NB: Last updated on 20th February 2022. This blog post was originally written during the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic and featured many restaurant meal kits, it has since been updated in 2022 to reflect restaurants that still offer ‘at home’ meal kits. Enjoy! Bring the restaurant experience to your dinner table with restaurant mealContinue reading “Local Restaurant Meal Kits for At Home Dining”
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Tapas Revolution
We were invited to review another new restaurant in Grey’s Quarter in Eldon Square. This time it was Tapas Revolution. I took along my trusty foodie friend and we settled down for a night of tapas and chat. Tapas Revolution is a relatively new ‘chain’ restaurant in the UK with seven restaurants (including the oneContinue reading “Tapas Revolution”
Meet & Treat Café
Dear readers, you’ll know by now that our love of Asian food holds no bounds so when Meet & Treat invited us along to give their menu a whirl, we were more than happy to! Read on to see how our evening went… Meet & Treat Café is just on the outskirts of Stowell Street (ChinaContinue reading “Meet & Treat Café”
La Yuan
I have not been this excited by a new restaurant in a long time. If you’re long-time readers of this blog, you’ll know that we lived in Chengdu, Sichuan in China for a year from 2013-2014, and since coming back to the Toon, we’ve badly missed the food we grew to love there. But thenContinue reading “La Yuan”
Chaophraya, intu Eldon Square
The new food court in Eldon Square has been causing quite a buzz, and it can be hard to choose which new restaurant to dine at. We were excited to be invited to the VIP night for Thai restaurant Chaophraya. One of our favourite cuisines, and with a rooftop terrace to boot, were we in forContinue reading “Chaophraya, intu Eldon Square”
House of Tides, Newcastle
Ever since House of Tides opened on the Quayside I’ve wanted to visit. Then they got a Michelin star and I was desperate to go. MrJ, knowing me so well, booked a table as a surprise for our 5 year wedding anniversary (how have we been married for that long?). I didn’t intend to blog about it,Continue reading “House of Tides, Newcastle”
5 Alternatives to Chain Restaurants in Newcastle
When confronted with choosing a place for dinner, it’s so easy to just end up at a chain restaurant – even if that wasn’t your intention! Why? They are reliable, there is usually something on the menu to please everyone, and they are everywhere. But we’re lucky in Newcastle to have lots of independent restaurantsContinue reading “5 Alternatives to Chain Restaurants in Newcastle”
Marco Pierre White Steakhouse & Grill
We’ve loved the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse at Hotel Indigo for as long as this blog has been going. In fact, they were the first restaurant to ever approach us about doing a food review. (You can read it here if you like, now that’s digging way back into the archives of 2012!) So, when theyContinue reading “Marco Pierre White Steakhouse & Grill”
Cabana
Cabana recently got in touch to invite us to try their new restaurant that has opened just next to The Gate in Newcastle. With new restaurants popping up all the time in the city centre, does this one stand out from the crowd? We were running soooooooooo late for our dinner reservation at 7pm. WeContinue reading “Cabana”
Dabbawal
We were invited for an evening of fun Indian dining at Dabbawal. This is how we got on… Before I started dating my husband, I never really ate Indian food. If I got a takeaway it would always be Chinese, and I’d never go to an Indian restaurant over an Italian restaurant. Now though, timesContinue reading “Dabbawal”
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