Once an icon of Newcastle city centre, the Co Op building is currently undergoing a makeover to turn it in to a hotel as well as dining venues. As a national chain, Turtle Bay brings a taste of the Caribbean to our fair city after a £800,000 investment.
In the last month or so there has been a huge burst of launches at the Qube dining area of the Intu Metrocentre in Gateshead. The latest launch of the bunch is Thaikhun.
Owned by the group behind the well renowned Chaophraya restaurants (and also named after a river in Thailand!), Thaikhun aims to bring authentic, casual Thai food to your table.
Tynemouth has fast become a bustling mecca for wine bars and chic eateries. A place to be and be seen. We made the visit to check out Buddha Lounge. An asian restaurant tucked innocuously away next door to the famous Land of Green Ginger. Blink and you’ll miss the single doorway tucked away between Allards and Davanti’s.
Mannaza Korean Restaurant has been at the top of my must-try list for a few year now but something always came up every time I tried. Was it fate? I don’t know but I have finally been!
My brother in law lives in South Korea, formerly Gwangju and now Soeul, so when he came home to visit in the summer it seemed only right to take our Korean BBQ guru to help show us the ropes.
Bit out of our stomping ground but as Paul’s Dad lives in Tynemouth, we made the trip North for a good old fashioned Sunday Roast at Barca.
Barca Art Bar & Restaurant is slap bang amongst the action in the middle of Front Street with a cosy, quirky bar downstairs and a more spacious and even quirkier dining room upstairs. With an obvious nod to the Art part of the name, the walls are lined with pieces from local artists both for display and sale.