141 572 1020 or em ail even t s.glasgow @m alm aison .com

Su n day Lu n ch at Th e Hon ou r s, Glasgow M alm aison After walking through the impressive entrance at Glasgow Mal, head downstairs on the spiral staircase and you can go straight into the restaurant or have a pre-lunch drink in the bar.

We, of course, had a cheeky little cocktail ? well not quite cheeky, we were being good so had a mocktail, made using a new watermelon syrup that had just arrived for the bar staff to experiment with!

Inside the restaurant the decor is muted, there?s a mix of seating with the central booths arranged a bit like fairground waltzers!

A surprisingly huge cut of steak, this was seriously melt-in-the-mouth and one of the best steaks we?ve ever had in Glasgow! A delicious slice of sirloin from Donald Russell served alongside crisp vegetables and a crispy yorkshire pudding This is one for our recommendations for the Best Su n day Lu n ch in Glasgow . Staff were helpful and courteous (as always), lunch was well-paced and the toilets were in tip-top shape.

Full Review HERE.

TL;DR + Soup might not excite everyone but the veloutĂŠ was exceptional + Huge steak and one of the best in Glasgow + The suggested wines were lovely + Great service ? The souffle sank a bit but it still tasted great

Locat ion : The Honours Glasgow 278 W George St, Glasgow, UK G2 4LL Ph on e: 0141 572 1001 Websit e: https://www.malmaison.com/locations/glasgow/the-honours/.

Sh illin g Br ew in g Co t o open t h eir door s t h is Fr iday 10t h Ju n e Transforming the historic Bank of Scotland building on the corner of West George Street in Glasgow?s city centre, Sh illin g Br ew in g Co are the latest to join the craft beer invasion of Glasgow.

The bar seats up to 160 people and alongside the beer made by one of our favourite brewers, Declan (ex Clockwork), Shilling Brewing Co. will also serve pizzas alongside the four in-house beers. Un icor n IPA , Glasgow Red Ale, Th e St eam ie blon de an d Fu ll-On Net t le Rack et which is their first small-batch rotational brew with a stinging scream of locally foraged nettles from Queens?Park .

Looking forward to trying this one out, cheers!

We have teamed up with Beers of Europe to check out some beers for the European Championships in France.

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