Steakout

Look­ing for a good steak in Wel­ling­ton? A week or so ago this Wel­ling­tonista was & after con­sult­ing my col­leagues, I can report back on two of the finest steaks I have tasted in this city (yes, two).

First up, it was one of those not­able occa­sions (although not a sig­ni­fic­ant one) that prompts thoughts of a nice lunch and/or din­ner.

First off lunch:

I had expressed to my loved ones, a par­tic­u­lar desire to sample either a great steak, or a great cas­soulet.

So ima­gine my delight on arriv­ing at Copita to find they had “Fil­let steak on a bed of Cas­soulet”! It was meant to be obvi­ously.

It was lovely, as was the squid entree.

Copita itself was quite under­p­at­ron­ised that day, but there was some sport to be had listen­ing to a very loud party con­sist­ing of two older gen­tle­men lunch­ing with two much young­er women. Because they were so loud we soon ascer­tained the gen­tle­men were wine­makers from the Hawkes Bay. It was­n’t obvi­ous who the women were, but we decided that if the women paid, they were prob­ably wine dis­tri­bu­tion reps, and if the men paid, hook­ers. As it hap­pens, we left before them so we’ll nev­er know!

And onto din­ner:

We decided to take the tip from the team & try the Steak Frites at Le Met­ro­poli­t­ain in Cuba St. This was served with a red wine & bone mar­row sauce & we accom­pan­ied it with a green salad & copi­ous glasses of a French wine whose name I can­’t recall.

And once again, I can recom­mend a win­ner!

Le Met­ro­poli­t­ain on this even­ing was well pat­ron­ised but not packed, in addi­tion, it’s a lovely little spot to watch pass­ers by from. The staff were attent­ive & inform­at­ive, the menu offered plenty of vari­ety & the even­ing was a rous­ing suc­cess.

I’m happy to take any oth­er decent steak recom­mend­a­tions for next year, in the com­ments.

That is all.