More goodies in the south of the north

Shhhhhhhhhh!

Merry Christmas and happy new blogpost. My girl and I had planned to spend the post-New Year period in Northland, lolling about in hammocks without a care in the world. Instead we spent it lying awake in bed, nervously staring at her pregnant belly, willing that baby not to come until we'd finished at the bach and travelled safely out of the catchment area of the Kawakawa Maternity Unit.

AFB in Wellington

Chemex coffee and cheesecake at Memphis Belle

A recent weekend in Wellington yielded a number of good food discoveries, to add to the excellent list my capital spy Alex put together for AFB a few months ago. I spent eight good years in Wellington, and I don’t regret a moment of it. Well, perhaps just one or two moments, described herein:

Best of Wellington Food

I spent eight delicious years in Wellington, and I miss many tasty elements of that city: $2.50 long blacks from Deluxe, paua ravioli from Logan Brown, crèpes from the Manners Mall crèpist (no wait, that doesn't sound right). The best of capital city food can be found documented on a daily basis at the excellent Gusty Gourmet blog, and you'll find a superb mix of gossip, food and political juice on the highly regarded Roar Prawn. Both are recommended reading, as is the following insiders' list, submitted to Auckland Food Blog by reviewer, thinker and good buddy Alexander Bisley.