10 Amazing Foods You Can Only Find In The North East

6. Tyneside Floddies

They may not look like much, but this Geordie variation of potato cake is the ultimate breakfast essential. Made with bacon, potato and onions; they're a traditional part of Tyneside breakfast, originating on the canals where navvies would cook them on shovels over the fire. Now that's proper grub! Serve 'em up with fried eggs and sausage and you'll have one happy belly.