Sandy Browning grew up in Edinburgh and first joined the Scoop Restaurants Group family at Ox and Finch in 2015. Sandy is passionate about the food and cooking of South East Asia, and in 2018 he spent time working, travelling and doing lots of eating around Thailand. He worked a stage in the world renowned Nahm in Bangkok and spent time training at a respected professional cook school in Chiang Mai.
About Ka Pao Glasgow
Influenced by the cooking of Southeast Asia, Ka Pao Glasgow is located in the heart of Glasgow’s West End in the sprawling basement of the iconic, Category A-listed Botanic Gardens Garage, just off Byres Road. The name Ka Pao derives from the Thai word for Holy Basil, and a passion for the techniques and flavours of southeast Asian cooking is central to Ka Pao’s style, with a regularly-changing menu that honours the team’s time living and travelling throughout the region.
The kitchen team is led by Executive Chef Sandy Browning who has been at Ka Pao’s helm since its inception as a pop-up residency in Glasgow’s SWG3, and Head Chef Ashley Bennett who, a core member of Ka Pao’s senior team since doors opened.
The menu unites the very best of UK produce with ingredients, flavour combinations and cooking techniques gleaned from the team’s travels and experiences working in Northern Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as from sampling the uniquely knit Asian influences found in Australia’s modern cuisine. Signature dishes include corn ribs with salted coconut, shrimp and lime; Ka Pao’s own recipe grilled pork and bone marrow sausage; and best-selling fried chicken, fish sauce caramel and pickled banana chillies.
About Scoop Restaurants
Scoop Restaurants began with the opening of Ox and Finch in Glasgow’s popular Kelvingrove in May 2014 by chefs Jonathan MacDonald and Daniel Spurr. Soon becoming a neighbourhood favourite, the restaurant was awarded the Michelin Guide’s coveted Bib Gourmand within 6 months of opening and has retained the award every year since. In 2020, following a successful residency at SWG3’s Acid bar, Ka Pao opened in the sprawling basement of the iconic, Category A-listed Botanic Gardens Garage located off Byres Road, in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. The restaurant was also awarded a Bib Gourmand in 2022, and the years following.