Saturday Lunch at Zaap Newcastle

I feel like we’re pretty spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing where to head for lunch in Newcastle at the minute. We’ve been inundated with new restaurant openings lately. Thats probably the reason we’re a little late to the party when it came to trying out Zaap. But we finally managed to fit in a visit and boy were we impressed!

As soon as you’re shown to your table you instantly forget you’re in newcastle! The hustle and bustle of the  really is so authentic and was my favourite thing of the whole experience.

We visited at lunchtime on a Saturday so as you can imagine it was pretty busy but we still managed to get seated no problem and the service was speedy!

Now onto the food, I went for the Pad See Aew with chicken, a Malaysian take on pad Thai that was just yummy. Then a side of steamed veggies to go with it. All were super delicious. To be honest I’m not really a lover of Thai food but this really was nice and not too fragrant which was right up my street!

Ryan (my date for the afternoon!) went for the crispy belly pork which came with the most amazing lime dipping sauce.

Then to share we ordered the corn cakes which were too yummy. Really you can’t go wrong with deep fried corn can you!?

I was really impressed with Zaap and just loved the feel of the place, I’ll definitely be heading back soon for more of those corn cakes! And also a ride in this little car…!

Meet and Treat, Newcastle

We’ve seen this lovely little local treasure popping up on blogs all over the place recently, and you can see why. This little eatery, tucked away by the City Walls is an instagrammers dream. Kick ass food and delicious looking Asian cuisine? We simply had to give it a try.

Now I have to admit, I’ve been here before. A few years ago Meet and Treat was a bit of a trendy brunch location serving up eggs, pancakes and avocado everything.  I loved it, it was the first and only time I’ve eaten eggs benedict on a croissant. Immense!  Since then the cute cafe has gone back to its Asian roots, inspired by the quirky tea rooms of Penang.

I’m a huge fan of dumplings, gyoza, dim sum, whatever you wanna call them I wanna eat them. Normally when I’m craving a little deep-fried dumpling I head straight to Nudo, not any more.  These little veggie bites are served with a spicy mayo which is just to die for. If they’d have kept bringing these, I would have kept eating them. Augustus Gloop style.

Since I couldn’t just gorge myself on dumplings we thought we’d better order some mains.  Kris, the resident vegetarian, went for the fried tofu and mixed vegetable noodle soup while I opted for the Japanese chicken curry with rice.

Both dishes were absolutely huge and tasted fricking amazing!!  I forced Kris to do a swap half way through so he could try some of the curry sauce and rice, I just wanted to get right amongst those soupy noodles.

If you havent been to Meet and Treat yet, I urge you to get yourself there ASAP! You won’t be dissapointed!  All of this food came to less that £20, I mean I think I’ve spent more than that in Burger King! You’ve got no excuse.

Meet and Treat, 41 Bath Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 5SP