welly on a plate

 Con­grat­u­la­tions to Angus who won last week’s prize. This week, to cel­eb­rate Wel­ling­ton on a Plate, thanks to the lovely Pos­it­ively Wel­ling­ton Tour­ism, we have a $100 vouch­er for Rata Cafe at Zeal­and­ia (the bird sanc­tu­ary in Karori) to give away.

If you’re the lucky win­ner, you might want to use it to have lunch in order to get your bear­ings before a night tour of the sanc­tu­ary (the cafe is only open until 5pm, mind) or when you take advant­age of the spe­cial winter rate of admis­sion to the inform­a­tion centre.

Of course, if you’re just in it for the food, we would­n’t blame you! Rata has a par­tic­u­larly spec­tac­u­lar deck over­look­ing the sanc­tu­ary, and a menu (PDF) that offers up free range and organ­ic good­ness. As part of Wel­ling­ton on a Plate, they’ve got a spe­cial deal for $25: 

Two courses plus a glass of Wel­ling­ton region­al wine, and a cup of tea or cof­fee

Main: Braised beef cheeks, creamy polenta and broad bean pur­ee Dessert: Warm chocol­ate brownie served with cream and winter com­pote
Lunch wine: Instinct Mar­tin­bor­ough Pinot Noir

So, how do you win? Leave us a com­ment before next Tues­day 5pm telling us either what your favour­ite bird is, or what else you think should have a sanc­tu­ary in Wel­ling­ton. We’ll draw a win­ner at ran­dom.

We’re hav­ing a tiny bit of an issue with an over-vig­or­ous Akismet right now, so if your com­ment does­n’t show imme­di­ately, don’t pan­ic, it’s in the sys­tem and I’ll push it through shortly. Hope­fully this prob­lem will be fixed over the week­end.