Glasgow’s best noodles

Find some of the city’s most authentic Thai In addition to eat-in, they offer a takeaway and delivery service. And the brand’s Pad Thai was named among Deliveroo’s favourite dishes — scooping second place on the final UK list and even sixth in the world’s top 100. So this makes the eatery’s flat noodles (served with either prawns, chicken, or beef and peanuts, egg, nam pla, palm sugar, tamarind, chilli, bean sprouts and spring onion).

Already tried the mighty Ting Thai Pad Thai? Try the Khao Sawy (crispy fried egg noodles with seafood, chicken, beef or tofu, massaman curry broth and ajard sauce), or some Nua Tom Ting Thai (fragrant beef noodle broth with exotic herbs and spices). You’ll be earning rewards every time you book a table here, so it pays to eat out in Glasgow.

When even the logo has noodles in it, you know you’re in the right place. Come here on a sunny day and sit on the cobbles of trendy Ashton Lane, as you watch the passers-by and soak up the ambience of one of the most atmospheric parts of town (it gets busy so do book your spot ahead).

Ramen is the most popular food in Japan, a soupy noodly delicacy with lots of gut-friendly ingredients like seaweed, broth and miso, so you’ll be nourishing your body and mind with a bowl of the good stuff here — it’s all made-to-order. And due to its popularity, the brand has expanded to a second location in Finnieston. They’ve gone for a Yōkochō late night eating and drinking alley vibe with this venue, so it’s the nearest thing you’ll get to the back streets of Tokyo, this side of the Pacific.

This is fast food with finesse, attracting the attention of foodies from far and wide. It’s found on Sauchiehall Street, a thoroughfare experiencing somewhat of a culinary revival with eateries popping up to challenge the proliferation of late-night takeaway-type places that have traditionally held the fort in this clubby area. Nanakasu has a Japanese street food cafe feel, with meal sets like yasai chilli noodles with yasai chahan and yasai sushi. It has a wide range of udon (the larger, chewier type of noodle common in Japanese fare); teppan fried, curried in soup and marinated in ginger.

Long before we were falling over ourselves for street food, we were sitting down to banquets in Chinese restaurants. So, if you want to enjoy noodles as we have for decades, pay a visit to this Cantonese restaurant. Order chicken noodle broth, chow mein (special, mixed veg, chicken or beef) or Singapore rice noodles (curried vermicelli rice noodles with vegetables, beaten eggs, and huge king prawns) from the a la carte.

Alternatively, treat you and yours to one of the set menus, where the mains come with an array of fresh-from-the-wok noodles. With three decades of heritage, this family-owned establishment sure knows how to cook up a feast. And if you’re a fan of the Open Goal podcast, you’ll recognise the Amber Regent as the backdrop for some of their episodes.

Proving noodles don’t have to be served hot is the Hanoi Bike Shop, offering a side salad of vermicelli noodles and carrot. A couple of minutes walk from Ramen Dayo, also on a cobbled lane, is this Instagrammable Vietnamese cafe.

The food here is ethical and super fresh, with some very healthy options, such as a pho bowl packed with glassy or flat noodles, pak choi, shredded cabbage, chopped spring onion, sliced chilli, lime and egg (this is just an example of ingredients, there are lots of pho to choose from, including vegan and build your own varieties).  And if you’re really into your noodles, you can request your pho with extra. If you just can’t decide, why not leave it to the staff to bring you a surprise selection of dishes — just be sure to ask for noodles in the mix.