As it is officially Afternoon Tea Week, I thought I’d share with you a new twist on the standard offering from The Vermont Hotel. The Gentleman’s Afternoon Tea (£19.95) focuses more on the savoury side of the event and as I don’t have a sweet tooth, let me tell you, I bloody loved it.
After having a huge renovation, the stalwart boozer, The Three Horseshoes, that has been tucked away hidden beside the Nissan Factory has bounced back and is ready to put itself on the gastro pub map of the North East.
With well appointed rooms above the bar, the open plan dining area and bar is light and airy. A pleasant change to what it was. Keeping it local, they stock both Sonnet43 beers and Poetic License gin.
We hadn’t been in around 10yr so we visited to put the all new menu through its paces.
One of my favourite places to dine in Newcastle is Jesmond Dene House. Whether it is for a formal meal, light lunch or even just a coffee, it always hits the spot and the service is second to none.
The grand hotel has increased its dining options by recently introducing a fixed price early evening special menu with an incredibly reasonable 2 courses for £20.50 and 3 for £24.50 5pm – 7pm.
Recently, we were very kindly invited along to try Fusion at Ramside Hall’s spin on an afternoon tea – Asian style with the Asian Afternoon Tea.
With promises of a more savoury side to the afternoon tea, I was all excited – Insider secret, I don’t really like cake!
We love Mexican food but it is really one of those cuisines that is woefully under represented in the area. In Durham we have 2 restaurants. 1 independent, 1 chain, 1 better than the other. With that in mind, we took ourselves off to Chiquito to sample what their fresh new menu had on offer.
On a gloriously sunny Saturday we had the rare British dilemma of sitting outside to dine or sitting inside – inside won but for those warmer summer days, there are seats outside on the terrace.