Crunchy noodlesChinese bhel
Chinese bhel
£6 Vegetarian Vegetarian
From the wok
Indo-Chinese foodin Glasgow.
Nukkad Café serves Indo-Chinese food in Glasgow’s Merchant City: chilli chicken, Gobhi Manchurian, Hakka noodles and chilli paneer, wok-fired to order at 51 Bell Street. It’s the garlicky, soy-glazed, chilli-hot cooking that grew out of Kolkata’s Chinese community and became a favourite across India.
10wok dishes8vegetarian£6plates fromFreshto order
A short history
What is Indo-Chinese food?
Indo-Chinese is Chinese cooking as India fell in love with it. It took shape in Kolkata, where a Chinese community, many of them Hakka, adapted their recipes to Indian tastes and Indian spice: more garlic, ginger and green chilli, sauces built on soy and vinegar, and dishes designed to be shared.
Some of its best-known dishes are younger than you might think. Chef Nelson Wang, born in Kolkata of Hakka descent, created Chicken Manchurian at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai in 1975, and the vegetarian Gobi Manchurian soon followed. Today you’ll find these dishes everywhere from Mumbai street carts to Bell Street. For the longer version, read the full story of Indo-Chinese food and Manchurian explained.
Kolkata
The Hakka kitchens
Chinese cooks meet Indian spice, and a new cuisine is born.
1975
Manchurian arrives
Nelson Wang improvises Chicken Manchurian in Mumbai; Gobi Manchurian follows.
Today
51 Bell Street, Glasgow
The same fierce-wok cooking, in Merchant City.
Sources: Wikipedia, “Nelson Wang” · Wikipedia, “Manchurian (dish)”
On the menu
See the full menu Our wok dishes.
Fiery dragon sauceDragon chicken lollipop
Dragon chicken lollipop
£9 Chicken or prawn Chicken or prawn
Indo-Chinese classicChilli chicken
Chilli chicken
£12.50 Chicken or prawn Chicken or prawn
Golden fried paneerChilli paneer
Chilli paneer
£10.50 Vegetarian Vegetarian
Chilli baby corn
£7 Vegetarian Vegetarian
Crispy vegetable dumplingsVeg Manchurian
Veg Manchurian
£11 Vegetarian Vegetarian
Gobhi Manchurian
£7 Vegetarian Vegetarian
Hakka noodles
£12 Vegetarian Vegetarian
Garlic butter, chilli heatChilli garlic butter noodles
Chilli garlic butter noodles
£10 Vegetarian Vegetarian
Smoky, wok-tossedFried rice
Fried rice
£7 Vegetarian Vegetarian
8 of these 10 dishes are vegetarian. See all our vegetarian dishes.
Two to know
Hakka noodles and Chinese bhel.
Hakka noodles £12
Our Hakka noodles are wok-tossed with vegetables, sauces and bold Indo-Chinese flavours, and they’re vegetarian as they come. Add egg £1 · chicken £2 · Schezwan sauce £1. Order them alongside a chilli or Manchurian dish to share.
Chinese bhel £6
Chinese bhel is crunchy noodles tossed with vegetables, sauces, herbs and Indo-Chinese spice: crisp, tangy and made for sharing. It’s vegetarian, and a good plate to start the table with.
Know your sauces
Four flavours of the wok.
Chilli
Peppers, onions and spicy Indo-Chinese sauces, tossed hard and fast.
Chilli chicken · paneer · baby cornManchurian
A rich, savoury, thick gravy that clings to every crispy piece.
Gobhi · Veg ManchurianDragon
Fiery and glossy, loaded with garlic and chillies.
Dragon chicken lollipopSchezwan
The red chilli-garlic sauce India adores. Add it to noodles or rice.
Add-on for Hakka noodles · fried riceFrom our guests
“Authentic Indo-Chinese.”
“We tried the chicken lollipop and veg fried rice, and both were delicious with an authentic Indo-Chinese flavour.”
Sneha K.Google review“The food flavour was excellent and brought back the memories of Indo-Chinese street food from India.”
Akshay H.Google reviewQuestions
Indo-Chinese, answered.
Do you deliver?
Yes, through Deliveroo across Glasgow city centre.
What is Indo-Chinese food?
Chinese cooking adapted to Indian tastes, first in Kolkata’s Chinese community and now loved all over India. Expect garlic, ginger, green chilli, soy and vinegar, cooked fast over a very hot wok.
Is Indo-Chinese food spicy?
Many wok dishes carry real chilli heat, especially the chilli and dragon dishes and anything with Schezwan sauce. Ask your server for the milder options.
Which Indo-Chinese dishes are vegetarian?
Chilli paneer, chilli baby corn, Gobhi Manchurian, Veg Manchurian, Hakka noodles, chilli garlic butter noodles, fried rice and Chinese bhel are all vegetarian.
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