Zio bar is attached to Fratello’s restaurant on Jesmond Road, Jesmond, and is easily accessible from Osborne Road by walking, or Bus and Metro Links. Regular readers may recall my original Zio Bar post which was written back in April when I first visited, we were so impressed with this visit that we decided to pop back for more food and less alcohol!
I’m a terrible sucker for advertising, I get drawn in all of the time, especially when I’m offered a bargain. A text from Revolution informing me that Mega Monday’s at Revolution bar offered 50% off food all day was just the ammunition I needed to grab Mr Gourmand and our friend Peter and head down for lunch.
Back in April I was kindly invited to the Newcastle Malmaison to attend a Spring Event, the event was a thank you to business customers who use the hotel on a regular basis, it’s a great way for the hotel to make customers aware of what they can offer and give other business in the area a chance to show their wares so to speak.
I did write a post on my Lifestyle Blog but wanted to save the food and drink for a separate post as I feel it deserves at least that.
I love a good Reuben Burger, I’m always surprised how many different adaptations there are depending on which country you go to. Some people use Sauerkraut, some use swiss cheese, some use russian dressing.
My Reuben Burger would usually have sauerkraut as an ingredient but as I didn’t have any at the time of making I left it out. I don’t use pastrami, I find it has too strong a flavour when used with a burger. I do however use pastrami in a Reuben deli sandwich.
Regular readers will know that after my last visit to the Fat Hippo (here), Mr Gourmand and I couldn’t wait to go back and sample some more of the delicious dishes they have to offer. Yesterday as I had a day off uni and Mr Gourmand was working from home we decided to walk over to the restaurant for lunch.
