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VIP Taste
- Telephone 0141 433 9111
- Food served Mon–Sun noon–11pm
- Typical order Lamb curry and two chapatis (£6)
- Website www.viptaste.co.uk
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This review is taken from the current (2013) edition.
You'll not want for a decent curry in Glasgow, but even by this city's high standards, VIP Taste stands out for its simple, authentic cooking. You're more likely to get 'lamb with potatoes' or 'chicken with chickpeas' than 'bhuna' or 'tikka masala' here, and at ridiculously cheap prices. Massive yoghurt-marinated legs of chicken sit alongside trays of samosas and spiced patties of lamb mince, while chapattis are made to order in front of you. Owner Abdul Rehman's main business is catering (for groups well into the hundreds) and he's provided food for various political functions over the years. A gradual refurbishment process has just finished in the kitchen and is working its way towards the front of house, but until then, anyone who can see beyond the spartan interior and who has had enough of kormas and jalfrezis might want to try this place.
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KP Badger – 4 Jul 2010, 12:29pm
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a little 'bleak and scruffy' perhaps compared to a true restaurant, but pretty flash in its league of govanhill diners! Rustic charm maybe?
Also im sure that if you were able to converse in Punjabi rather than English you would get a fuller description of the dishes of the day - i have always found the service to be informal shall we say, but impeccably friendly.
if your idea of a good curry is a sweet neon sludge with cubes of industrial chicken breast (of the type all too often served up in some of the 'plush city centre' outfits ) then you will not miss anything by avoiding this place.
...However if like me you rate an eatery on the honesty and quality of its food, a genuine welcome, and dont mind the odd windpipe adding flavour to the gravy - then you will agree that this place is truly a King among men.
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