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.
I’m one of those few rare people who don’t like Easter Eggs and never really have so I always seem to get a small gift instead.
Foodies are easy people to buy for: they’re happiest in the kitchen and are satisfied with perusing a menu or flipping through a recipe book. However, foodies – due the amount of time they spend beside the cooker – tend to have all the vital equipment they need.
Kitchenware and crockery isn’t the smartest gift idea as they’ll likely own everything they could ever need! And, unless they’re being served something they’ve never heard of, it’s probably no use taking them out for dinner. So, if you want to nail the perfect present for your foodie friend, check out these five fantastic ideas…
After a post-work jaunt to Hop & Cleaver with the dudes I work with, I was on a mission to go back and take the husband. Thought I’d push the boat out and take him for lunch on Valentines Day. Romantic eh?
Tucked away down on the Quayside, the BBQ and brew bar now calls the old Offshore 44 building home.
Back at the end of last year, my fair old city was graced with a night time food market – The Full Moon Market – by the crew behind the Durham Street Food Project.
I am all for more things like this happening in Durham, so I will be there again with bells on and I hope to see some of you there too for tasty treats!
Hopefully we will see more from regulars Papa Ganoush, Fat Hippo and Scream Pizza.