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….