Glasgow boozer

[1875]

Meeting a pal after work in the Weej tomorrow night. Anyone recommend a decent boozer (more Mathers than All Bar One) and curry house near Central Station.

 

[Fauldhoose]

The Toby jug is across the road and will do you fine

 

[BurbankHibee]

The Rhoderick Dhu is decent and there is a curry place pretty close that had a decent buffet but I don't remember exactly where it is, I was a bit bevied.

 

[1875]

The Toby jug is across the road and will do you fine

Will google map it, cheers M.

 

[1875]

The Rhoderick Dhu is decent and there is a curry place pretty close that had a decent buffet but I don't remember exactly where it is, I was a bit bevied.

Plan to head there too after google mapping, seems The Rhoderick Dhu is a Belhaven pub too.

Right, curry suggestions anyone?

 

[EastMeetsWest]

If you dont mind a 5 minute walk The Spice Garden is good not really to many other decent ones know of as near to Central. Plus point, there is a few pubs to choose from on way there and back McSorleys, Cystal Palace and The Imperial all good for a pint

 

[jadamson2704]

The Toby jug is across the road and will do you fine

When they had a karaoke night a few years ago, I sang Sunshine on Leith in the Toby Jug. To say it wasn't well received is an understatement.. maybe it's cos I was a shite singer.Decent pub, otherwise.

 

[aggie]

There's a pub called the Pot Still, I think? It's near central. Last time I was in there I thought it was decent, but I was totally gubbed, to be fair.


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[Kenny]

There's a pub called the Pot Still, I think? It's near central. Last time I was in there I thought it was decent, but I was totally gubbed, to be fair.


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pot still is better the rodderick dhu IMO.

bombay blue for the curry shop if you are staying near central....best curry shops are out west - couple in the merchant city too

 

[egb_hibs]

pot still is better the rodderick dhu IMO.

bombay blue for the curry shop if you are staying near central....best curry shops are out west - couple in the merchant city too

I will absolutely second that curry shop recommendation ; was trying to mind the name of it last night and failed. Absolutely tremendous scran.

 

[1875]

I will absolutely second that curry shop recommendation ; was trying to mind the name of it last night and failed. Absolutely tremendous scran.

Charcoals has been recommended too.

 

[Kenny]

Charcoals has been recommended too.

hit and miss - used to work on that block - don't get me wrong sometimes it was amazing - the following week the same dish was totally different, not been in a couple of years though.

 

[1875]

hit and miss - used to work on that block - don't get me wrong sometimes it was amazing - the following week the same dish was totally different, not been in a couple of years though.

Bombay Blue is certainly easy to get to from the station!

 

[1875]

There's a pub called the Pot Still, I think? It's near central. Last time I was in there I thought it was decent, but I was totally gubbed, to be fair.


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Problem with the Pot Still is that it sells that god awful Caledonia Best by Tennents, and I don't think it does guest ales?

 

[egb_hibs]

Bombay Blue is certainly easy to get to from the station!

I've only been there once, years ago, but it did injure my edinburgher pride as I thought it lived up to the weegie curry-superiority hype, where other weegie places I've been to did not stand out.

That said nothing matches the Guru in Edinburgh, even if it is in gunt-land (as so many good curry shops sadly are)

 

[Two Headed Boy]

I've only been there once, years ago, but it did injure my edinburgher pride as I thought it lived up to the weegie curry-superiority hype, where other weegie places I've been to did not stand out.That said nothing matches the Guru in Edinburgh, even if it is in gunt-land (as so many good curry shops sadly are)

You've got to get out of the city centre to experience the best curry shops in the weege. Ushas in Partick is magnificent as is Mother India.My missus works at The Smokin' Fox near central station, nice pub and they always have guest ales in. Can be a bit pricey if you stray into premium lager or spirit territory though.

 

[aggie]

Problem with the Pot Still is that it sells that god awful Caledonia Best by Tennents, and I don't think it does guest ales?

See, I'm a cooking lager man for this very reason - I'm rarely, if ever, disappointed by what a pub has to offer. As opposed to a couple of my pals who moan perpetually if they cannae get a beer to suit them!

I've only been there once, years ago, but it did injure my edinburgher pride as I thought it lived up to the weegie curry-superiority hype, where other weegie places I've been to did not stand out.

That said nothing matches the Guru in Edinburgh, even if it is in gunt-land (as so many good curry shops sadly are)

Is the Verandah on Dalry Road still there? My dad used to love that gaff.


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[egb_hibs]

Is that across from Fountain Park?

It is. Naan's like elephant's ears.

 

[Doc Shrink]

I have to confess that it all tastes the same to me. Just varying shades of hotness that's all.
I've never had a bad curry. Just the same one every time in different curry houses.

What makes a good one different from a mediocre one?

 

[egb_hibs]

I have to confess that it all tastes the same to me. Just varying shades of hotness that's all.
I've never had a bad curry. Just the same one every time in different curry houses.

What makes a good one different from a mediocre one?

First of all; no chicken - a vegetarian curry is a better bet if you don't want to make the manly choice to slam in the lamb. Chicken cannot stand up to the spices and you might as well be eating curried putty. This would very much explained your complaint.

Secondly - somewhere the lamb is tender and not gnarly old mutton

After that, nothing with cream, coconut or yoghurt in the sauce - the equivalent of ordering alcopops at the bar imho.

I recommend you go to the Guru and try a lamb jalfrezie, then let me know what you think. Starters will be chicken and mushroom pakora. One naan is all you need with the mains unless you are taking a football team with you.

Oh and byob. If you don't have a cold beer with you then everything will be ruined. Everything.

 

[1875]

In a wee spin around the block had a pint in roddy dhu, one in wetherpoons, one in mcsorleys, walked to spice garden which is all closed up then ate in Bombay. Blue, Sikh owned rammed with Indian families and the food was top notch. Burp.!

 

[Doc Shrink]

First of all; no chicken - a vegetarian curry is a better bet if you don't want to make the manly choice to slam in the lamb. Chicken cannot stand up to the spices and you might as well be eating curried putty. This would very much explained your complaint.

Secondly - somewhere the lamb is tender and not gnarly old mutton

After that, nothing with cream, coconut or yoghurt in the sauce - the equivalent of ordering alcopops at the bar imho.

I recommend you go to the Guru and try a lamb jalfrezie, then let me know what you think. Starters will be chicken and mushroom pakora. One naan is all you need with the mains unless you are taking a football team with you.

Oh and byob. If you don't have a cold beer with you then everything will be ruined. Everything.

Cheers for that.
Spawnily enough I usually go for something not too far off that. Pakora or fish to start. Lamb something or other and a naan but not that pishwary stuff with the coconut. Nothing with cream or coconut.
And my local encourages byob so usually a four pack of cold Cobra or Tiger.
Maybe I know my stuff after all.


I admit to the occasional lapse into chilli garlic chicken.

 

[egb_hibs]

Cheers for that.
Spawnily enough I usually go for something not too far off that. Pakora or fish to start. Lamb something or other and a naan but not that pishwary stuff with the coconut. Nothing with cream or coconut.
And my local encourages byob so usually a four pack of cold Cobra or Tiger.
Maybe I know my stuff after all.


I admit to the occasional lapse into chilli garlic chicken.

I never doubted you for a minute, Shrink :Sparkle_Cool:

 

[southfieldhibby]

I think curry should either be vegetarian or fish/sea food. Not a fan of chicken in general and lamb doesn't sit well in currys I think.

medium/hot and no coconut or creme.

Naan;garlic ideally, vege pakora and cold bottles of lager.

also the ratio rice/curry should be 30/70 in favour of the curry.

 

[egb_hibs]

I'm afraid its chicken, coconut and cream all the way for me. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean other folk won't.

Acceptable for the ladies

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I think curry should either be vegetarian or fish/sea food. Not a fan of chicken in general and lamb doesn't sit well in currys I think.

medium/hot and no coconut or creme.

Naan;garlic ideally, vege pakora and cold bottles of lager.

also the ratio rice/curry should be 30/70 in favour of the curry.

Don't know if you've ever been to India but as you will probably know either way, most food is veggie in the Hindu parts at least. It's one of those cuisines where I can happily function as vegetarian without really thinking about it. All chicken related joking apart, chicken eaters may just as well be eating paneer which is a bland sauce carrier as tofu is in Chinese food. I don't mean bland to denigrate it - i really like it - but that it functions like chicken in a heavily spiced curry; a source of protein that carrys but doesn't add much to the sauce.

Most curry shops in Edinburgh are, of course, Pakistani or Bangladeshi and muslims do eat more meat in their curries i believe. However it also makes the low use of beef in 'our' curries surely an artefact of western expectations - presumably originating in Hindu curry shops avoiding beef where that is not a Muslim constraint.

 

[southfieldhibby]

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Don't know if you've ever been to India but as you will probably know either way, most food is veggie in the Hindu parts at least. It's one of those cuisines where I can happily function as vegetarian without really thinking about it. All chicken related joking apart, chicken eaters may just as well be eating paneer which is a bland sauce carrier as tofu is in Chinese food. I don't mean bland to denigrate it - i really like it - but that it functions like chicken in a heavily spiced curry; a source of protein that carrys but doesn't add much to the sauce.

Most curry shops in Edinburgh are, of course, Pakistani or Bangladeshi and muslims do eat more meat in their curries i believe. However it also makes the low use of beef in 'our' curries surely an artefact of western expectations - presumably originating in Hindu curry shops avoiding beef where that is not a Muslim constraint.

I'm not a fan of chicken in any form, it's the meat I think is the worst in the way it's produced, in my mind anyway. 1000's of chickens in cages or in huts crammed together eating their own shite and generally living a totally grim life. It's also difficult to find organically grown chickens in supermarkets, or harder than with beef or sheep or pig. Chicken is also pumped full of liquid and whatever else to make it larger I think. And as you say, it's also very bland.

Paneer is ok as you describe as a sauce carrier.


There's a curry place in porty folk rage about called Mint. I went up last night to get rice and a naan and some pakora, my wife had made a prawn curry and it's nicer with a naan from the curry shop. Ordered, paid and was standing talking to my old PE teacher when I looked thru the wee window, and the boy was microwaving my rice and pakora! I asked if this was standard practice and he tried to say, yes, all curry houses microwave things instead of making it fresh. He said the rice was made this morning and we just re-heat it. Felt robbed, told him so and said i could have just done that myself.

 

[egb_hibs]

I'm not a fan of chicken in any form, it's the meat I think is the worst in the way it's produced, in my mind anyway. 1000's of chickens in cages or in huts crammed together eating their own $#@!e and generally living a totally grim life. It's also difficult to find organically grown chickens in supermarkets, or harder than with beef or sheep or pig. Chicken is also pumped full of liquid and whatever else to make it larger I think. And as you say, it's also very bland.

Paneer is ok as you describe as a sauce carrier.


There's a curry place in porty folk rage about called Mint. I went up last night to get rice and a naan and some pakora, my wife had made a prawn curry and it's nicer with a naan from the curry shop. Ordered, paid and was standing talking to my old PE teacher when I looked thru the wee window, and the boy was microwaving my rice and pakora! I asked if this was standard practice and he tried to say, yes, all curry houses microwave things instead of making it fresh. He said the rice was made this morning and we just re-heat it. Felt robbed, told him so and said i could have just done that myself.

Whoah - reheating rice is not good practice at all. Just quickly switched over to look at nhs advice and they say you can do it on the same day, but I'd be thinking twice about using that place again if I were you.

Agree with you that naan is the biggest missing element of a homemade curry (supermarket ones are not only pish but not even recognisable as the same thing). However, if you can be arsed, cooking chapatis is an absolute piece of pish albeit messy, as anything involving flour is. Good fun for kids as well - it's literally wholemeal flour mixed with water and a pinch of salt, kneaded into balls, rolled flat then cooked in a dry pan or on a griddle. One of these things that is well worth doing at a weekend if you've got a bit of spare time.

Given my less than pinko credentials you may be surprised to learn that I also agree on chickens and try to go free range there. Water pumping does my napped in though I find bacon the worst for that, and the white cheesy gak it,produces when fried is minging.

 

[southfieldhibby]

Whoah - reheating rice is not good practice at all. Just quickly switched over to look at nhs advice and they say you can do it on the same day, but I'd be thinking twice about using that place again if I were you.

Agree with you that naan is the biggest missing element of a homemade curry (supermarket ones are not only pish but not even recognisable as the same thing). However, if you can be arsed, cooking chapatis is an absolute piece of pish albeit messy, as anything involving flour is. Good fun for kids as well - it's literally wholemeal flour mixed with water and a pinch of salt, kneaded into balls, rolled flat then cooked in a dry pan or on a griddle. One of these things that is well worth doing at a weekend if you've got a bit of spare time.

Given my less than pinko credentials you may be surprised to learn that I also agree on chickens and try to go free range there. Water pumping does my napped in though I find bacon the worst for that, and the white cheesy gak it,produces when fried is minging.

I get my fortnightly bacon delivery from these folk Cure & Simple - Home which is fairly pretentious I readily acknowledge, but the bacon is very nice and you can change the flavour any time.

Also worked very well with your grandads (?) tip of marmalade

 

[Two Headed Boy]

First of all; no chicken - a vegetarian curry is a better bet if you don't want to make the manly choice to slam in the lamb.

Veggies make for the spiciest curries y'know. No fat to coat to yer gob and dull the heat.

Ideal meal: Bullet Chilli Pakora with red chilli dipping sauce, followed by a Veggie Madras with a side of Tarka Dal and Lemon and herb rice. A couple of Chapatis to scoop up the sauce. All Washed down with premium lager....

...I know what I'm ordering for my tea tonight :approve:

 

[stairways_second_coming]

Re the naan. If you've got an Indian supermarket near you try Mrs unis naans, come in garlic or plain. There tidy and similar to curry house taste and a different world to the pish from supermarkets. Also agree on the guru egb, the plus is for being in jamboland the manager being a hibby is a bonus.

 

[egb_hibs]

Re the naan. If you've got an Indian supermarket near you try Mrs unis naans, come in garlic or plain. There tidy and similar to curry house taste and a different world to the pish from supermarkets. Also agree on the guru egb, the plus is for being in jamboland the manager being a hibby is a bonus.

Made my night that, I've spoke to him for years and never picked that up! I'll look out for Mrs unis naan - I love her pakoras !

 

[Dub]

It is. Naan's like elephant's ears.

African Elephants or Asian Elephants Eeeeg. There's an important difference here mate

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Made my night that, I've spoke to him for years and never picked that up! I'll look out for Mrs unis naan - I love her pakoras !

Mrs Unis nans are adequate and that's about the best I can say about them.

 

[1875]

Made my night that, I've spoke to him for years and never picked that up! I'll look out for Mrs unis naan - I love her pakoras !

Dirty bastard.

 

[stairways_second_coming]

African Elephants or Asian Elephants Eeeeg. There's an important difference here mate

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Mrs Unis nans are adequate and that's about the best I can say about them.

I've remembered Mrs unis ones are pretty shit. They are in normal clear packaging it's whatever one's are foil packaging. I'll find out the morn as got a craving now and report back. Also if anyone into pretty standard piri piri , asain supermarkets do one from I think east end company. Better than nandos sauce and get about a couple of gallon for a few quid, probably destroy your spleen but for the price can't grumble.

 

[egb_hibs]

African Elephants or Asian Elephants Eeeeg. There's an important difference here mate

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tempted to say african to do metaphorical justice to their pendulous majesty.

However I'm going with indian, but it's important you know that I am in that case being literal; they are the size of an indian elephant's ear. :approve:

Mrs Unis nans are adequate and that's about the best I can say about them.

well they're pish by curry shop standards, but they're pretty good by shop standards. In the Guru once they got me to test the staff pakora to see if it was properly seasoned, cos it was during ramadan and the sun wasn't yet set so they couldn't do so themselves. It was majestic gear but much more involved to cook so not on the menu as they couldn't turn it out in a timely fashion.

 

[Doc Shrink]

I'm afraid its chicken, coconut and cream all the way for me. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean other folk won't.

Ha ha ha.
You come across as a right girlie son.

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I get my fortnightly bacon delivery from these folk Cure & Simple - Home which is fairly pretentious I readily acknowledge, but the bacon is very nice and you can change the flavour any time.

Also worked very well with your grandads (?) tip of marmalade

Fcukin hell. Is there no a Morrisons or Asda within mincing distance?

 

[tricky]

tempted to say african to do metaphorical justice to their pendulous majesty.

However I'm going with indian, but it's important you know that I am in that case being literal; they are the size of an indian elephant's ear. :approve:



well they're pish by curry shop standards, but they're pretty good by shop standards. In the Guru once they got me to test the staff pakora to see if it was properly seasoned, cos it was during ramadan and the sun wasn't yet set so they couldn't do so themselves. It was majestic gear but much more involved to cook so not on the menu as they couldn't turn it out in a timely fashion.

Ramadan coming up, late may this year which will be a bastard here for the fasters through June with the long days, am coaching a Syrian football group on sunday afternoons through my work which is postponed for the month.

despite lack of decent pubs in the area am gonna try that Guru been recommended to go there before, ..prefer chapatis to a naan with a curry usually though.

remember the concern and worry on here a good few years ago when news broke of a fire in Mrs Unis factory

 

[BurbankHibee]

bombay blue for the curry shop if you are staying near central....best curry shops are out west - couple in the merchant city too

That was the place I was in ! It had a buffet which seemed unusual for a curry shop on a Saturday night but it was really good.

 

[Westside Green]

Is Mrs Unis still on the go? I remember when Mr Unis used to go round all the corner shops in his old Toyota van delivering her goods in mushroom boxes, all cooked in the back of her shop in Dalry Rd.

 

[beefy]

Don't buy shop naan's no more. They are nothing like the real thing. So changed to chilli paratha's from Morrisons. Frozen but cook in a dry frying pan in minutes. Authentic. They come in plain and garlic too. 5 for £1.46. Bargain.