Our weekly wrap-up of what’s good,  this time fea­tur­ing fea­tur­ing Emma, Joanna and Tom

Emma’s bests

Best theatre:

Farce Onion at BATS – a deeply warm­ing joy­ous non­sense impro­vised time

Best vibes:

Still­wa­ter – I only had a drink there with some mates so I can­’t speak to the effic­acy of their cof­fee or food but the vibe was impec­cable and on a warm and breezy day it’s nice as. (Ed note: I thought Emma was talk­ing about High­wa­ter and it was only when I went to add a link that I dis­covered it exis­ted. Woo!) 

Best food:

Milk & Honey, up at the uni. Con­sist­ently great, but I really love the rosti egg potato stack with bacon and hol­landaise – I’m get­ting one this morn­ing.

Joanna’s bests

Best small village feel of the week:

Every­one com­ing in to con­grat­u­late the bar­man at Nga Waka in Mar­tin­bor­ough (more about that in a post soon) on becom­ing a fath­er. Ador­able!

Most popular tweet of ours that TERFs absolutely didn’t get was at their expense:

Best example of someone Generation Y pretending to be a Millennial in the tweets:

(the decaf at Brac & Bow did not taste good though, it seemed made well enough so per­haps I do not like Kara­mu decaf beans)

Best emotional writing:

Mike White’s piece on one year since the Loafers Lodge Fire

Best “are you fucking kidding me that they were using messenger pigeons in 1994???” writing:

30 Years of Rob Kit­chin

Tom’s bests

Best spot for those who realise we’re post pandemic-response, not post-pandemic:

An outdoor area at Arlo Cafe
Arlo Café in Wil­lis St has become one of my go-to spots for break­fast and lunch. Not only is the food deli­cious and the ser­vice extra-friendly, but it has not one but two out­door areas for those of us who are still try­ing to avoid COVID. On a fine day, the front tables let you watch the world go by, but the expans­ive court­yard hid­den at the back has enough shel­ter that you can dine out­side even on the most inclement days.

Among the din­ing options, my cur­rent favour­ites are the crumbed chick­en focac­cia and cocoa gran­ola with fresh and poached fruit. But on a winter’s day, a hearty soup with a prop­erly cheesy scone is also a great choice.
(Ed note: Red­dit says the own­ers are ex-Rah­zoo, which is a great ped­i­gree for salad and scone options)