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At the weekend I took some West End friends along to Alison Street in Govan Hill to show them all the amazing ethnic fabric, food and sweet stores. Sadly we went on a Sunday and a lot of shops were shut and the street was a bit quieter than usual - the last time I'd been down, it had been mobbed, with loads of people standing on street corners talking and woman dressed in amazing coloured fabrics. Its a great bit of town and I think the city should probably do more to promote and support it as a little community within the rest of the city - in the way that places like Toronto have mini celebratory festivals in each of their communities - Chinatown, little Italy, little Greece etc.

We set off for the Glasgow Sweet Centre - which I have walked past loads of times and always meant to go in. This time we did - the inside of the shop smelled amazing with the sweet sticky smells of sweet manufacture wafting through from the back.

We asked for a selection of sweets to feed four people and were given a lovely little box with 9 different kinds. We should have asked what each was called and what was actually in them - but we didn't so if anyone can offer any advice them let us know. Nearly all were delicious though no-one liked the white one in the top row and I wasn't a fan of the light brown two at the top right. My favourite was the little doughy brown one which would taste amazing slightly warmed up with some Ice-cream - mmmm.

After the unhealthiness of all the cakes we wandered through some of the fruit and veg stores, marvelling at all the different veg that we didn't recognise. The man in the shop was extremely helpful as we kept asking - "What is that?" and we went away with some nice purchases of cheap spice and curry paste. If you like Indian cooking - Alison street is the place to get your ingredients cheap, and if required in bulk, we worked out they were selling 144 chicken breasts for £58.