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 […]