welly on a plate

 Con­grat­u­la­tions to Nicole and her fan­tail for win­ning our Rata com­pet­i­tion. This week, to cel­eb­rate Wel­ling­ton on a Plate, thanks to the lovely Pos­it­ively Wel­ling­ton Tour­ism, we have a $100 vouch­er to the Gen­er­al Prac­ti­tion­er on the corner of Wil­lis & Boul­cott to give away.

The res­taur­ant gets its name from the build­ing’s ori­gin­al pur­posee – it was con­struc­ted for Dr. Henry Pol­len in 1902, with his fam­ily liv­ing on the top floor and sur­gery on the bot­tom. Legend (or just hearsay?) has it that not too long after that moved in a troop of ladies to take care of oth­er needs of the body besides medi­cine, before even­tu­ally it was refur­bished as a posh res­taur­ant we once took my grand­moth­er to, but I can­’t remem­ber the name of it.

So, speak­ing of stick­ing things in buns, part of Wel­ling­ton on a Plate is Bur­ger Wel­ling­ton, in which over 30 Wel­ling­ton res­taur­ants and cafes are cre­at­ing spe­cial bur­gers and you get to vote for the win­ner. The Gen­er­al Prac­ti­tion­er­’s con­tri­bu­tion sounds espe­cially good:

Snuffle Truffle Swine Burger

Truffled wild pork bur­ger with toasted ciabatta, grilled pine­apple and buf­falo moz­zarella

$22 | Avail­able: Lunch and din­ner

In order to win this week’s prize, tell us which bur­ger you’re most look­ing for­ward to try­ing, and why. Leave your com­ment before 5pm Tues­day August 3, and we’ll draw a win­ner at ran­dom.