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Review: Beamish Park Hotel, Beamish Burn Road May 25 2012

THE Beamish Park Hotel, if you’ve never been, is a little gem of a find. Sat in the smart Conservatory Bistro, with its views of rolling hills punctuated by the little puffs of steam coming from the train chugging by from Tanfield Railway, it was like being in some rural idyll.Read

Review: Browns, Grey Street, Newcastle May 18 2012

BROWNS in Newcastle is clearly the new black when it comes to eating out. The new kid on the restaurant block was chockful the day we popped in for lunch, just a week after it opened.Read

Review: PizzaExpress, Eldon Square, Newcastle May 11 2012

IF any restaurant can deliver good service when most of Tyneside has decided to eat after the United game, it will get the thumbs up from me.Read

Review: Yo! Sushi, Fenwick, Northumberland Street, Newcastle May 04 2012

CONTRARY to popular opinion, Yo! Sushi is not all raw fish and cold rice, as some people imagine the dining experience to be.Read

Review: Orangegrass Thai & Oriental Cuisine, South Shields Apr 27 2012

UNTIL now, the closest I’ve come to Thai vegetable carving is gouging out the eyes of a turnip lantern for Halloween (NB, in my day we didn’t have the luxury of pumpkins).Read

Review: Gusto, The Quayside, Newcastle Apr 20 2012

SITUATED within a stone’s throw from the Quay, Gusto is an established part of the Newcastle restaurant scene.Read

Review: Cafe Bangla Indian restaurant, East Boldon Apr 13 2012

The appetite was well and truly whetted before we’d even set foot in Café Bangla Indian restaurant. The multi award-winning head chef and owner Ali Hussain has picked up so many awards over the years – and so expectations were high.Read

Review: Fratello’s Italian, Darlington A1 Scotch Corner Apr 06 2012

IT WAS once an iconic building and a thriving business but, in latter years, The Scotch Corner Hotel has become a place to drive past rather than drive to.Read

Review: Barluga, Morpeth, Northumberland Mar 30 2012

BARLUGA is a stylish gem of a find in Morpeth, Northumberland. We’d heard promising things about this new restaurant/café/bar from friends living in the vicinity and were keen to give it a whirl.Read

Review: Duke of Wellington Inn, Newton, Northumberland Mar 23 2012

WE were three mums on a night out – minus the kids and the husbands. It was a Friday evening, work seemed a world away, and we had worked up a good appetite just gossiping in the car on the way.Read

Review: Sir Charlie's restaurant, Jarrow Civic Hall Mar 16 2012

PATIENCE, empathy and knowledge were the order of the day ... and how my husband and I came to visit Sir Charlie’s Restaurant in Jarrow on Saturday evening.Read

Review: Ask Italia, Unit 4 Walkergate, Durham Mar 09 2012

A GIRLS’ night out with some of my oldest work friends was long overdue so when we heard about the new-look Ask Italian in Durham we decided to head there on a Friday night.Read

Review: Argent D'Or restaurant, Close House, Heddon-on-the-Wall Mar 02 2012

DINNER at a smart restaurant, one where you dress up and make an effort, is a treat to be savoured every once in a while.Read

Review: Electric East, St James Boulevard, Newcastle Feb 24 2012

ELECTRIC East is taking up the culinary baton where the renowned Barn Asia left off.Read

Review: Chadwicks Inn, Maltby, Middlesbrough Feb 17 2012

SUNDAY lunch is always something of a dilemma in our household. There’s the temptation to do it yourself and avoid the families with children that descend on most pubs and restaurants.Read

Review: Jashn, Whickham Bank, Swalwell Feb 10 2012

IT’S only when you’ve taken on the wonders of the sea in your own kitchen that you can appreciate well-cooked seafood when it’s put in front of you.Read

Review: Strada, Old Eldon Square, Newcastle Feb 03 2012

EN route to the theatre with children and grandma, I was in the mood for cheerful surroundings, friendly staff and excellent food.Read

Review: The Capital Indian Restaurant, Claypath, Durham City Jan 27 2012

AS AWARDS go, being crowned a top curry chef is certainly an accolade to be proud of.Read

Review: Prima, Newcastle Quayside Jan 20 2012

ON A last hurrah one Friday before the kids went back to school a couple of weeks ago, we decided to catch the Turner Prize at the Baltic in Gateshead, before it was whisked away.Read

Review: The Willow Farm, Annitsford, Northumberland Jan 13 2012

AS I write this, I’m tucking into a piece of Baileys white chocolate cheesecake, with a gargantuan calorie count, which I failed to polish off during my meal at Willow Farm.Read