It’s win­ter, which means the Welling­ton­ista’s thoughts turn to warm­ing food to warm our­selves up. What’s more warm­ing than the love­ly hug of car­bo­hy­drates? The dou­ble hug of at least two kinds of carbs at once! With that in mind, here are some of our favourite carb-on-carb expe­ri­ences in Welling­ton:

  • Mac’n cheese slid­ers at Pick­le. Dense pas­ta with thick cheese sauce, bread­ed, fried and put into a bun. Aww yeah. 
  • The Rosa Maria piz­za at Sco­pa — pota­to and rose­mary on piz­za, espe­cial­ly great when doused lib­er­al­ly with chili oil.
  • Pota­toes fried in lard and lemon at Nikau Cafe, ordered with what­ev­er oth­er veg­etable they have on (espe­cial­ly if it’s a root like parsnip or Jerusalem arti­choke), and get­ting their excel­lent baguette and but­ter on the side.

Our oth­er win­ter tip would be to book your­self a pri­vate spa at Kil­birne Aquat­ic Cen­tre. Please don’t eat while you’re in there though, it’s a pub­lic space.

Now it’s your turn — what are your favourite carbs around town? Is there any­where we could order a carb-on-carb car­bonara?