][1]If I had enough new restaurants to tell you about than I would do these in the form of a Top of the Pops Top Ten countdown, perhaps in the style of Jimmy Saville. Something along the lines of ‘Now then, now then, now then. I have a letter here from a lovely Italian restaurant owner who wants me to fixit for his new trattoria to open on schedule’.
Fortunately for all concerned, that ain’t gonna happen. So, in rather more sober fashion, we’ll start with the news that the Lothian Road premises which once housed the Great Wall of China has been revamped and is now called Restaurant Club India. It looks fairly close to opening and once it starts popping out the pakora I will report back.
Sticking with Lothian Road, a Nando’s has opened up in the former government publications shop opposite the Usher Hall. I’ve never been in one. Is it a cause for celebration?
Not too far away on Broughham Street is a new Thai place called Passorn. Gaby Soutar, writing in The Scotsman, seemed to like it a lot.
Also of interest, especially if you have a sweet tooth, is Iman’s savoury and sweet shop which opened this week diagonally across from the King’s Theatre. An offshoot of the Iman’s Punjabi restaurant, it sells a huge range of Indian snacks and sweetmeats. From dosas to chai via idlis and lassi, they’ve got the lot.
Glasgow seems fairly quiet on the new opening front at the moment although I enjoyed Ron Mackenna’s review of the new Dubai Grill in Tradeston. Our friends over at the Trampy and the Tramp curry blog have a more quirky take on eating there.
In other news, we hear that the massive revamp of the Corinthian in Glasgow is taking longer than first expected and that it’s relaunch may not take place until September.