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Fresh greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and feta cheese tossed in a light vinaigrette dressing.

Ad Lib

Ad Lib

111 Hope St, Glasgow, G26LL, United Kingdom

Tea • Bars • Chicken • Burgers


"the love green place, glassvegas, glasschu or simply glassgow. whatever they prefer to call it, than I have a soft spot for Scottish second city. yet despite the fact that it is only 40 miles and 50 minutes away on the train, from any reason I don't seem to visit Scottland's largest metropole anywhere as often as I should, despite the fact that there are some great places to eat and drink. the center of glasgow is architecturally stunning and very different from edinburgh. like birmingham – the city of my birth – it grew out of the industrial revolution, and similar is the city center still decorated with many of the great Victorian buildings from its industrial richness. central glasgow is also designed in a network system that – it is adorned – is the one that is now such a prominent function of new york. it has even doubled as the big apple on a series of filmshoots. how reasonable that if jml and I were caught with some friends in glasgow last weekend, one of the members of our party suggested that we go to lunch in ad lib – a new york inspired esserei is a stone through away from the great central station of the city (berry!) to be honest, there was no place crucible from which I had heard before, but I love the romlands the frontage of ad lib is certainly underestimated – not the brash americana, which could be expected due to its culinary specialization – and my first thought was to pass through the door that was the place “toty”. Nevertheless, I was actually greeted by a slim but cleverly stylish dining room that leads to bar and the main restaurant area, and which corresponds to million walls, cubic wood furniture and tasteful US-influenced art works. In summary, this had more of a knot to frank lloyd wright than trump towers, I am happy to say. beyond the bar, the airy dining room offers more of this stylish, greenwich Village-Esque-Vibe. but already enough about the decor, what about eating? the lunch menu of ad lib is in a “I really can’t understand what to have” somehow. inviting sound starters and nets, deli-Salate and sandwiches, gourmetburger, steak and hummer (I don't want, and a Burgeoning speciality board for attention. for the purposes of this review, I will focus on what jml and I have consumed, as I try to cover what eight people have eaten, could only stretch a bit too far a point. oh, and with regard to drinks, I should point out that ad lib serves the excellent Portuguese camp, which is more sayin' on draft, which means that this was our quaff of the choice. in the choice of a court to proceed, I was a bit torn. the salt and the pfeffer squid, and cajun prawn popcorn sounded both really inviting, but at the end it was the sticky melass baby back ripening, with chili and star anise as me won over. they certainly have not disappointed, with perfectly delicate meat decorated in a sticky sweet-rich-spicy sauce, with a cuddly fresh tomatensalsa. the starter of jml consisted of three “sliders” (why so named? – Mini-classic aberdeen angus burger accompanied by a wobble relish. these were certainly tasty, with the relish a beautiful contrast to the Umami taste of the bark, but perhaps the burgers were just so easy on the dry side. read full review by: [hidden link]"

Sotto

Sotto

35 Warwick Road, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Fish • Pasta • Steak • Pizza


"After I saw pictures on the sotto Facebook page of eating, I tried it. I had annoyed my partner for months. so on Saturday night we and another couple thought we would go for tee before we had a cocktail night in the city. the service was quite disappointing, it was quite busy, but not pushed by the feet and there were several workers on to 5/6 I think. our drinks lasted long until we were finished, and when we finished them, tried to draw the waiter attention to another drink, was a chorus. Several employees went past the table and didn't think to take our glasses and the wine glasses on the table, so it just looked creepy. our food took very long until we had come; with two other tables that came after us, we were served! what we had to have been to a man who had to have been the shift manager, and he answered by apologising and that he had to work with "an old staff today at night". one of the waitresses was a young girl who just stood around and didn't do much and we had to ask her to take away our glasses. we were almost finished with our second amount of drinks when our food finally came. the presentation was beautiful, unfortunately my carbonara wayy had to garlic in so that I could not eat everything. my partner had a pizza that was absolutely amazing, but the basic was quite soggy, I guess because fresh tomats are used in the sauce that is understandable. the bill was not too bad and we had another round drinks instead of pudding. the whole evening was good, drinks were also tasty and cheap, as cocktails go, but the service was disappointing and the eating was subduing. I will probably not rush back soon"

The Indigo At The Ardington

The Indigo At The Ardington

Steyne Gardens, BN11 3DZ, Worthing, United Kingdom

Steak • Asiatic • British • European


"This has always been my favourire restaurant and I 've never been disappointed over many years.We don 't come often as my husband doesn 't eat fish and can 't stand the smell of it either. As much of the menu is always fish,this never leaves him much choice of starters or mains..and there is often a strong smell of fish as you enter the room...which I do understand can 't be helped.I looked at the menu before we went and they had his favourite(lamb chops) so we went on our wedding anniversary.He ordered the chops and I had the pork belly.Any extra vegetables are a pricey £4.20 a portion..even mash.In the same list available veg it listed selection of vegetables .I thought perhaps just a spoonful of perhaps 3 or whatever.No,the waiter told me,it just means you can order any from the list at £4.20 each. Do people pay £8.40 if they want mash and beans say?The mains arrived,on nice but heavy,tepid plates.My pork belly and the rice were just warm.The only sauce was atop the pork,leaving the rice and chopped sald totally dry.They brought more sauce when I asked for some.The chops had fries and a pile of chopped salad.I thought the menu had shown grilled tomatoes and mushrooms but as it had been taken away,maybe my mistake so I didn 't say anything.Checking the menu when we left,the chops should indeed have had tomatoes and mushrooms,so a bit lazy to just put salad on there.Hubby said the chops and chips were fine but we had to catch someone 's eye to get a steak knife which you always need for small chops.No one came up to ask if all was ok although they passed the table numerous times..No one came up to pour the very heavy flagon of water for any of the 3 glasses I had...a small point but service all the same. Hubby said the Merlot was very nice.When the bill came we saw a 10% service charge had been added...maybe it 's always been on there but I think a bit outdated for a couple having one course.We always leave 10% for service but don 't want it forced on me,especially when it was just adequate.To sum up:chef needs to serve what the menu describes ie,toms and mushrooms. The plates need to be hot,as does the pork.Take off the menu the suggestion that you can have a dish of mixed vegetables for £4.20,and put a steak knife on the table when chops are ordered.The food was nice,the service pretty non existent...and just so disappointing after so years of excellent food AND service."

Sanskruti

Sanskruti

95 Mauldeth Road, M14 6SR, Manchester, United Kingdom

Curry • Indian • Drinks • Falafel


"In recent days, it’s been reported that India is likely to become the world’s most populous country within a few years. It reminds you just how diverse the country is in its food – affected both by geography and culture. And Sanskruti (the word translates from Hindi as “culture” sets out to offer a diverse menu of traditional vegetarian and vegan dishes. We are omnivores, regularly eating vegetarian food and it’s always a pleasure to come here because the menu has dishes that you are not going to see on the menus of the Anglicised high street curry houses. That said, there’s an increase in local places serving Mumbai street food dishes, so samosa chaat is something we’ve eaten before and we were interested to see how Sanskruti’s version compared with others. And the answer was that it compared very well. Crisp samosa, filled with spiced potato, was broken up and topped with chickpeas, onion, tomato and chilli, drizzled with yoghurt with a background flavour of sweet/sharp chutney. A vegetarian version of seekh kebab, made from vegetables and soya mince tasted pretty much like the traditional meat version but was quite dry in texture. It was OK, but not one to order again. Both main courses were new to us. And kaju masala was a knockout. It’s a Punjabi cashew nut curry, so there’s texture from the nuts which is really nice. We usually prefer Indian dishes that don’t have a lot of sauce but this was very liquid. But it was absolutely delicious – made from tomato and onion, it was smooth and almost creamy but packed a punch from chilli. It mixed with the rice well and was perfect for scooping up with the tandoorti roti we’d also ordered. From the section of the menu featuring dishes from Gujarat and Rajasthan, there was Vegetable Jaipuri. It’s a dish with minimal sauce that clings to the mixed vegetables, which come lightly mashed together, with peas and green beans stirred through for a bit of contrast. The spicing is well rounded, with no single spice dominating– and there’s a tiny bit of background sweetness in there as well, for balance. It’s also really good. So, as on previous visits, it was a pleasant evening, with really nice food, even though service is a tad perfunctory"