Cookie - A year or so on

We had the pleasure last year of being one of the first customers through the doors at Cookie, on Nithsdale Road, in Strathbungo. A year on and Cookie has become a very successful, popular Southside establishment. They've won the List's newcomer or the year and been listed in their top 100 in 2010. They've started a film club, cooking club, brought WEST beer to the Southside, hosted chef wars and numerous exhibitions.

So the other weekend we decided to revisit Cookie and see how it's changed since our first visit!  On a wet and miserable night, we were pleased when we reached Cookies door and were welcomed by the new service staff. We ordered some house wine and a carafe of water and were shown to our table in the window, allowing us to appreciate the warm cosy atmosphere of the restaurant against the rain battering down outside.

The first thing we noticed were the new menus which offer more choice than before, especially for vegetarians, I opted for soup to start and the Risotto of the day, Beetroot and Goats Cheese, for my main course. Two large bowls of steaming soup arrived at our table shortly after we ordered, with thick slices of delicous homemade bread. The beetroot and goats cheese risotto and slow roasted pork were both delicious and cooked to perfection. Indulgently, to end the meal, we both ordered deserts, lemon panacotta and spicy fruit crumble. Oh my goodness they were tasty but I was already full and was bullied into ordering desert by Alburt. The bowl of steaming crumble that arrived was delicious but so huge I couldn't finish it.

Pleased to report that the service was impeccable, food was delicious, portions were huge and it was a warm friendly atmosphere on one of the dreariest nights of the year.