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 […]