Emma Phillips

"I may not be vegan but I can’t stand the beggars and I had asked for it to be served egg-less. The traditional Northumbrian potato bake was delicious without a runny yoke all over it, but the summer greens benefitted from the sage and mustard cream sauce which it was drizzled with."

Natali Lekka

"Blackfriars restaurant, a former thirteenth-century Dominican friary, claims to be the oldest dining room in the UK. It also happens to be an excellent place to sample your first pan haggerty, where it comes with a poached hen’s egg, spring greens, sage and mustard cream."

Ben Reeves

"Make sure you order the pease pudding, if you’re looking for really local flavours."

Polly Randall

"Now I've never thought I liked black pudding before, and when the plate was presented with a huge doorstep of the stuff I was a little worried, but this was goddam tasty. So rich, well seasoned and earthy."

Rachel Kershaw

"James went for black pudding with mushroom ketchup and a poached egg. The egg was perfectly cooked and oozed a runny yolk all over the rich black pudding, it looked like the ideal starter for a cold winter evening."

Blythe Robertson

"My starter was excellent. The generous slab of home-produced black pudding was expertly prepared."