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Glasgow Times
a day ago
- Business
- Glasgow Times
I tried the new Glasgow Dishoom breakfast menu
The chain, inspired by the Irani cafes of old Bombay, has finally opened a stylish café in the city after several in London and a presence in Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton and Edinburgh. Headed by executive chef, Arun Tilak, it offers breakfast, lunch and dinner menus at its new restaurant in Nelson Mandela Place. READ NEXT: Opposition to plans for a Glasgow congestion charge on drivers revealed The breakfast menu is available from 8am Monday to Friday and 9am on weekends. (Image: Newsquest) Diners can choose from a range of Dishoom favourites and dishes inspired by the Bombay Irani cafes. I sampled a selection from the extensive menu, from the bacon in a naan to a spicy chicken liver plateful. READ NEXT:Cleansing night shift in Glasgow gets boost with new recruits For someone whose breakfast is simple, rarely deviating from porridge, with oat milk and a cup of black coffee, the thought of spiced food first thing was a challenge. But this is not like tucking into leftover curry and stale naan bread on a morning after the night before. Instead, it was a gentle awakening of the taste buds, making best use of spice without being overpowering. Like the sun slowly rising to reveal a bright summer day, the delicate use of herbs and spices delighted my carb and coffee-conditioned palate. The breakfast naans are a twist on the morning roll. The bacon naan roll and double-bacon naan roll are Dishoom breakfast staples. (Image: Newsquest) The wrestler's naan and the Glasgow special are both designed for the big appetites. The former, 'a wrestler-sized portion' of bacon, sausage and eggs. It is like a naan wrapped full breakfast and will keep you going for hours. The Glasgow Special has been created specifically for the newly opened restaurant. (Image: Newsquest) A Haggis Pau of specially made Dishoom pork haggis on hot buttered buns served with fried eggs and bacon rashers, honeyed chilli chutney, cream cheese and coriander leaves. It is large, full of flavours and textures, and is likely to become a favourite for Dishoom diners. But the morning stars for me were undoubtedly the more traditional Indian inspired dishes, packing protein and flavour. The Keema Per Eedu Parsi 'power breakfast' of spicy chicken keema 'studded with delicate morsels of chicken liver, topped with two runny-yolk fried eggs and homemade buns'. The Akuri, three eggs, spiced and scrambled with homemade buns and grilled tomato with chilli and coriander flavours, giving it a surprising little kick. The drink menu is plentiful, including a breakfast lassi of yogurt, banana, mango and oats, and an abundance of different chai and coffees. I had the Haldi Doodh, a comforting glass of turmeric, black pepper, jaggery and frothed milk, which I just knew was doing my body some good. Breakfast prices range from £8.70 for the date and banana porridge, to £17.50 for the keema per edu. Dishoom naan rolls cost between £10.50 and £14.70. Dishoom has a legion of fans across the UK, everywhere it has opened and after this visit, I am starting to see why. It may not be the cheapest breakfast in Glasgow but for a morning treat, you will not be disappointed. Difficult to find fault with this new addition to the city. Five stars. Opening times are Monday-Thursday, 8am to 11pm, Friday, 8am to midnight, Saturday 9am to midnight and Sunday, 9am -to 11pm More details can be found at
The National
4 days ago
- Politics
- The National
BBC Scotland slammed for ‘farcical' Debate Night impartiality ruling
The BBC hosted a 'Glasgow Special' episode of the show on the night of June 4 – a day before voters were set to go to the polls for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. The panel show featured the SNP's Glasgow Council leader Susan Aitken, Scottish Tory MSP Annie Wells, Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney, Labour peer Willie Haughey and artist David Eustace. An SNP source at the time told The National that Debate Night appears to have 'thrown the BBC's proposed guidance on balance out of the window' by including two Labour representatives. READ MORE: BBC Scotland breached accuracy standards with Labour peer on Debate Night This was before we subsequently revealed that Eustace also appears to be a prominent Scottish Labour supporter. The Glasgow Greens submitted a formal complaint to the BBC, highlighting that it has far more elected representatives than the Tories – for example – and branding it a 'farce'. Now, the BBC have also responded to the complaint and argued that the panel makeup didn't breach its impartiality guidelines. 'While the composition of the panel would have been inappropriate for an item governed by the BBC's election guidelines, these apply in the case of by-elections only to coverage of the by-election itself or the constituency in which it is taking place,' the organisation's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) ruled. 'The item in question was unconnected with the impending by-election, and focused on the future regeneration of Glasgow, a topic on which (as the ensuing discussion illustrated) there is a large measure of cross-party agreement.' The statement added: 'The ECU considered the composition of the panel appropriate to the circumstances and found no breach of the BBC's standards of impartiality.' (Image: Supplied) This was a point that Glasgow Greens councillor Anthony Carroll (above) still took issue with, branding the decision 'farcical'. 'Even by the BBC's standards, this was a panel that was not representative of Glasgow. The Greens came 3rd in every constituency just last year, and the 3rd largest party in the council with 11 councilors – having just won a by-election last year for our party's first time ever,' he said. "And yet the BBC think a panel of two Labour representatives and a supporter of that party is somehow representative of the city, but it's clearly not. If the BBC wants to be representative of Glasgow's politics then Green voices must be included in these debates.' The ECU did rule, however, that it has breached its standards of accuracy by not making it clear that Haughey – as well as a Labour donor – is a Labour peer. The Scottish Labour candidate, Davy Russell, ultimately won the Hamilton by-election by a little over 600 votes with the SNP's Katy Loudon coming second.
The National
4 days ago
- Politics
- The National
BBC Scotland breached standards with Labour peer on Debate Night
The BBC hosted a 'Glasgow Special' episode of the show on the night of June 4 – a day before voters were set to go to the polls for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. The panel show featured the SNP's Glasgow Council leader Susan Aitken, Scottish Tory MSP Annie Wells, artist David Eustace as well as both Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney and Labour peer Willie Haughey. But the BBC didn't disclose that Haughey is a Labour peer – instead describing him as an 'entrepreneur' on social media and a Labour donor. READ MORE: Scottish 85-year-old pens scathing letter to Keir Starmer over immigration rules He has donated over £1 million to the party between 2003 and 2010. Now, the BBC's Executive Complaints Unit has ruled that it represented a breach of the BBC's standards of accuracy. 'The ECU accepted that the programme should have made Lord Haughey's status as a Labour peer clear and agreed that not doing so represented a breach of the BBC's standards of accuracy,' it wrote. 'It noted, however, that BBC Scotland had already published a posting to that effect on the Corrections and Clarifications page of the BBC website, and considered this sufficient to resolve the issue of complaint.' But it was the makeup of the panel (below) that drew particular anger from the SNP and the Scottish Greens. (Image: BBC/Twitter) An SNP source at the time told The National that Debate Night appears to have 'thrown the BBC's proposed guidance on balance out of the window' by including two Labour representatives. This was before we subsequently revealed that Eustace also appears to be a prominent Scottish Labour supporter. The Glasgow Greens submitted a formal complaint to the BBC, highlighting that it has far more elected representatives than the Tories – for example – and branding it a 'farce'. Now, the BBC have also responded to the complaint and argued that the panel makeup didn't breach its impartiality guidelines. 'While the composition of the panel would have been inappropriate for an item governed by the BBC's election guidelines, these apply in the case of by-elections only to coverage of the by-election itself or the constituency in which it is taking place,' the ECU ruled. 'The item in question was unconnected with the impending by-election, and focused on the future regeneration of Glasgow, a topic on which (as the ensuing discussion illustrated) there is a large measure of cross-party agreement.' The statement added: 'The ECU considered the composition of the panel appropriate to the circumstances and found no breach of the BBC's standards of impartiality.'
The National
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
BBC issues correction after Debate Night 'bias' on eve of by-election
The programme, aired on June 4 – the night before the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election – was billed as a "Glasgow Special" episode. It featured the SNP's Glasgow Council leader Susan Aitken, Scottish Tory MSP Annie Wells, artist David Eustace as well as both Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney and Labour peer Willie Haughey. READ MORE: Scottish Labour drop below Alba and Greens as by-election results called The initial promotion material for the programme did not make it immediately clear that Haughey was a Labour peer, instead stating that he was an "entrepreneur". Tonight, join Debate Night for a Glasgow Special@StephenJardine will be joined by @SusaninLangside, @AnnieWellsMSP, @PaulJSweeney, Lord Willie Haughey, and David Eustace June 4th at 9pm on @BBCScotland, 10:40pm on @BBCOne Scotland Apply here: — BBC Debate Night (@bbcdebatenight) June 4, 2025 Further, there were no Green politicians represented on the programme, despite being the third largest party at Glasgow City Council with 11 councillors, leading the party to lodge a formal complaint accusing the BBC of "bias". The SNP also expressed anger at the decision, with a party source telling The National that Debate Night appeared to have 'thrown the BBC's proposed guidance on balance out of the window.' The by-election, which took place the following day, was won by Scottish Labour's Davy Russell with 8559 votes. The SNP's Katy Loudon came in second with 7959 votes, while Reform UK's Ross Lambie picked up 7088 votes. Now, the BBC has issued a correction on its decision to feature two Labour politicians. READ MORE: Actor Alan Cumming to receive honorary degree from University of St Andrews In a clarification published on Friday, the BBC admitted that it "could have been clearer" on Haughey's designation as a Labour peer. The full statement reads: "In featuring Lord Haughey, as part of the panel, we could have been clearer on his designation as a Labour peer. "While the programme did cite his status as a Labour donor and our social media team referenced prominently his party political affiliation in the House of Lords once the programme was live, we should have applied that approach consistently to both the pre-broadcast publicity on social media and referenced that point clearly on air. "We are happy to clarify that point."
Glasgow Times
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
'For urgent change that's needed, Green voices must be heard'
There are also home truths for the SNP who put a lot into this seat. They tried to be the anti-Reform vote but that didn't work. The immediate reaction of some in the party that they instead need to "hit the independence button" hits home just how little they have to fall back on from their record in government. Greens led a solid grassroots campaign which helped to build profile and support ahead of the Holyrood elections next year, where the proportional voting system means Green votes count more. There are some clear lessons emerging for how Greens need to approach that election. The SNP can't succeed as the anti-Reform vote because they are the political establishment in Scotland that those turning to Reform are hacked off with. It's their cuts to council budgets and their failure to replace the unfair council tax that is responsible for the decline people see in their neighbourhoods. It's their failure to build enough homes or to bring down outrageous rents that are driving the housing crisis. It's their U-turn on climate targets and lack of a proper green industrial strategy that is putting jobs and communities at risk. Greens can put forward a bold manifesto that responds to these things and more. That speaks to real issues facing people, not the bogeymen put forward by Reform. Urgency is vital. Where the SNP is cautious in the extreme, Greens must present a plan to deliver tangible change, quickly. Parties are often pressed on having a costed manifesto. That's important, but I think it's equally so to have a timed plan, not with vague and distant targets, but for real improvement, now. Greens have policies that resonate and are needed, but the biggest barrier we still face is being heard. The BBC Scotland Debate Night programme this week is a clear example of that. The show was a 'Glasgow Special' but it didn't include the Greens, despite being clearly the third political force in the city. Instead, alongside the SNP council leader Susan Aitken, viewers heard from the Tories, who have just one councillor left and are facing being wiped out in Holyrood next year, and shockingly from not one but two Labour representatives (though the show's producers neglected to make the political affiliation of the unelected Baron Haughey of Hutchesontown clear). It's perhaps not a surprise that the BBC won't platform Green voices which challenge the status quo, but it is a real shame. Green representatives are shaping the future of Glasgow, whether that's by working to end rip-off rents, by making our streets and public spaces safer, or by delivering new powers, like the Visitor Levy, which will raise tens of millions more for local services. Greens can deliver the radical and urgent change people want, but to do that Green voices must be heard.
