WOAP 17: wine and whisky

It’s day five of this year’s Welling­ton on a Plate and the city seems to be buzzing. So let’s get down to it. Here’s two events I went to on Sat­ur­day. Tapas & Tast­ings with Matahi­wi Wines at Avi­da Bar Wood­fire & Whisky at Ster­ling Tapas & Tast­ings I wrote about this last year, which maybe […]

Parking ourselves at the Park Hotel (and a giveaway)

About a month ago, we attend­ed the open­ing of the Park Hotel where we ate amaz­ing canapes from Ster­ling (which we have raved about before), and heard new­ly crowned may­or Justin Lester say that Welling­ton needs 1000 new hotel rooms to sus­tain growth (the Park Hotel has 137, fyi). We had a thor­ough­ly excel­lent time, […]

WOAP: Burger, burger, bugger!

TL:DR: we ate two pret­ty decent burg­ers and will nev­er return to Fox­glove. Pig Mac at the Feath­er­ston On Fri­day at lunchtime I knew I had to eat some­thing WOAPy in order to keep up the reviews, but was crav­ing fresh­ness. I thought I might be able to get into Annam with­out a book­ing, because […]

Welly on a Plate 2016: it begins

So Welling­ton on a Plate has been going for four days now, and I have three things to report back on so far. Good on me, let’s see if I can keep this pace up (I won’t be able to). The Suite Life at the Bolton Hotel Tapas and wine Dine Welling­ton menu at Ster­ling […]