See Woo, The Point, 29 Saracen Street, Glasgow, 0845 078 8818
Style: Family restaurant
Food: Authentic
Price: £15 for two courses
Wheelchair access: Yes

Setting foot in a Chinese supermarket is a real adventure, an incursion into a weird and wonderful world populated by strange creatures and ingredients you never even knew existed - tinned grass, anyone? See Woo has the wonder factor on a massive scale - this is one of Britain's largest Asian supermarkets and cruising the newly-opened aisles is a must-do if you're a foodie or if you're simply after good ingredients for a curry, a chow mein or a laksa.

If you can't be bothered cooking, however, you can just nip next door for a meal. Here again, superlatives are in order - the restaurant can hold 500 diners. This might sound off-putting, but the huge room feels more like a ballroom than a cattle mart. One side is taken over by the fascinating kitchens, into which you can peer through glass panels to witness the ballet of chefs attending to the mountain of fresh ingredients. There are also huge tanks filled with lobster and langoustines.

When we visit, there are around 350 Chinese people and only about six couples representing the rest of the world. A visit here is a culinary high as much it is a cultural experience. The Chinese families have come with at least three generations, with plenty of small children running around and enjoying their food - something you don't see enough of in Scotland, where going out with the wee ones is considered to be a real treat.

It has taken us ages to choose from the massive menu, which is dominated by fish and seafood dishes. Unusually, the chefs come from mainland China as opposed to Hong Kong, as is the norm, and this is reflected in the menu.

There are all the usual staples of Chinese cooking such as fried rice and beef in oyster sauce, as well as dishes we're not used to seeing very often, such as pages of courses using abalone, a kind of shellfish. We start with some dim sum, which are perfectly steamed and full of flavour - there are pork, prawn and even shark-fin dumplings. What follows would feed at least six people. We've chosen a main course each, but from what I can see from the neighbouring tables, it's not the done thing. The idea is to share a selection of dishes, and not to keep everything to yourself.

I am served a dish of fluffy steamed rice topped with slices of roast duck and roast pork. The duck is nicely cooked and the marinade is beautifully sticky and tasty. As for the pork, it is coated in a lovely crispy topping. I can't quite decide what it is, but it works. Perfectly steamed spring greens accompany the dish. My husband has opted for noodles mixed with shredded chicken. It's moreish, too, if perhaps a little greasy. The French rose wine is the perfect accompaniment.

I can't manage a pudding, but my husband chooses a coconut ice cream, just to "cleanse his palate". That again is lovely, although puddings here don't exactly take pride of place, and most of what is on offer seems to come straight out of the freezer. But who cares? This has been a fantastic experience, like a trip into another world. And with food like this and wonderfully attentive service, it's one I'd like to take again and again.