Tag: glasgowfood

Ramen Dayo

In a cold night of January me and my girlfriend felt like eating ramen noodles. We asked my flat mate which is an Asian food lover and he reccomended Ramen Dayo. He told us that they make the best ramen in town. I felt obliged to find out if he was right.

The restaurant is well decorated with a really nice atmosphere also thanks to the lighting, but I don’t like how they used the space: they could have easily make space for four more tables. The place was not busy at all, but many people came in the restaurant and then left soon after that. All the tables are for four or more people and customers don’t want to sit near strangers therefore there is a lot of wasted space.

On the other hand, the food was lovely. We ordered edameme, chicken dumplings and two bowls of ramen “Tonkotsu” wich is pork broth with springy ramen noodles, pork belly, marinated mushrooms nori seaweeds and spring onions. The broth was really tasty and the pork belly nice and tender, the only downside were the onions which weren’t very pleasant. The price was fair compared to the quality of food. We had a satisfying meal in a cosy place.

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Tonkotsu ramen and chicken dumplings

Ramen Dayo won the “Certificate of Excellence2018” from tripadvisor and I think it was deserved. From now on I will always follow my flatmate reccomendations!

Viet or non viet that is the question

One of the things I find that the UK does better compared to motherland  — is the abundance of restaurants from different parts of the world. Italians are so patriotic about food that they don’t consider as much food coming from different places. On the other hand British people are not so proud of their food, I would say they are rather embarrassed, therefore they are more open.

I decided to expand my horizons, I went to non viet . An authentic vietnamese restaurant. I went there with my sister and my girlfriend both Italians.

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Tofu noodles

The place wasn’t really busy even tho it was around christmas. I would say it was rather empty. There was more staff than customers. The menu is really broad compared to other modern restaurants around and there is a great vegetarian and vegan options..  The disadvantage of having a varied menu is that customesrs may take long to decide –  that’s exactly what happened –  even more if many of the dishes are unknown. Anyway we managed. We ordered the mixed platter to start and then we shared Tofu pho (tofu and veggies noodle soup) , Pho Xao Ga (Stir fried flat rice noodles with vegetables and chicken) and Ca Kho To (Caramelized Mekong Catfish).

The starter was impressive, it had everything “Crispy spriing  roll, pork & prawn summer roll, pork wrapped in betel leaf with rice vermicelli noodle, BBQ squid with salads & fried fishcakes. ” each little dish had its own sauce and the waiter was  happy to explain them one by one. Luckly we shared a platter for 2 in 3 because it was a lot.

Non Viet has 4.5/5 on tripadvisor and I think it’s deserved.

Also Yelp gives the same score to the vietnamese restaurant.

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Caramelized mekong catfish