Bournemouth is definitely getting better in the variety of restaurants and eateries it has in the area. Although it has the usual range of Italian, Indian and Chinese restaurants the older established ones are having to compete very hard now, and rightly so. Some were getting pretty stale anyway.

I'll give some of my highlights below.

crispy aromatic duck

I saw this article on dimsum.co.uk about food invented for the British market where it talks about crispy aromatic duck being just an invention for this market here. This is news to me but on reflection I can see why.

Roast duck for me, is about the juicy whole duck that has been literally hacked to small pieces with a big cleaver. When you eat the duck you get a in part the crispy dark red skin, the juicy dark meat that could be a bit medium but definitely not dry and well done, plus you get the internal bones.

The image of Chinese eating, is of chewing on food to extract the meat and then spitting out the bones. Sometimes literally and sometimes a bit more Western in approach.

217 Jesmond Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Tel: 0191 281 7179.

This restaurant is preceded by a good reputation. A friend of mine, Duncan Fisher who owns the Apartment and Mr Lynch bars in Newcastle took me there last time I was up North. (Incidentally he has now added "As you like it " to the list, which is a new fangled gastropub bringing the country to the city. Ha!)

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