Pastaval! My friends Mark and Emma have been organising a festival of macaroni cheese appreciation called Pastaval for a number of years. Focussed around Glasgow’s southside, a range of local eateries compete for the coveted trophy sponsored by macaroni cheese specialists McIntosh of Strathmore.Mr Macaroni With Mr Macaroni himself in attendance, this looked likely to …

Rose & Grants After a day of boozing in Glasgow, followed by a fitful sleep in a chic hotel cupboard, I wasn’t sure what to do for breakfast. I did some wandering and soon alighted upon Rose & Grants on Trongate.Breakfast My initial interest had been piqued by reference to a macaro-nae-cheese pie on one …

It had been a while since I’d popped down Easter Road, and was sad to see that the Ivy Leaf Café Bistro had ceased trading. A few doors down, a new branch of Bayne’s, the popular bakery chain, had opened, so I decided to investigate.Exterior I’d visited one of their branches in Stirling, previously, and …

Today was rather sunny and warm, so when lunchtime arrived, a little later than planned, I decided to take a wee stroll and find somewhere new to try. I headed in a Leithward direction, and soon alighted upon CJ’s Takeaway, on Brunswick Street.Exterior The place is tiny and rather unassuming. There’s space for one little …

In a slight departure from our regular stuff, today I thought I’d do a little contribution on the sandwich shop lunch, a staple of those days when we don’t have somewhere lavish to dine. I have written fondly of my halcyon days in a previous office location, where daily trips to Domenico’s brightened my very …