Unsung Kitchen Hero: The Tomato

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We are always talking about how awesome our Scottish beef is but there’s one unsung kitchen hero that deserves a mention; our red friend, the humble tomato.

As January comes to a close lets spare a little thought for a truly constant member of our culinary team who soldiers out dish after dish. The tomato is like a chameleon in our kitchen complementing whatever ingredient chef throws at him!

Grilled and shiny; sweet and tasty, ‘the tomato’ doesn’t want for much except that you cover him in sauce and savour the contrast of flavours as you devour yet another piece of expertly-selected, lovingly-cooked Scottish beef at The Butchershop.

Take a bow Mr Tomato, we heart you!

Always in our thoughts,

The Butchershop Team

Burger Vs Steak Frites Tuesday

Posted on January 3, 2013 by The Butcher

We’re kicking off 2013 with an awesome twist! We brought you the original Steak Frites Tuesday and NOW it has a contender…

Instead of just steaks you can choose between two house Butchershop burgers on brioche buns, two Scottish dry aged rump steaks or mix them up with our all new Burger vs Steak Frites Tuesday! Your choice of two burgers or steaks are served with skinny fries and a bottle of house white or red wine for £30 per couple. Available from 12pm -10pm every Tuesday.

What will you choose? Are you a burger OR are you a steak? Tuesday’s just got more awesome!!

Butchershop Secret Tip: Sign up to our Butcherclub newsletter for our January customer loyalty which is only available to our members . It’s a lip-smackingly good secret.. Ssssh!

Scottish Beef Love

Posted on July 12, 2012 by The Butcher

Food. Who doesn’t love it? One man that truly hearts it is Glasgow-based Alfred from http://alfredfoodography.com. A passionate food photographer, Alfred is highly skilled and makes us drool at his offerings.

He is also a dab hand at blogging and recently took the time to come down and review us. We’re happy to say that we made it to his favourites list thanks to our premium Scottish beef and our talented chefs. This is what he said:

This blog endorses The Butchershop Bar and Grill as the best place for Steak in the West end of Glasgow and maybe even Glasgow itself – Alfred Foodography

Thanks Alfred. We heart you too!

Have a look at his picture below of our 35 day dry aged signature house cut steak and also over on his blog to see why he thinks we’re cream of the crop for Scottish beef in Glasgow. We have to say that it is a might fine photo. And for those that haven’t tried a steak with a marrow top, it’s delicious. Come back soon Alfred!

The Butcher brings home the beef

Posted on June 14, 2012 by The Butcher

Here at the Butchershop we are beaming with pride for our senior sous chef, Paul O’Malley, who has only and went and reached the semi final stages of The Craft Guild of Chefs’ National Chef of the Year 2012 competition.

Paul – also known as ‘the butcher’ – is one of 40 chefs fighting it out at London’s Westminster Kingsway College this month and is flying the flag for Glasgow as the only steakhouse chef in the running – which is a badge of honour in itself!

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Summer Alfresco Dining

Posted on May 24, 2012 by The Butcher

With the summer heatwave beaming down upon our seated decking area, today may well be the perfect day to serve up this week’s delicious sun-infused specials.

As usual our chefs have been getting creative in the kitchen, preparing a refreshing sweet tomato and roasted red pepper gazpacho – the perfect Spanish cool down dish. As we’re sweltering in this beautiful weather it would be rude to indulge, no?

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Burger beast and chicken feast

Posted on May 11, 2012 by The Butcher

It may be pouring from the heavens outside and probably the rest of of May but we have some spring summer specials that taste tramazing and we’ll be sharing them with our customers – you guys – this weekend.

In the words of a recent review from James Vs Burger our special edition fillet steak burger with homemade minced fillet beef patty, iceberg lettuce, fresh tomato, pan-seared foie gras, slow cooked short ribs, truffle mayonnaise, and gruyere cheese on a toasted brioche bun was, and we quote:

“…without a doubt the best burger we’ve ever had – not just in Scotland, but anywhere in the world”

Wow! Read this awesome review on our burger (thanks James) from the man who is passionate about eating his way across Scotland and a hell of a lotta burgers. We salute you James Lees! P.S. Glad you love our burger as much as we do!

And if you’d like to try this burger beast, it will be available tonight, albeit limited as we only have a small amount of the perfect brioche bun and all day Saturday once our baker delivers (from 12 noon).

We’ll also have a free range chicken roast feast for two from Robert Morris’ St Brides chicken farm in Strathaven. Carved at your table the slow grown grain fed chicken crown is so flavoursome, and will be served with creamy pomme mousseline, crispy haggis cake, spring vegetables and gravy from tonight.

*Please book in advance to secure your table.

Spring special: Spanish Ibérico black pigs’ cheek

Posted on April 23, 2012 by The Butcher

Our chefs have been creating wonders in the kitchen and this southern Spanish spring dish is no exception. Served over the weekend it got some pretty outstanding reviews from our customers and we thought we would share.

Spanish Ibérico ham is known as the best in the world as the pigs are acorn fed and the meat is of incredible quality. Continue reading →