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THE BIG
TAKEAWAY
The challenge: 100 meals from over 50 takeaways in Glasgow and Edinburgh in just two sittings.
Our reviewers get stuck in and recommend the best
Edited by: Donald Reid Photography: Stephen Robinson
T akeaways are a bit like radio stations – you tend to stick to your regular favourites, for better or worse. Occasionally you’ll surf the frequencies for something different, knowing that somewhere out there some good stuff exists, but it can feel like a bit of lottery i nding it.
It’s a useful thing to know the local takeaways you should be tuning into. You may know a few already, but what else is out there? To set about reviewing the best takeaways in town we decided to go for a Big Takeaway. One night, one central Edinburgh venue, 50 meals from 25 different operations. Then the same again in Glasgow a few nights later. We put together a team of reviewers, invited a photographer along, cracked open a few beers, got on the phone and started ordering.
The drivers came from near and far, reviewers arrived toting bags of steaming food, we tasted and compared and debated and got sticky i ngerprints over the menus. When it was all done, dusted, digested and put into the correct recycling bins we pulled together the reviews and tiplists which you’ll i nd over the next three pages. And keep in mind that this is just a taster – for fuller information on all the venues here and a few more, as well as extended reviews and full coverage of the wider restaurant scene, head ➙ to the List’s Eating & Drinking Guide online at list.co.uk