There’s a special moment which is hard to find and must be cherished – the one where the world around...
We all need to escape every so often, particularly these last few years, and in our opinion there is no...
Dean Bailey heads to Durham and Shaun Hurrell’s Barrio Comida We’ve spent quite a bit of time in Durham this summer, and while we love exploring the city and all its amazing places to eat, we’ve visited one place more than any other. Shaun Hurrell’s Barrio Comida is a real highlight...
Dean Bailey heads to Heaton for Saturday brunch at Smoke & Sear If you drop a pin anywhere on a...
Dean Bailey finds his perfect Sunday at Whitechurch, Durham What makes a perfect Sunday? Is it lying in, a nice...
My well-laid plans are in tatters. After weeks of deliberating the merits of hundreds of restaurants, the one I wanted to visit is unexpectedly closed. It’s Sunday afternoon, I’m in Newcastle, and I’m bloody hungry. I’ve passed countless restaurants, but nothing has piqued my interest. Just as I reach the...
Sarah Cook savours Hexham’s acclaimed Bouchon Bistrot, and regrets her lack of photographic record People assume it’s all glamour, this...
Dean Bailey enjoys dinner at Corbridge’s much talked-about new dining destination, Sycamore As foodie destinations go, Corbridge is a good...
Jane Pikett spends a happy afternoon at Little Lobo in Sandyford, Newcastle In a former life, I was a Mexican person of some culinary repute. I know this because I have a big burrito habit, an obsession with tortilla chips which is endangering my coronary health, and a love for...
Dean Bailey charts a course to The Ship Inn, Wylam Living within a few hundred yards of the River Tyne...
The contemporary new look at Bouchon is a fine setting for its classic food, discovers Dean Bailey The word ‘neighbourhood’,...
There was little to stir the Appetite team from its grumbling slumber during the long lockdown of winter 2020/21. Then came Khai Khai and, with it, long-idle culinary scribes began to awake from their long hibernation to whisper of something new, something wonderful, something very, very pleasing indeed. Khai Khai,...
