After a rather laborious hunt around Glasgow for good APF Mexican food, we feel rather pleased with our latest discovery...
On Glasgow's Great Western Road, Squid & Whale is completely unassuming from the outside (it looks more like a dimly lit cafe) but when you make it inside, you see people littered around the bar, wooden tables and dj decks! As with many of Glasgow's venues, music is the anchor. As a bonus, it looks like Frida Kahlo did the decorating, and when you come to choose your tipple you'll have a serious case of choice anxiety: there are more than 50 beers and ciders on offer, and a particular specialisation in American craft lagers. If you are going for dinner, make sure you book!
There are clearly marked vegan options - go for the massive bowl of guacamole and tortilla chips, but share these, (and we never encourage sharing, but trust us, you'll need room for the main course!)
On Glasgow's Great Western Road, Squid & Whale is completely unassuming from the outside (it looks more like a dimly lit cafe) but when you make it inside, you see people littered around the bar, wooden tables and dj decks! As with many of Glasgow's venues, music is the anchor. As a bonus, it looks like Frida Kahlo did the decorating, and when you come to choose your tipple you'll have a serious case of choice anxiety: there are more than 50 beers and ciders on offer, and a particular specialisation in American craft lagers. If you are going for dinner, make sure you book!
There are clearly marked vegan options - go for the massive bowl of guacamole and tortilla chips, but share these, (and we never encourage sharing, but trust us, you'll need room for the main course!)
The vegan meals use a gorgeously flavoured seitan base (the Japanese term for what is essentially 'wheat meat' or 'gluten meat'). Seitan is made by washing the starch from wheat flour and then flavouring, and cooking, the mass that is left. For tofu-overexposed vegans, seitan makes a welcome break from soybean-based products, it really fills you up and it has that chewy, moreish texture that vegans crave but have generally chosen to sacrifice when going 'APF'.
There's a big 'grill plate' that could be shared between two people easily or tacos and fries. However, it's the burrito here that has got us, hook, line and sinker! It is bulging with guacamole, rice, salad and that all important seitan.
Wash it down with something strong from their extensive (and vegan-approved by the Gods at Barnivore) list and you've got yourself an amazing time - you'll be so happy with your meal, it won't matter if your date sucks!
Buen provecho!
Wash it down with something strong from their extensive (and vegan-approved by the Gods at Barnivore) list and you've got yourself an amazing time - you'll be so happy with your meal, it won't matter if your date sucks!
Buen provecho!
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