Breadpoint (NE1 5EU) is a Chinese bakery just off Charlotte Square. Heard of it before? Me neither.

Newcastle gets it’s own cook book, and you can win it.

Some places take a bashing on this site – others are heaped with love, fondness and a plea for you to go and visit them. This one is the latter.

The sushi train still hasn’t really stopped at Newcastle station.

A good banh mi is hard to find.

I get a ridiculous amount of people landing on this site looking for, and entering in the search box “who is the secret diner“. Like, really? I’m gonna assume you didn’t think it was actually me, and thought I would know who it was.

It’s old news now, but late last year a Michelin star finally returned to Newcastle after a fifteen-year absence. Hooray! Right?

Kracklin’ (NE1 6JE) opened late last year, purporting to offer high-end sandwiches packed full of meat. Who wouldn’t get excited?

TL; DR version: Best fish and chips in the North-East.

Did you know there’s somewhere in Newcastle where nearly anyone can work in a kitchen, on a Jamie Oliver project?

**UPDATE: Dosa Kitchen have now moved to a permanent home in Jesmond**

Great pizza in John Lewis of all places.

Byron burger… it’s a bit of a pop-culture phenomenon now really.

After years of people moaning for one, Newcastle’s very own Patisserie Valerie (NE1 5AE) opened up last month, one of some 90+ stores in the UK.

Finally a good dawg.