Cake, Cronuts and Creativity

So in the first of my (inten­ded) weekly remind­er of Wel­ling­ton food­ie gems, I’m think­ing back to din­ner at the new WBC res­taur­ant and bar from the Cap­it­ol folks (upstairs on Vic­tor­ia above Tat­sushi), and Saturday’s double break­fast of cake fol­lowed by cronut (did I men­tion the slightly sweet tooth yet?). So, WBC.  Named for […]

Eats, rides and city living (and now earthquakes!)

This post is an intro­duc­tion since the folks at Wel­ling­tonista have kindly invited me to join their merry band (and I now have an unex­pec­ted day off since the office is closed). So a little about me ….  I LOVE Wel­ling­ton, food, events, eat­ing exper­i­ences, movies, solo Sat­urday morn­ing wanders, soak­ing up the city vibe, […]

Keeping warm with carb-on-carb

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. […]

Beer Belly Jellies

Anoth­er guest post from Heath­er at Food­ie Gems of Wel­ling­ton. We love guest posts.  For all you crafty beer fans out there, an innov­at­ive new product – Beer Belly Jel­lies. Inspired by a sim­il­ar product in Canada some years ago, Lindy McLen­nan has partnered with the Par­rot­Dog boys to hand craft these delights. So as […]

Wellington on a Plate is here again, hurrah!

Right now we’re knee-deep in deli­cious wine and food at the Wel­ling­ton on a Plate launch at Pre­fab so if all’s going well, this post will go live right after the media embargo ends. For now, here’s what we’ve writ­ten about Wel­ling­ton on a Plate over the past couple of years, and below is the […]

Fairtrade coffee that you make for yourself

Fairtrade Fort­night may be over, but that does­n’t mean it’s not some­thing to still think about. When someone else is mak­ing the cof­fee for you, you may be drawn to par­tic­u­lar beans because of their fair trade status. Why not apply the same cri­ter­ia when you’re drink­ing it at home or work? Hand­ily the good people […]

Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN’T?!

If you think the res­taur­ant that sits on the corner of Cuba and Vivi­an Streets, along­side Frutti, and oppos­ite Logan Brown serves a) food and b) Mex­ic­an food then you are sorely mis­taken and should get your­self to La Boca Loca asap. Don’t even fin­ish read­ing this. Get in a car, a bus, on a […]

What a Feeling!

Do you ever won­der what hap­pens at the end of the day to the freshly made bread that Wel­ling­ton baker­ies can­’t sell? Do you ever won­der what hap­pens to the fresh fruit and veget­ables at the mar­kets that are still edible but not good enough to sell? I can tell you. For the last few […]

Good cola has good karma (and a giveaway)

A lot of people I know, myself included, have had a rough couple of weeks, so let’s talk about nice things instead! Spe­cific­ally, let’s talk about Karma Cola and Ginger­ella. The good people at All Good Organ­ics (they lit­er­ally are good people!) dropped some off for us to try, and they were deli­cious. The Karma […]

FishHead DineOut awards: get your vote in!

Just a remind­er that vot­ing in Fish­Head magazine’s Din­eOut awards 2013 closes this Fri­day the 19th. Get in now and vote for your favour­ite res­taur­ants, bars and cafés through­out the Wel­ling­ton region, and you’ll be in to win a cof­fee grinder and a year’s sup­ply of Havana cof­fee.