Restaurant Review - Ichiban Glasgow

Claire, Jo and I decided to go for something to eat in Ichiban in Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. Being fans of all things Japanese, this was Claire and Jo's wet dream, whereas I am just a big fan of all things food!

We arrived and were given a table towards the rear. The thing I don't like about this place is that you sit at benches and you can be sat next to others, so you don't get the privacy I would rather have when I eat. Once Claire and Jo had stopped talking and decided what to eat our order was taken at the third time of asking!

After we had placed our order another couple had sat down next to us. About 15 minutes later they were tucking into their food. We were still waiting. Then 5 minutes later the waitress comes up and says they have lost our order so we have to order again.

Fair do's the order came pretty quickly after that mix up, but still I'd rather not have to wait that long to get my food. Claire and I had starters. Claire had the gyu-niku maki which is grilled sirloin steak rolls filled with mushroom in sake wine and onion and soy sauce. I had the salmon teriyaki which was a char grilled salmon steak in teriyaki sauce. We were very impressed with both and the sauce on Claire's was beautiful.

For the main course Claire had gyu-don which was grilled sirloin steak and onion, served with boiled white rice, Jo had the katsu bento which was king prawn, chicken breast and scallop, deep fried in Japanese breadcrumbs, while I had Ichiban yakiudon which was noodles served with onion, green pepper, carrots, bean sprouts, spring onion, king prawn, chicken, squid, crab stick, naruto, and shitake mushroom.

We were again all impressed with the main course. It was all cooked well and couldn't be faulted. From a personal point of view I like my fish, but seafood can be a bit hit and miss. But this was nice and well cooked. It might seem like it was a load of things all put in one dish, but it wasn't a car crash of flavours.

Like I said earlier I like my privacy when eating but because we were sat next to somebody else, one of them kept trying to make conversation. Also the length of time it took for our food, nobody loses an order! These 2 things let the evening down a bit. Don't though let that detract from the quality of food, because it was very good.