Where Glasgow cooks at home: Punjabi vegetarian kitchens, Malaysian counters and the city's most interesting neighbourhood spots around Shawlands.
Julie's Kopitiam brings Malaysian hawker cooking to Glasgow's Southside, a tiny Shawlands room where the laksa and beef rendang sell out most nights.
Signature: Laksa, Beef rendang
Order: A bowl of laksa; the rendang and roti canai go fast, so order early.
Tip: Seats are few and it does not take large groups, so aim for an off-peak sitting or expect to wait.
Ranjit's Kitchen is a family-run Punjabi vegetarian counter in Glasgow's Southside, serving fresh, meat-free thalis and samosas for under a tenner.
Signature: Punjabi thali, Samosa chaat
Order: The thali of the day, whatever the family has cooked fresh that morning.
Tip: It is cash-only with a handful of tables; takeaway is the reliable option when the room is full.
Namak Mandi cooks Peshawari and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa food in Glasgow's Southside, a Norfolk Street room known for its salt-cooked namak mandi lamb.
Order: The namak mandi lamb, cooked on hot salt stones, is the dish that gives the place its name.
Tip: It is a halal, alcohol-free kitchen, so come for the food and the freshly baked naan rather than a drink.
Milk Cafe is a social-enterprise cafe on Victoria Road in Glasgow's Southside, run by refugee and migrant women serving brunch, bakes and Levantine plates.
Signature drink: Cardamom coffee
Tip: Profits support the women who cook here, so the daily specials, often home-country dishes, are worth asking about.
Grain and Grind is a small-batch coffee roaster and cafe on Battlefield Road in Glasgow's Southside, one of a homegrown chain of neighbourhood coffee shops.
Signature drink: Small-batch roasted coffee
Tip: This Battlefield branch is the original; the same roast turns up in their Strathbungo and Dennistoun cafes too.
Deanston Bakery is a neighbourhood micro-bakery in Shawlands, Glasgow, baking sourdough, viennoiserie and cakes fresh each morning on the Southside.
Tip: It is a small Southside counter that bakes daily; go before lunch while the pastry shelves are still full.
Worth the queue: Morning bun
Big Bear Bakery is a small Southside bakery on Sinclair Drive in Glasgow, turning out sourdough, celebration cakes and pastries from a tiny Battlefield shop.
Tip: It also runs a Partick outpost; both are small, so pre-order online for celebration cakes and bigger bakes.
Worth the queue: Cinnamon knots
Southside Sourdough is a Glasgow micro-bakery in Pollokshields, baking naturally leavened loaves to order for weekly collection and local delivery.
Tip: It works on pre-order rather than a walk-in shop, so order through the website ahead of collection day.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough loaf
Honeytrap Bakery is a fully vegan bakery on Skirving Street in Glasgow's Shawlands, baking cakes, doughnuts and pastries with no animal products.
Tip: Everything is vegan and the daily bake rotates, so check their social feeds to see what is baking that day.
Worth the queue: Vegan doughnuts
Thomson's Coffee is Scotland's oldest coffee roaster, tracing back to 1841 in Glasgow and still roasting on the Southside for cafes across the country.
Tip: The Giffnock site is a production roastery; look for Thomson's beans and blends in cafes across Glasgow.
Sources from: Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Matthew Algie has roasted coffee in Glasgow since 1864, a Gorbals roastery and coffee school that supplies cafes and restaurants across the UK.
Tip: It is a commercial roastery, not a public cafe, but its beans pour in countless Scottish cafes and hotels.
Sources from: Colombia, Brazil, Rwanda
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Wholesale supply
Ovenbird is a small-batch speciality coffee roaster on Glasgow's Southside, roasting single-origin beans for cafes across the city and for online order.
Tip: There is no walk-in cafe at the roastery; order beans online or find Ovenbird pouring in independent Glasgow cafes.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Honduras
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Made From Grapes is a natural wine bar and shop on Nithsdale Road in Glasgow's Southside, pouring small European producers alongside sharing plates.
Signature pour: A skin-contact orange by the glass
Wine focus: Natural wine from small European producers
Food: Small plates
Tip: It doubles as a bottle shop, so take home whatever you enjoyed by the glass at the retail price.
The Big Feed is a big indoor street-food market in Govan, Glasgow, gathering the city's best food trucks and traders under one roof most weekends.
Try: Rotating food-truck traders
Tip: It runs as an events market, so check the schedule before you go; the roster of traders changes weekend to weekend.
The Big Feed is a large indoor street-food market in Govan, Glasgow, gathering the city's best food trucks and traders under one roof most weekends.
Tip: It runs as an events market, so check the schedule before you go; the roster of traders changes weekend to weekend.
The Southside Farmers Market runs on Victoria Road by Queen's Park in Glasgow, bringing Scottish growers, bakers and producers out twice a month.
Tip: Get there early for the best of the bread and cheese; the market wraps up by early afternoon.
Ranjit's Kitchen serves fresh Punjabi vegetarian thalis for under a tenner in Glasgow's Southside, one of the city's best-value plates from a family kitchen.
Try: Punjabi vegetarian thali
Tip: It is cash-only with a handful of tables; takeaway is the reliable option at busy times.
Namak Mandi cooks generous Peshawari lamb and fresh naan for well under £15 in Glasgow's Southside, big-value halal cooking in a plain Norfolk Street room.
Try: Salt-cooked namak mandi lamb
Tip: It is alcohol-free and portions are large; the salt-cooked lamb easily feeds two to share.
Julie's Kopitiam ladles cheap, brilliant Malaysian hawker food in Glasgow's Southside, where a bowl of laksa or beef rendang costs little and satisfies a lot.
Try: Laksa and rendang
Tip: Seats are few and it does not take big groups, so aim for an off-peak sitting.
Yadgar Kebab House serves cheap, generous halal Pakistani karahi and fresh tandoor naan in Glasgow's Govanhill, a Calder Street favourite since 1981.
Try: Karahi with naan
Tip: Order a shared karahi and a stack of naan; it is filling, cheap and open late.
Cafe Strange Brew is a much-loved Shawlands brunch spot in Glasgow's Southside, pairing inventive plates with serious speciality coffee near Queen's Park.
Order: The rotating brunch specials; Stornoway black pudding and crayfish bagels are regulars.
Yadgar Kebab House has cooked halal Pakistani food in Glasgow's Govanhill since 1981, a Calder Street favourite for karahi and fresh naan late into the night.
Try: Karahi and freshly baked naan
Tip: The naan comes straight from the tandoor; it stays open past midnight, later at weekends.