It’s winter, which means the Wel­ling­tonista’s thoughts turn to warm­ing food to warm ourselves up. What’s more warm­ing than the lovely hug of car­bo­hydrates? The double hug of at least two kinds of carbs at once! With that in mind, here are some of our favour­ite carb-on-carb exper­i­ences in Wel­ling­ton:

  • Mac’n cheese sliders at Pickle. Dense pasta with thick cheese sauce, breaded, fried and put into a bun. Aww yeah. 
  • The Rosa Maria pizza at Scopa – potato and rose­mary on pizza, espe­cially great when doused lib­er­ally with chili oil.
  • Pota­toes fried in lard and lem­on at Nikau Cafe, ordered with whatever oth­er veget­able they have on (espe­cially if it’s a root like parsnip or Jer­u­s­alem artichoke), and get­ting their excel­lent baguette and but­ter on the side.

Our oth­er winter tip would be to book your­self a private spa at Kil­birne Aquat­ic Centre. Please don’t eat while you’re in there though, it’s a pub­lic space.

Now it’s your turn – what are your favour­ite carbs around town? Is there any­where we could order a carb-on-carb car­bon­ara?