A 5th birthday…

The City Mar­ket (Sundays at Chaf­fers) is turn­ing 5. So this Sunday they’re run­ning a little longer than usu­al (til 2pm) and adding more enter­tain­ment and stalls (quite a long list actu­ally if you check out their Face­book page). The mar­ket still has some good old favour­ites like Le Marche French cheeses, Rachel’s Yel­low Brick Road sea­food, […]

More smart youngsters

I’ve been away this week­end, so not too much to report about what’s been eat­ing in the city oth­er than it’s Mat­ter­horn’s 50th birth­day month (yep I was a bit slow cot­ton­ing onto that one), the Bur­eau is open on the Ter­race (pri­or Liquid­ate folks), and Char­ley Noble is up and run­ning (check out more […]

Eat, greet and learn how to cook

You know from our drunk­en con­ver­sa­tion that we love Beth of Eat & Greet Blog, and we have writ­ten many times about our love for La Boca Loca too, so when Beth invited me along to one of the Eat&Greet cook­ing classes, this time taught by Will from La Boca, it was an instant yes, even […]

Tom Yum, frangipane and seafood chowder

What’s fea­tur­ing in my memory this week? Tom Yum sweet and sour soup from Thai Chef, Canteen’s shell­fish bouil­labaisse and pear and fran­gi­pane tart, and Rach’s sea­food chow­der at the City Mar­ket. Over a group catch­up, we decided the Tom Yum sweet and sour soup at Thai Chef was ideal for a sore throat (and […]

A jamboree… of jam

A high­light of the Wel­ling­ton food­ie’s cal­en­dar is  The Great Welly Jam Off.  Since the first Jam Off held at The Old Bank Arcade the event’s trans­formed into a must-make and must-taste event.  At 10.30am this Sunday (March 25th)  The Great Welly Jam Off.  brings the jammy good­ness to The City Mar­ket.   The City […]