Wild Flours
Our undercover cafe critic rates the bakes 526 Kilmarnock Rd, Glasgow G43 2BL
Gluten is the name given to proteins in wheat and oats which help maintain its shape; it’s also something which 7% of the population can’t tolerate.
No scones for them... unless they eat one of those sad ones from the supermarket. It’s just not the same, is it?
That is until Wild Flours came along.
This gluten-free bakery has been serving the people of Glasgow’s south side since 2016. And if the queue outside when we visit on a Saturday morning is anything to go by, its popularity is both an indicator of its quality and something which NHS Scotland might want to investigate: is gluten intolerance on the rise south of the River Clyde?
Wild Flours looks more like a takeaway but they do have seating inside and out, although you might want to wait until the weather is a bit brighter over these coming months if you fancy sitting down.
Either way you’re in for a treat. Even those whose heart sinks when they hear words like gluten- or dairy-free won’t complain.
In fact, Scone Spy brought one of Wild
Flours’ lemon and poppyseed cake to a friend who declared it delicious without realising it hadn’t been made with flour.
I’d recommend picking up a pile of soft bake cookies to nibble on over a hot drink.
There was a chocolate one but be adventurous and plump for mango and cashew or hazelnut praline; for those denied bakery treats because of something like Coeliac it’s an experience verging on erotic.
Accompaniments in the form of hot drinks are from Tin Donkey coffee.
A foamy but potent flat white warms us against the encroaching winter.
Behind the counter, serving the snaking queue of Wild Flours fans, is a young team of enthusiasts happy to have a blether with you despite being rushed off their feet.
There was no jam so the delicious fruit scones had to be taken home, along with a few slices of that lemon and poppyseed cake and a bag of some of the sausage rolls cooling on the counter.
Who needs gluten anyway?