Jeff Lyall — Newcastle Eats

Newcastle Eats is a food blog featuring restaurant reviews & local food writing for the greatest city in the world, Newcastle upon Tyne. Collecting large restaurant bills, and documenting them here since 2011.

Created by Jeff Lyall.

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Hibou Blanc, Newcastle

November 13, 2024

Classy Bigg Market bar does proper French cooking.

Pasta Making at Zucchini Pasta Bar, Newcastle

September 11, 2024

Always be learning 🍝

Cafe Andaluz, Newcastle

August 9, 2024

A bit more Aberdeenshire than Andalusia.

Dakwala Bombay Canteen, Newcastle

July 30, 2024

Another part-time cover for the Bundobust/Dishoom gap in the NE 🍛

Restaurant Pine, Northumberland

June 13, 2024

Leaves you pining to go back 🌲

Hjem x Fenwick Newcastle Pop-Up

June 9, 2024

I’m coming Hjem, Newcastle.

Uno’s Trattoria, Newcastle

June 2, 2024

Trentaquattro years of 🍝

Haveli, Ponteland

May 15, 2024

Where Madras meets Michelin.

Bawn Restaurant, Ponteland

April 8, 2024

Ten out of Eleven.

Rudy’s Pizza, Durham

March 28, 2024

No messing around.

Hinnies, Whitley Bay

March 19, 2024

🎵 The welcome sound of me mother saying ‘hinny howay’.

Wingstop, Metrocentre

March 3, 2024

How do you do, fellow kids?

31 The Quay, North Shields

February 13, 2024

Showing restaurant week how it’s done, in Shields.

Afternoon tea at Hibou Blanc, Newcastle

February 7, 2024

Scones & ‘Spresso martinis in Sunlight Chambers.

Aioli, Birtley

January 23, 2024

Bringing boujee to Birtley…

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New-ish on the blog: pasta making class at @zucchi

New-ish on the blog: pasta making class at @zucchinipastabar_uk. From rolling out simple spaghetti to fannying on rolling tortelloni, a really fun way to spend a few hours 🍝 #newcastleeats #pastamaking #foodblogger

September leftovers 🍽️ - just all round love

September leftovers 🍽️ - just all round lovely at @rileysfishshop, more thoughts on that soon
- @bellyofthebeastco back in biz at Sorcerer is a good thing always
- loved the ten year menu @theroxburgh “egg and chips”
- soup back in full swing with squash and paprika
- new weekly haunt at the home of foam = lager, chin chin and scampi fries
- @iztuzutynemouth good but £££
- little treat from @coaldropsyard
- never ending stream of pastry for office breakfast
- lifelong learning / being a wine wanker #newcastleeats #sep2024 #foodblog #tynemoutheats

August leftovers, but don’t mention the Autumn… - Prawn salad at @cafe.ngon was really fresh and just what I needed
- Finally got to the Feathers for the Saturday bakery — even better than expected, and bloody huge
- Big lunch at @snackwallah, all pleasingly healthy-ish
- Had some tapas at Fuego in Fenwick, the best of which might have been this gooey tortilla which was rammed with jamon
- Kottu from @kolamba.newcastle was finally something slightly outshining a lot of the Quayside market
- Pleasantly supsrursed by @chakhdhoomnewcastle and the tikka three ways was well done
- Salt + vinegar and a bowl of these to soak up some pints
- When it was really sunny and all we were eating was ripe tomatoes
- Apricot and almond slice from Pure Knead
- Can’t complain at a fiver Bloody Mary at Mercy Trying some places new and old this month and will be clinging onto the last bounty of summer for as long as possible. Where’s been on your radar? #newcastleeats #foodblog #august2024

Been to Dakwala on Grainger St a couple of times s

Been to Dakwala on Grainger St a couple of times since opening. And you know what, it isn’t all that bad. Full review on the site - link in bio - or just some tempters above:
- thali
- tandoori broccoli
- vada pav
- chicken curry
- gol gappa
- railway lamb If you’ve been, whatdya reckon? There’s a raft of new similar restaurants opened this year 🍛 #newcastleeats #foodblog #curry #bombayfood

July leftovers - Carnitas at home, always a treat

July leftovers - Carnitas at home, always a treat. Bought the blue corn tortillas online which made it super easy
- Definitely still the OG scotch egg in town, the haggis just gives it that 🤌🏼
- Quayside market has a lot of good and bad on it now, but enjoyed this Korean fried chicken
- See also this of a similar but different Ilk, pretty nicely spiced and satisfying (if, a tenner)
- One of the best sandwiches I’ve had in a long time, comically large and juicy
- Birthday cavas ofc
- Mid slice that looked better than it was, but all the basics are there
- Satay chicken and a dumpling from somewhere new for lunch
- Caramelised onion and Cornish cheddar pie at home
- Bought in pasta with some of spring’s wild garlic butter from the freezer coming to the rescue Lot more to come which I haven’t posted on social but I will when I remember. Happy August 🌞 #newcastleeats #july2024 #foodblog

Plates from San Sebastián 🇪🇸 - “worlds

Plates from San Sebastián 🇪🇸 - “worlds best” tortilla lives up to the hype
- best ever baby squid
- always a plate of jamon iberico de bellota
- pintxos display at our fave
- the purest tomatoes, oil, vinegar and salt
- kilo of txuleta, just salt and padrons on the side
- baked crab with tomato carrot and bags of flavour
- going Italian for a day with a monster focaccia
- the OG basque cheesecake
- glass 1 of about 10000 of txakoli and some txistorra Phenomenal place. #pintxos #basquecuisine #sansebastian #spanishfood

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