24 Hours {in Glasgow}

Before we get started, let me just warn you that most of the photos in this post are food based. No surprise there really? Glasgow is my home city and it will always be my favourite. I love it when I get the chance to go home and spend a day (or 5) in the city, visiting my old haunts and catching up with old buddies. Recently, I've not had much time on my hands, but when my bestest bud invited me up to stay for a night, I jumped at the chance! Here is the photographic food porn for you to drool over...

My favourite food and beer joint in Glasgow will always be West Brewery. The Templeton building which houses it is one of the most beautiful in Glasgow (we're thinking of having our wedding reception here). The food is amazing and is pretty much based on German cuisine. Oh the sausages....! The beer is in my top five. The West 4 and the Munich Red are such sweet amber nectar! 

I sadly missed all of the Commonwealth Games, but I managed a wee catch up with Clyde ^^ :)

There are so many new burger places popping up all over the city and usually they are jam packed with queues down the street, but we managed to get into Bread Meats Bread. I had the Smokey burger with homemade pastrami and let me tell you, I think it was the best burger I've ever had. Bold statement, I know! We also ordered a side of poutine, it was good, but alas nowhere near as tasty as the Canadian original. I also got a schooner (2/3 of a pint) of their own draft beer which was amazing. Couldn't recommend this place enough!

Now we were a bit sneaky and went outside of Glasgow to our home town to get some of this ice cream. Can you guess the flavour? Can you see the orange?! Yup, Irn Bru and tablet ice cream!! Oh my days! This was so drool-worthy that I'd eat some for breakfast right now!!

 

While we were in town we also popped into a local coffee shop (Chunky Monkey). Look at those bowls of coffee. Mine had fudge syrup in it FYI. As if I hadn't consumed enough sugar, we also had this massive scone and some carrot cake! 

I couldn't think of a better way to spend 24 hours. If you're heading up to Scotland, do me a favour and skip the tourist haven of Edinburgh (or do both) and head to Glasgow for some of the best food, beer, culture, shopping and nightlife you will ever find.