Here Come The Hoopers | A North East family of four.

Category: Food

  • Adrianos – Gosforth

    Adrianos – Gosforth

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    Cat Hooper
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    Birthdays are like buses in the Hooper household. They all come at once which means the end of February beginning of March is an expensive time for us! This time it was Judith’s 75th Birthday (Alan’s mother) and we decided to book somewhere close by to her home and somewhere a bit more special than…

  • Antico – Jesmond

    Antico – Jesmond

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    Alan Hooper
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    Abigail’s 5th birthday expanded into a couple of days. The main event for Abigail was Treasure Island in Morpeth. For Imogen and the adults we were treated to a nice meal out on the Saturday night before. Antico – Jesmond Saturday night and we were returning to Antico. We’d been for a lunch time special…

  • Pizzeria Francescas Jesmond – Is it Worth Queuing?

    Pizzeria Francescas Jesmond – Is it Worth Queuing?

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    Alan Hooper
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    Pizzeria Francescas Jesmond is Hidden in the side streets of Jesmond, but is a restaurant that everyone has heard of. The popularity of this restaurant is well-known and can shape your dining schedule! Francescas Jesmond I receive a phone call from my mum. “Would you like to go for a meal at Francesca’s tomorrow?”. Unfortunately,…

  • Chinese New Year on Stowell Street

    Chinese New Year on Stowell Street

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    Alan Hooper
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    For the past few years we’ve started to head down to Stowell Street to join in the Chinese New Year Festivities. The noise and colourful pageantry is an amazing sight to witness. Fire Crackers, Devil Bangers (now called “fun snaps”), paper stretch out dragon and a variety of street food. If the weather is warm…

  • Katie Coyote’s Grilled Chicken Pasta

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    Alan Hooper
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    This recipe is from the Whispering Canyon Cafe at the Wilderness Lodge, in Walt Disney World. One of the underlying obsessions you’ll find out about me is Disney. There is something special about the atmosphere in the family friendly resorts. Bizarrely this recipe reminds me of the meals that we’ve had there. Even though we’ve…

  • Ultimate American Pancakes

    Ultimate American Pancakes

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    Alan Hooper
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    Ok I agree, I’ve left it a little late to share my recipe for the Ultimate American Pancakes. The other thing I’m not going to hide from is that I’ve copped out and went ultra lazy tonight on Shrove Tuesday. Oh yes The Hoopers are having shake and bake pancakes (just add water). Usually I…