Nardini's, Byres Road, Glasgow

In the summer I'd had a disappointing experience at the new Nardini cafe which I mentioned in a previous posting. It had been busy and disorganised and when the assistant had finally got round to serving she'd served the next person in the queue and not me, so I'd flounced off and taken my custom elsewhere (you're spoilt for choice on the Byres Road). 
However, on Saturday night - when I had to spend three hours waiting for my daughter who had gone to see Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Oran Mor which I had been assured I'd be able to buy a ticket on the door to but discovered it had sold out, am I digressing? - I was very glad to see it's bright lights shining in the dark of the Byres Road. It has a lovely shiny Italian style interior and was doing a great trade in ice creams even at nine o'clock at night. As I looked like Jilly no mates on my own, I took a quiet table where I could read my newspaper rather than looking like some sad middle aged woman looking for company - which I most definitely was not. Ok I'm middle aged but not sad or looking for company. Am I digressing again? 

The rocky road. It was fantastic and has gone straight up to being one of my favourites so far - along with Reading Lasses in Wigtown and The Cream Puff in Denholm near Hawick. Not only was it a very generous piece but it had big chunks of biscuit, great chocolate content, marshmallows, cherries AND pistachio nuts. Of course I had it with a great cappuccino which only added to the whole experience. I was a big fan of Nardini's years ago after visiting the magnificent cafe in Largs so I'm delighted that they seem to be back on track now. 

 Doesn't that Rocky Road look amazing?