Mmmmm xmas. Holidays. Summer sun (we live in hope). And gelato. Graham Joe at Gelissimo has it all sorted. Small batch, hand crafted gelatos using Zany Zeus organic milk and real seasonal ingredients. Watch out for Gelissimo gelatos on menus around town where Graham and various chefs (Scopa for example) have collaborated to create a […]
As a town of public servants, it seems like much of Wellington shuts down for a month from Christmas until Anniversary Day. People deserve holidays, sure, but if they have the misfortune of being back at work in the summer, they gotta be able to get coffee, right? We’re compiling a list of bar/cafe/restaurant holidays […]
Have you got your christmas nog on yet? Hot buttered coconut cocktail-in-a-mug from the beautiful people at The Hangar. A pretty delish way to celebrate the season. The WellingtonNZ.com advent calendar has all sorts of goodies on offer, many in the food and drink arena. Some other examples: Zibibbo half price tapas in the bar […]
So this week I’m extending my Mediterranean food knowledge, courtesy of Lazeeza (Arabic for delicious) on Dixon Street in the former Simply Paris premises (beside Dixon Street Deli). Turkish, Lebanese, Greek and North African offerings, to name but a few. The cabinet food was educational and the brunch menu offered a few different twists (brioche french […]
So I’m going to declare right up front that I work for Zest Food Tours of New Zealand before I congratulate them on 10 years of success this month. No mean feat in the sometimes-fickle tourism/hospitality industry. And rated one of the world’s top 10 Walking Tours for Globetrotting Foodies by Lonely Planet this year. […]
Tonight we went to the opening of the Nespresso “boutique” on Lambton Quay, because frankly, we’d go to the opening of envelopes if they involved Louis Roederer champagne(1) (although a number of people we know turned down the invitation, sent us links to a Buzzfeed article about disposable pods and then commissioned haikus) and it was […]
It seems its wine-o-clock time again. Greytown, Martinborough and Gladstone are waking up from winter and preparing for Toast Martinborough next weekend. The tickets are all sold for this year other than some packages with Rydges if you’re super keen (bear in mind that does mean a sloshy old bus ride over that hill and […]