New Manor Garden

Probably one of the nicest Chinese restaurants I’ve been too — great for a quiet Chinese meal with your missus. Very nice inside, it’s good if you fancy a Chinese with your girlfriend. If you like satay, they will bring it to your table still sizzling.

One day, my brother, his wife and I decided to go on an adventure. We got in our car, put on our seatbelts and drive down a country road that wound its way through the woods. After a few wrong turns, some foul language and a severe dent in my sister in law’s driving confidence, we arrived at our destination. Baljaffray.
Baljaffry is perhaps not the most exciting destination for an adventure. The area plonked inbetween Bearsden and, er, some fields and generally considered the middle of nowhere by all reasonable people, does not seem to have much to offer bar housing estates. But a friend of my brother insisted Baljaffray was home to a quality Chinese restaurant that had to be visited called the New Manor Garden.
Hidden in the middle of a dingy row of shops which included a Farmfoods, a private taxi firm and a chippy, I fully expected to find a cockroach in my chow mein. But appearances can be deceptive (after all, who would have thought that nice Tiger Woods would have turned up to be such a cad?) so we decided to venture inside.
When the front door opened to reveal smiling staff and a bright and airy classically designed restaurant packed with full tables, I immediately discarded my first impression. I ordered a Tiger beer from the attentive waiter (New Manor Garden stock a range of bottled beers including Tsing Tao) then tucked into, hand on heard, the best Singapore Noodles I have tasted in Glasgow. My brother and sister in law, who ordered a range of meat based dishes, went one better and declared theirs it to be the best Chinese meal they have had in Glasgow (and believe me, this couple have had a lot of Chinese meals).
My only complaint is the lack of vegetarian dishes on the menu but I would be happy to alternate between the mouth watering Singapore noodles and the almost as delicious vegetable curry which I tried on my second visit.
The New Manor Garden also offer take away but you may have to pick up in person on a Friday and Saturday.
Worth the trip to the sticks after all.