Roasty comfort

It must be the weath­er. I’ve been think­ing about roasts a lot.

So here’s a round-up of the ones I could dig up around the city (there may be oth­ers, so please add to the list in the com­ments):

•  Mat­ter­horn – from 5.30pm until they run out (only so many por­tions). A dif­fer­ent sur­prise meat each week (keep an eye on their FB page).  Twice I’ve struck meri­no lamb but dif­fer­ent cuts, ele­gant and won’t stuff you sil­ly, $25.

• Boul­cott Street Bistro – from 5.30pm. Roast, red wine and dessert for $45 (or roast and dessert with­out wine $39). Also a dif­fer­ent sur­prise meat and dessert of the week (dit­to re the FB page). Imag­ine it’s also rea­son­ably ele­gant giv­en the set­ting and usu­al stan­dards.

• The Hop Gar­den – lunch (11.30am ‑3pm) or din­ner­time (5pm – 9pm). Dit­to re chang­ing roasts for $20 (again with the FB) but no drink assigned so the full range of craft beers and wines are yours to choose.

• The Feath­er­ston (pic­tured) – Sat­ur­day and Sun­day all day. Roast pork with crack­ling for $19.50. Prob­a­bly one of the best known around the city (and there’s a rea­son for that). I dare you not to fol­low it with the peanut but­ter and jel­ly ice cream.

• The Grand – from 5pm. Beef or ham (inter­est­ing choice) for $17.50.

• South­ern Cross – from 6pm. Anoth­er of the long-stand­ing ones, again with dif­fer­ing meat each week. $18 includ­ing a fizzy and a free brown­ie at the end appar­ent­ly (huh).

• Bistro on Willis – from 4.30pm. This is the for­mer Pic­co­lo folks from Vivian Street in the old Cit­ron venue up Willis Street. Again dif­fer­ent meats each week (yad­da yad­da FB) and $38 incl wine and dessert.

• The Welsh Drag­on Bar – from 4–7pm. A tra­di­tion­al ‘Welsh’ roast (one would expect lamb then), $20 for 2 cours­es or $25 for 3. Beware pub quizzing com­mences at 8pm (yad­da FB).

• The Tast­ing Room – a whis­per that they’re about to start a rotis­serie chick­en Sun­day din­ner with roast-style veg­gies. One to keep an eye on (I’m not even gonna say it, just here).

Depend­ing on how much choice you like, what time of day or night you fan­cy, and how much you feel like pay­ing, there’s good few bel­ly fillers on offer…