Zhima is Glasgow’s newest fine dining Chinese restaurant

A first look at Zhima in Glasgow City Centre.

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00:00 Xima. Xima. It's a much softer Z rather than the Z in wheat. So I would maybe say Xima.

00:06 We are in Glasgow's new destination Chinese restaurant in the city centre.

00:11 Tell me a little bit about the menu. What are the standout dishes?

00:15 Standout dishes on Xima's menu have to be the dynamite shrimp to start, the drunken monkfish

00:23 if you are a seafood lover. Okay.

00:25 If you're not, I would definitely recommend the fillet steak Cantonese style.

00:29 Focus on Sichuan and Wuhan regions but yeah there is a broad geographical spread from across China

00:36 and a lot of British influence in there or British Chinese influence would perhaps be better to say

00:40 as Chinese food has moved on in Britain since Chinese restaurants first opened here in the

00:48 70s and 80s. The environment you are in should be as high standard as the food you're eating

00:53 and just as stylish as Chef Saurav's progressive Chinese menu.

00:58 Yeah. You've worked in the city centre for quite a while. What can you tell me about

01:02 this kind of part of town? There's quite a few restaurants on this street even.

01:06 It's become a bit of a restaurant strip from the anchor line closest to George Square and then

01:12 working up and there's plenty of different cuisine options. There are plenty of different

01:19 styles as well. Xima is a little higher class without being snobby whereas if you're looking

01:27 for a more casual option there's plenty of choices here as well on St Vincent Street. It definitely

01:31 has become a sort of mini restaurant quarter for Glasgow over the last decade. You've got a lovely

01:35 big bar through there Jack. Do you think people will come in here for a wee cocktail in a small

01:40 place? We hope so. We hope so. Yeah fantastic bar area. I think it's five bar shelves. They go

01:46 right to the ceiling which is about six metres up. We have a classic list of cocktails, a signature

01:52 list and some mocktails as well. As far as the classics go if there's not something on there

01:57 that someone would like we're happy to accommodate.