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Versatile Blogger Award
I was recently awarded the Versatile Blogger Award. Wow, thanks After Taste! So here are the 7 things you won’t necessarily know about me, and the blogs I’m enjoying at the moment to pay the Award...
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Wellington deliciousness on a Plate 2012 …..
After several hours of pleasant inhalation through the 2012 Wellington on a Plate programme, here’s what it came down to for me… Events: Doctors Degustation (for a showcase of Wellington craft beers...
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Wellington on a Plate 2012 highlights…
The ‘Juices Flow at the Love Shack’ long lunch. Especially the potted rabbit with Lavender’s Green roast lemon chutney on Ortega’s ciabatta, and Lavender’s Green lemon curd tart with liquorice ice...
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New York, New York…oh my stomach!
Three and a half weeks of eating in and around New York. Yummo. I won’t bore you with pages of words (I will add a good few piccies at the bottom though for drool factor), but can report that we ate...
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More Xmas cheer
Check out these cute mini toffee apples at the City Xmas Evening market down at Chaffers tonight. A sweet accompaniment to the Hummingbird Xmas ham, gruyere and cherry relish sliders. Yummo.
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The best friend’s Xmas breakfast
A beautiful fruit and chocolate centrepiece… Nuts for cracking… And delicious ham for the croissants… Thanks Nick! More Wellington eatery posts soon…
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Monteiths Wild Food Challenge time again…
And fortuitously ending up at Fork and Brewer in Bond Street. Wild Dim Sim three ways – wild goat dumplings with leek, garlic and chili paired with chili oil; wild wallaby wontons, wallaby and rice...
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A whisky breakfast
No ‘e’ in whisky note (ergo Scottish not Irish). And so Wellington on a Plate was off and running with a Whisky Breakfast at Arthurs – a four course breakfast with accompanying whisky’s (and whisky in...
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Wellington on a Plate 2013 (Part 1)
I have to talk about this, sorry! There’s just so much wonderful food around at the moment. And the good news is there’s still a week left to partake in many of these… Firstly, the set dinner at Muse...
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Wellington on a Plate 2013 (Part 2)
And so it continues. This week included the Hummingbird Craydaddy burger, the Le Cordon Bleu Haute Cuisine du Terroir, and the Ti Kouka dine set menu. Mmmm mmmm. The Craydaddy burger didn’t quite...
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A WOAP stomach explosion…
In the interests of saving time re-writing what I’ve already said in my Wellingtonista post, here it is. Suffice it to say I’ve managed to pace myself better during this week so far (no events yet!)...
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Food truck fun
We’re starting to get a few food trucks kicking around Wellington these days, and a small collection of them can be found at The Taranaki Wharf on Thursday afternoons and evenings (and a few on...
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Muse and a little Singin’ in the rain
Literally. On the way home from the show. Thanks to Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and ACMN, I was given the opportunity to go along to the opening night of Singin’ in the Rain. So what better...
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Portlander (and their 2015 VWOAP pleasures…)
Things come in threes right? I’ve unexpectedly ended up at Portlander three times this week. Go figure. And looking back, I’m feeling pleasure about all three visits. Firstly was lunch with a friend...
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WOAP 2015 highlights…
So far anyway. The Concrete Bar Levin the Dream cocktail of bacon infused vodka, banana liquer, and maple syrup with a fabulous quail egg, bacon, chorizo and potato rosti. The Burger Liquor Tipsy Lamb...
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Burger Welly 2015 cook-off
I’m not sure I’d previously noticed a final cook-off to determine the Burger Welly winners each year after the public eating and voting is done. Apparently over 9,000 WOAP eaters voted this year, which...
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Asiana Cooking School
Once hubby got past the ‘I’m paying for dinner and cooking it too????’, we had a grand time at the Asiana Cooking School. The school is in Tennyson Street, just a block down from Moore Wilson, and runs...
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More foodie fun
Just in case you need more foodie fun, I’m now also writing for KNOW Wellington’s Word on the Street blog. You can catch more about what’s going on around Wellington in general at KNOW as well….. Bon...
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Monteiths Wild Food Challenge time again…
And fortuitously ending up at Fork and Brewer in Bond Street. Wild Dim Sim three ways – wild goat dumplings with leek, garlic and chili paired with chili oil; wild wallaby wontons, wallaby and rice...
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Pinot May – Tequila Joe’s
2016 is the inaugural Catch Pinot event, courtesy of the Visa Wellington on a Plate team. To celebrate the pinots that come out of the Wairarapa region, restaurants across the region have free reign to...
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