Checking out Stack Seaburn's newest trader Bao Down - and how to bag some bargain dishes in Sunderland this spring

Where once the seafront was mostly home to Indian restaurants, Italian and, of course, chippies, hungry visitors can now tuck into more global fare.

And that’s thanks, in part, to Stack Seaburn, the £3million shipping container village which has helped breathe new life into the area.