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.