121212 - Gamba, Seafood Restaurant in Glasgow

One two, one two, one two, one two.... am I doing an exercise? No way, not especially I got so much food at home at the moment. Is this a code? No.

Apparently at least five newborns have come into this world this year on once a century good luck date of 12.12.12 at 12:12!  In the meantime my husband was born xx numbers of years ago on 12.12 so to celebrate his birthday, we went to Gamba (http://www.gamba.co.uk), seafood restaurant in Glasgow on 12th December.

Emily and I checked their menu online and found an excellent deal of Winter Menu that comes with 3 courses and a glass of Prosecco for £20 each.

For starters, Maria had a bowl of parsnip, honey and cumin soup with creme fraiche, Emily had prawn and pear cocktail with chilli jam and lime while my husband and I had Gamba fish soup with stem ginger, Portland crabmeat and coriander. The fish soup was so excellent that you just want to keep going back to the restaurant to order another bowl! For information, if you order this soup from A La Carte Menu, the soup comes with prawn dumplings.

Parsnip, honey & cumin soup with creme fraiche

Gamba fish soup with stem ginger, Portland crabmeat and coriander

Prawn and pear with chilli jam and lime

We then moved on to the main courses. Emily and I had Baked grey sole with smoked haddock, leeks, garden peas, scallop cream and chives, my husband had line caught seabass with Caesar salad, crayfish tails and capers and Maria had crisp fried salmon, garlic olive oil and sweet soy with fragrant rice.

Seabass with Caesar salad, crayfish tails and capers

Baked grey sole with smoked haddock, leeks, garden peas, scallop cream  and chives

Crisp fried salmon, garlic olive oil, sweet soy with fragrant rice

All these dishes taste exactly what they look - very delicious indeed ... in fact the photographs would not do justice as they were much much tastier than they look.
Alas, halfway through the main course both Emily and I were defeated by the volume of dish and grudgingly had to give up but grey sole and haddock was so delicious, we really wish we could go back right now to finish the rest if we could....

It's funny how we always manage to create extra space for dessert no matter how much we are full. Three of us ordered Honeycomb ice cream with chocolate sauce and Maria ordered Christmas pudding creme brûlée.

Honeycomb ice cream with warm chocolate sauce

Creme brûlée with Christmas pudding inside

We then finish the courses with teas and coffees that came with home made tablets. Yummy...

The food was delicious, good price for excellent quality of food and attentive customer service. Overall it was a lovely evening with lovely food and lovely company (of course!) to celebrate my husband's birthday on 12/12.

In case you are wondering, I have checked my husband's birth certificate to find out what time he was born. It was not at 12.12. It was not even close but at 20.10pm.

Having eaten all those food, I think I would need to go on a treadmill and go 'one, two, one, two' but I will wait till after the New Year.

Hope you all have had a lovely year 2012 and wish year 2013 will bring a lot of happiness and good health to you.  That's all forks!