Dessert anyone?

I’ve been think­ing about the fab­u­lous desserts I’ve had in recent times around Welling­ton (prompt­ed by anoth­er cou­ple of real­ly good inhal­ings over the week­end). I think we’re pret­ty spoilt with the num­ber and vari­ety of options frankly. Some that stick in my mind (and I do con­fess to eat­ing a few, so these tru­ly […]

Birthdays, beer and burgers

I hope you all had won­der­ful long week­ends (or at least parts of it if hav­ing to work). So many mem­o­rable eats and drinks this week, I’ll try and be suc­cinct. But what a won­der­ful reminder of the diver­si­ty and oppor­tu­ni­ties in Welling­ton City. Mat­ter­horn are hav­ing their 50th birth­day cel­e­bra­tions over the next month, […]

now we’re cooking with fire

Leaf­ing through the Welling­ton on a Plate cat­a­log some months ago, one event in par­tic­u­lar seemed to stand out for me. This was Cook­ing Over Fire, The Argen­tine Way, to be held at El Mata­dor, the new “Café, Asador Grill & Bar” up Cuba Street. Asador is the Argen­tine nation­al dish, a way of slow-cook­ing […]