Dateland: Butterfly Cabinet

Before writing this post, I had to look through the entirety of my dateland posts to make sure that I've never written one for the Butterfly Cabinet before, and was then astounded that I haven't. For me, it represents the base-line standard of just how awesome a cafe can be - the fact that on weekend you have to queue for about half an hour just to get a table (and that people do so) attests to just how good it is! I have taken an executive decision not to witter on about how it was better when it was Belle and Herb's (when I was in high school, it was known under a different name, was incredible, and one of the people who ran it ran off with much of the embezzled funds, it closed down for a while then reopened under a new name), because it's still amazing and doesn't need qualifying any further! 

Our most recent date there was for brunch on a Monday because no queues and hurray summer holidays! I'm currently loving the brunch dates as the biggest treat ever - expect more brunch dateland posts soon!

Weirdly, we both chose the exact same meal on this trip - elderflower and fresh lemon ice teas and "The USA" - buttermilk pancakes with butter, maple syrup, sausages, bacon and hash browns. ENTIRELY over-the top, but loved it! Other favourites from their menu include smoked salmon and scrambled eggs served on an English muffin with hollandaise sauce, french omlette, Bury Benedict - poached eggs and black pudding on an English muffin with hollandaise, I could go on forever... But I'll not. Just suffice to say if you're ever in Newcastle, get yourself down there. They do incredible lunches too, and often have live music nights as well.