The Mussel Inn Blog

Mussel Inn on the Food of Love This Valentine’s Day

As the dish traditionally known as ‘the food of love’, and enjoying a reputation as a potent aphrodisiac, oysters will feature as specials at award-winning Scottish seafood restaurant Mussel Inn this Valentine’s Day. Yet, whilst chilled oysters served naturally or with shallot and red wine vinaigrette remains the most popular option on its menu, Mussel [...]

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Stir Fry Tiger Prawns

With egg noodles in a coconut and Thai green curry sauce Sunflower oil 300ml Prawn stock 16 peeled and deveined prawns 120g egg noodles 200g stir fry mix – finely sliced peppers, courgettes, carrots and sugar snap peas 2 garlic cloves, finely diced 15g finely sliced ginger 40g shitake mushrooms 30g pak choi 120ml coconut [...]

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Gingerbread Houses for Christmas

We have a tradition at Mussel Inn of making gingerbread houses at Christmas time. It’s a tradition that is mostly popular in Europe but our customers here in Scotland can’t get enough of them. We can’t tell you exactly how we build our houses but here’s our gingerbread recipe. Why not have a go yourself! [...]

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Rubbing Shoulders Art Exhibition

Mussel Inn Glasgow seafood restaurant is proud to host the Rubbing Shoulders art exhibition featuring 10 female artists who have all “rubbed shoulders” with each other at some point during their careers. The subject matter is extremely diverse and there’s plenty of interesting ideas for Christmas presents or a wee treat for yourself. The most [...]

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Moroccan Steamed Mussels with Coconut Milk

3 Whole Red chillies 3 Whole Green chillies 1 Small onion, finely chopped 1 tbsp brown mustard seeds 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 20g fresh ginger, finely chopped ½ tsp of ground cumin ¼ tsp of ground coriander ½ tsp paprika ¼ tsp tumeric ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 3 spring onions, sliced Small bunch [...]

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Pan Fried Squid

With Mediterranean salad, crispy pancetta and basil oil 500ml water 1 tbsp salt 50g basil oil 150ml olive oil 4 slices of pancetta 170g mixed salad leaves, such as radicchio, lollo roso, oak leaf and endive 80g cucumber, peeled, deseeded and sliced 50g red onion, sliced 12 oven roasted tomatoes 400g squid 150g Parmesan shavings [...]

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Laura Coventry Photography Exhibition October 2011

In a welcome return to art exhibitions at Mussel Inn Glasgow’s Gallery, Laura Coventry of Waverley Photography will be exhibiting from 6th October. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so former Daily Record journalist Laura Coventry has put down her pen and paper and picked up a camera. Instead of telling stories [...]

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Special Recipe for Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight

A special menu dish highlighting the quality of Scottish rope-grown mussels and other seafood found around our shores has been specially created by Mussel Inn restaurant in Glasgow to celebrate Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight. Matt Johansson of Mussel Inn in Hope Street, Glasgow, devised the mini seafood platter dish so as to showcase the [...]

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Mini Seafood Platter

In a rich shellfish sauce, topped with creme fraiche Olive oil 150ml dry white wine 2 sea bass fillets, cut in half 160g cubed coley fillet 400g mussels, scrubbed and beards removed 4 king scallops 12 queen scallops in the shell 12 tiger prawns peeled and deveined 300ml fish stock Half a lemon, cut into [...]

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Steamed West Coast Mussels with Blue Cheese and Bacon

2kg mussels, cleaned 80g shallots, finely chopped 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 150ml white wine 80g blue cheese, cubed 150ml double cream Pinch of salt and pepper 120g unsmoked bacon, cooked and diced 1tbsp fresh parsley, chopped Enough fresh crusty bread for 4 1. Put the mussels, shallots, garlic and white wine into a [...]

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