Kochchi
Glasgow, United Kingdom
The read// why locals go
Kochchi cooks Sri Lankan food on Ruthven Lane, the quiet cobbled turning off Byres Road, with the heat left in. The kitchen builds around kotthu — flatbread shredded on the griddle with curry until it becomes a meal of its own — alongside devilled dishes wok-seared in a sweet-heat sauce, short rib and chicken curries, and the island's short eats. It is one food culture done properly rather than a pan-Asian survey, which is what separates it from the West End's crowd of fusion rooms. Vegetarian eaters are looked after. Mains sit around the mid-teens, there is a sister room in Edinburgh, and the West End address stays small enough to feel like a find.
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Ruthven Lane 8, G12 9BG — Glasgow
The read// why locals go
Kochchi cooks Sri Lankan food on Ruthven Lane, the quiet cobbled turning off Byres Road, with the heat left in. The kitchen builds around kotthu — flatbread shredded on the griddle with curry until it becomes a meal of its own — alongside devilled dishes wok-seared in a sweet-heat sauce, short rib and chicken curries, and the island's short eats. It is one food culture done properly rather than a pan-Asian survey, which is what separates it from the West End's crowd of fusion rooms. Vegetarian eaters are looked after. Mains sit around the mid-teens, there is a sister room in Edinburgh, and the West End address stays small enough to feel like a find.
