Drunken conversations: Beth from Eat and Greet

Every­one who’s a drinker knows that the best con­ver­sa­tions hap­pen when you are plied with good food and good drinks, so I’ve decid­ed I’m going to inter­view some choice Welling­to­ni­ans after we have been imbib­ing togeth­er. First on the plate is Beth from Eat and Greet which launched last year and is doing a real­ly great […]

Joanna had a lot of (Silere) lamb (at Hummingbird)

A cou­ple of weeks ago, I went for din­ner at Hum­ming­bird, and as well as eat­ing fish tacos with my girl­friend (oh grow up!), we ordered the Lamb for Two. What we got was lamb shank with cous­cous, char­grilled flat­breads, the creami­est hum­mus ever, baba ganoush, some pick­les and the most amaz­ing­ly ten­der and flavour­some […]

Something to hum about

Hum­ming­bird has been on Courte­nay Place for a long time (twelve years!), and has just under­gone a com­plete refur­bish­ment. The Welling­ton­ista was invit­ed along to check out the revi­talised space and new menu, and what we found was very very good. In their own words: The site was once, many decades ago, a butcher’s shop […]