Steakout

Look­ing for a good steak in Welling­ton? A week or so ago this Welling­ton­ista was & after con­sult­ing my col­leagues, I can report back on two of the finest steaks I have tast­ed in this city (yes, two).

First up, it was one of those notable occa­sions (although not a sig­nif­i­cant one) that prompts thoughts of a nice lunch and/or din­ner.

First off lunch:

I had expressed to my loved ones, a par­tic­u­lar desire to sam­ple either a great steak, or a great cas­soulet.

So imag­ine my delight on arriv­ing at Copi­ta to find they had “Fil­let steak on a bed of Cas­soulet”! It was meant to be obvi­ous­ly.

It was love­ly, as was the squid entree.

Copi­ta itself was quite under­pa­tro­n­ised that day, but there was some sport to be had lis­ten­ing to a very loud par­ty con­sist­ing of two old­er gen­tle­men lunch­ing with two much younger women. Because they were so loud we soon ascer­tained the gen­tle­men were wine­mak­ers from the Hawkes Bay. It was­n’t obvi­ous who the women were, but we decid­ed that if the women paid, they were prob­a­bly wine dis­tri­b­u­tion reps, and if the men paid, hook­ers. As it hap­pens, we left before them so we’ll nev­er know!

And onto din­ner:

We decid­ed to take the tip from the team & try the Steak Frites at Le Met­ro­pol­i­tain in Cuba St. This was served with a red wine & bone mar­row sauce & we accom­pa­nied it with a green sal­ad & copi­ous glass­es of a French wine whose name I can’t recall.

And once again, I can rec­om­mend a win­ner!

Le Met­ro­pol­i­tain on this evening was well patro­n­ised but not packed, in addi­tion, it’s a love­ly lit­tle spot to watch passers by from. The staff were atten­tive & infor­ma­tive, the menu offered plen­ty of vari­ety & the evening was a rous­ing suc­cess.

I’m hap­py to take any oth­er decent steak rec­om­men­da­tions for next year, in the com­ments.

That is all.