http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33051 It’s a small café selling authentic Persian food with a special Persian dish of the day, including minced lamb skewered kebabs, saffron marinated chicken with rice and flatbread everything made fresh that day.
This is also the place for a big Sunday cooked breakfast (under £5) to cure hangovers, popular with those staying local for the weekend. Couples and families take over on a Sunday afternoon.
On my first visit I ate aubergine dip, which is to die for (you could taste the smoked aubergine and garlic). I could have eaten a whole plateful with flatbread - the flatbread is made to order and takes a couple of moments to cook. Then I had the special of the day, salmon in a green herb sauce with rice, mint and coriander salad.
My daughter ate mixed meats, saffron chicken on the bone, lamb chops and lamb kebab with rice and endless cups of Persian tea. Cost was £15 for both of us, bargain. (I’m working my way through the menu and have never been disappointed.)
It’s a café so don’t expect linen table cloths, the staff were friendly, the food tasted delicious, they explained the dishes are authentic and not adapted to the western palate and for that reason I love it.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33051 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23143 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23143 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21121 Eemaan is a Kurdish restaurant in Newcastle,so when I saw it I felt I just had to try it. The food was delicious and the surroundings friendly. I got an even better surprise when I checked out the bill, which was fabulously value-for-money.
Kurdish food, I found out, is mostly rice and delicious casseroles with fresh naan, washed down with loads of mastow. The Kurdish and middle eastern people drink lashings of this yoghurt drink. If you've still got any room left after the huge portions, try a steaming hot Kurdish tea which they brew in a samovar and a selection of pastries.
This restaurant makes cooking rice an art form, and I loved the yummy naan. If you've never tried Kurdish food before, I wholeheartedly recommend that you do, although a word of warning - as a halal restaurant it does not serve alcohol.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21121 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12857 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12857 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11430 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11430 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11305 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11305 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10363 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10363 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10345 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10345 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10327 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10327 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10270 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10270 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10175 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10175 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8978
Also there are regular events where authors and illustrators will visit, give a reading of their work and sign books for visitors too. The ground floor is also host to an excellent bookstore dedicated to the very best in children's literature.

Workshops are regularly available throughout the summer and the cafe is well worth a visit for a quick refuelling and a nice view of the river! Or if a big lunch is required pop along to the Cluny, where they do a mean handmade beef burger, with handcut chips and salad.

See www.sevenstories.org.uk for information about events, and detailed directions.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8978 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8976
See www.paradiso.co.uk/index.htm for further information and to check out the sister establishments - Paradiso also comes highly recommended for their fantastic light lunches, made with locally sourced ingredients.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8976 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8861 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8861 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3206 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3206