So in the first of my (intend­ed) week­ly reminder of Welling­ton food­ie gems, I’m think­ing back to din­ner at the new WBC restau­rant and bar from the Capi­tol folks (upstairs on Vic­to­ria above Tat­sushi), and Saturday’s dou­ble break­fast of cake fol­lowed by cronut (did I men­tion the slight­ly sweet tooth yet?).

WBC menuSo, WBC.  Named for the build­ing it’s housed in, the 1920’s Whole­sale Boot Com­pa­ny, we didn’t uncov­er any secret caches of old leather but did find some cre­ative small plates, an inter­est­ing main or two, and a cou­ple of impos­si­ble-to-say-no-to desserts.

I’m not con­vinced the price point is quite right on the mains but the tast­ing plates hit the mark (new sea­son scal­lops on egg yolk with pota­to and con­fit gar­lic any­one?), and the desserts deliv­ered.  There’s a small stan­dard menu enhanced by a dai­ly roll-call of chef’s extras.

Cur­rent­ly they’re doing day­times Mon­day to Sat­ur­day and pre-the­atre din­ing while see­ing how the evenings go (so plan to shuf­fle off by about 8pm).  Over­all, tasty food and a good place to stop for a drink and nib­ble on the way to some­where.

CronutThe sweet dou­ble down­er break­fast start­ed as part of the week­end amble.  Who could resist Arobake food direct­ly from their bak­ery?  Not me, and clear­ly not the oth­er 20 peo­ple also try­ing to cram them­selves in at the same time.  So coconut and pas­sion­fruit mini cake it was, with a per­fect blend of but­ter, light­ness and a sweet fin­ish.  AND a chal­lenge on their black­board for next time – ‘Best cus­tard squares in Welling­ton, taste for your­self…’  Could it be true?  A mis­sion com­ing on methinks.

And not so ter­ri­bly long after, a stop at Moore Wil­son for the new cronuts from Bor­deaux — a donut made with crois­sant pas­try.  Crusty, sug­ary and sweet, with a sur­prise cus­tard lay­er inside.  Noth­ing more to be said real­ly, oth­er than be ear­ly or go with­out.

Until next week….