9/5/2023 0 Comments Right on queue![]() The artisan meat board - with wild boar salami from the Cotswolds - was also delicious. ![]() The meat antipasti plank - a selection of cured meat and salami served on, yes, a plank of wood propped up with tins of tomatoes - included nice mozzarella and pecorino cheese and the only sour Keep note was pickled chillies that were absent. The food? Well, the starters were terriffic. In fact, I was so impressed I won't even mention the young lassie who, after she'd taken just three steps away from our table, paused for a second to enjoy a right good claw at her bahookie. Hamish who showed us to our table could easily have doubled as Jamie's PR man (give him a rise, Oliver!) and the army of young waiting staff seemed eager to please. In saying that, it will cost extra if you want chips with your burger - three quid for a tiny portion - so I don't think Jamie will qualify for a crisis loan from the DSS just yet. The decor is cool and funky and the prices surprisingly reasonable. well, it wouldn't be a post office without a long bloody queue. ![]() Mind you, perhaps the long line of people can also be explained by the fact Jamie's Italian is housed in the old GPO building. Sorry, but if I wanted to queue for food I'd jump in my time queue for food I'd jump in my time machine and head back to 1960s Russia. is is all the more remarkable when you think there's so much good competition in and around Glasgow city centre.įaced with anything longer than a five-minute wait, I'd personally satisfy my hunger pangs by heading briskly for Urban Brasserie, Soho, Guy's, The Chippy Doon The Lane, the recently-reviewed Elia or 101 other places and save Jamie's for another day. The queues, as I say, have been quite staggering (as you probably read recently, Jamie's closed early one night due to the simple fact they ran out of food). I quite like Jamie - although I do hate the way he calls his dad "mate" - but it's surely not just his popular TV persona that's been responsible for the daily stampede to his first ever Scottish outlet? Well, come on, when was the last time your Bargain Bucket at KFC was personally prepared by Colonel Sanders? Nope, I'm guessing Jamie popped up for the publicity shots on Day One before jumping on the next shuttle back down to London.Īnd that, as far as I'm concerned, is pukka. Judging by the long queues that have formed outside this new restaurant since it opened a couple of months back, I reckon everyone on the planet must have paid a visit to Jamie's Italian in GlasgowĮveryone, of course, except Jamie Oliver! Okay, that's not strictly true but I hope the punters snaked around George Square don't think it's the main man cooking lunch.
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