NCL Restaurant Week - George's Great British Kitchen

Last week was Newcastle Restaurant Week which is an event where over hundreds of restaurants across the city get involved and have low price set menu's for everyone to enjoy. It gives you a chance to try the finest restaurants Newcastle has to offer, which would be usually on the pricy side or visit your favourite place for cheaper. Most restaurants do 2 courses for £10 or 3 for £15.

George and I decided to try George's Great British Kitchen which is located in Eldon Square's new food hall, on the ground floor. If you love your proper, traditional British dishes then this is the restaurant for you.

The decor is so fun as the whole restaurant is decorated to make you feel like you are at the seaside. You can even sit and eat your food in a little beach hut, which all have names of coastal towns in the North East. They have stuck to the seaside theme so much the menu looks like a newspaper. It is such a unique place!

The first thing I did when we sat down was look at the cocktail menu. To be honest I nearly died at the price of the drinks. The cheapest cocktail was £7 while the majority are as much as £8.50. I think any drink over £8 is a bit steep and personally I wouldn't pay that much for a cocktail. At this point I was thinking 'sack this I'll get a pint' but then I saw that they did 2 cocktails for £8 (between 2pm and 8pm) and I was sold. I got the Fab cocktail which is inspired by the popular ice lolly. All that the menu said was that there was vodka in it so I have no idea what else was in there but it was very nice. It even had sprinkles.

There was a 3 item set menu and George and I went for exactly the same meals. For starters we ordered George's fish fingers. These were very posh fish fingers. They came on a bed of salad with tartar sauce drizzled over the top and a pot of ketchup on the side. They were SO good.

For our mains we ordered 'The proper dirty burger'. When I read this on the menu I just imagined a massive burger filled with cheese, tomatoes and onions inside a massive bun. Exactly what I wanted. I hadn't had a burger for so long so I was quite excited. The burger came and it was exactly what the menu described; it was HUGE. There was so much in the burger that I had to give up with the bun as there way no way I could eat it all. It came with a shovel load (literally) of proper chip shop chips. 

I would definitely recommend this restaurant if you love British food and big portions! It is also so quirky and unique inside, I love it! The staff are also really attentive even when it was extremely busy. If I am being completely honest I wouldn't have paid the normal price for the burger (which was around £14!!! For a burger!?!?) but getting it for £5 was a nice bargain. I had a look at the normal menu and there were so many other yummy options which I really want to try. I definitely want to go back and try the halloumi skewers and calamari. 

If you want to find out more about Newcastle Restaurant Week then visit the Get Into Newcastle website. Restaurant week is back in January and I recommend it to anyone! In the mean time you can find some fantastic food and drinks offers for a wide range of restaurants and bars in Newcastle on the Get Into Newcastle website. To get email updates about when the event begins go to the website and sign up - you won't regret it!

Thanks for reading,

Georgia May x

Lunch at Bill's - Durham

Recently I went for lunch at one on my favourite restaurants in Durham. I have written about my love for Bill's previously on my blog, but another visit and another post is well overdue. 

The menu has changed since the last time I was there and it is full of some new exciting European dishes and some of the classic favourites. What I love about Bill's is that it has such a wide choice of food. There are seafood dishes, steaks, burgers, salads, curries, etc. And, of course everything is always delicious. 

I went for the Mojo chicken skewers which came with giant couscous, salad, tzatziki and a warm piadina bread. When I was on holiday in Lanzarote, we came across this traditional Canary Islands Mojo sauce, which we were obsessed with, but I haven't seen it anywhere in England! So, when I saw it on the menu I was suddenly craving it. It is made up of green peppers, herbs and spices. The chicken skewers were chargrilled and really tasty as they were covered in the Mojo sauce. It was such a lovely meal, I would definitely recommend it! Chips were also essential considering what I had was sort of healthy! I love how they are served in a cute little bucket.

George went for the South Indian fish curry which was prawns and cod in a Thai coconut spiced sauce. It smelt amazing! I couldn't try it as annoyingly it has almonds in and I'm allergic, but it still looked and smelt nice!

Whenever I go to Bill's I always get the peach and fresh mint iced tea. It is literally the nicest soft drink ever. So nice to the point where I would choose it over a cocktail! It has cut up chunks of fresh orange and mint leaves in which make it extra zingy. Another lovely soft drink to try from Bill's is the watermelon, peach and raspberry juice. 

When we go to Bill's I always like to sit in one of the booths, the decor has such a funky industrial theme. I really like how it is designed. It is definitely very photogenic, which is essential if you're like me and have to Instagram every meal you get (oops guilty).

I am still yet to visit Bill's for breakfast, which I keep meaning to do! I have heard so many good things about the breakfasts, especially the pancakes! I have seen photos and it all looks so good.

Thank you for reading,

Georgia May X