Where to Eat in the Toon and Beyond
It’s always nice to return to a restaurant you’d visited when it launched to see it is still holding its own in the competitive foodie scene of the Toon. I first ate at Turtle Bay at a special blogger event…
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Trust the weather to misbehave when a Bank Holiday weekend was looming! Glorious sunshine all week when folks were in work and couldn’t snatch more than 30 minutes with a Calippo and then the heavens opened on the Saturday. Torrential…
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It may seem odd that a vegan, on occasion, posts about really ‘meaty’ places to visit. Many may remember that not all of the Canny Food family are vegetarian, let alone vegan. The Teen is adamant now that he wants…
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The more I blog about food in the region the more interested I’ve become in trends, in cookery and about the thriving local scene we have here in the North East. We now have two Michelin star restaurants and some…
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For a while I’ve bemoaned the lack of neighbourhood restaurants in my area. They’ve been popping up in places like Sandyford and Heaton – Harissa Kitchen rather than Dixy Chicken – while where we live in Gateshead there’s a plethora of kebab…
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Dining out in areas that are unfamiliar to us is daunting. Travelling north to Alnwick during my mother’s recent visit from ‘darn sarf’ threw up the issue of where we could enjoy an evening meal that could accommodate us all….
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We’re very happy to have welcomed my Mum and sister ‘up North’ from the Isle of Wight. It’s not very often we see each other ao took the opportunity for a dinner together – without Dinky – to catch up on…
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We all know that there are some fantastically good places to eat as a person with dietary requirements and some not-so-good. It can be a bit of a minefield, especially if you’re dining out with someone who can just eat…
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Visiting the Big Smoke is something that anyone with dietary requirements like ours should jump at the chance to do. While my home city of Newcastle has more choice as a vegan diner than I originally anticipated, London – in…
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The South Causey Inn, located not far from Beamish in County Durham, is a real local gem. I have written a few posts already about their food but never had the pleasure of staying over. We recently took part in…
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