Glasgow Sweet Centre

Glasgow Sweet Centre concentrates on the sweet and savoury families of the Indian/​Pakistani snack diaspora. It’s located in Govanhill, ethnically very diverse and not the top end of the Glasgow housing market. In keeping, I wouldn’t plan on a long walk home half-​drunk after midnight through Govanhill, but otherwise it’s absolutely fine. Do not be daunted.
It satisfies Captain Commando’s rule #1 of ethnic eating: «For an ethnic restaurant to be any good, its clientele must be largely from the same ethnic background.»
So says an ‘ethnik’ married to another ‘ethnik’ with lots of ‘ethnik’ friends.
This is not a restaurant, more a shop, but the rule holds.
I go there for the lamb samosas: spicy lamb mince studded with peas, wrapped in pastry and deep fried to a golden brown deliciousness. Slather with accompanying ‘yoghurt’ and ‘red’ (read hot) sauce and consume. You can eat it on site (there is a teensy eating area) but why not take it home where you can eat it with your hands? The way it should be eaten. Mmwarrh!
The sweets are authentic, that is, very sweet. I’m an atypical ‘ethnik’: I hate Indian sweets. But, if they’re your thing, take your pick. They’ve got all the familiar favourites including ras malai and gulab jamuns.
Service is offhand and occasionally they give you back more money than you gave them but hey I’m not planning to live there.