BLONDE ON HOLIDAY - BRUNETTE TAKES OVER

Bustedblonde has taken off for a while and left Roarprawn to me - the Brunette and the American Gardener. ( Incidentally I think he has increased the intellectual depth of this blog somewhat. )

So who am I? Well just a citizen of the New Zealand village. I dine out quite a bit and often with Busted and have a good cellar of NZ Pinot Noirs. So I will write about food and wine and leave the brainy stuff to the Gardener.

So today we were quite excited to see that the new but very charming and erudite Jessie Mulligan has linked his blog Auckland Food Blog to Roarprawn as a blog that contains some interesting information and insights on food and dining out in Wellington.

We notice that Jessie has posted Andrew Bisley's Wellington's " Best Of " so we thought we would do the same.


Here are Andrew's picks:

Best Brunch: Maranui

Best BYO Cheap Eat: Curry Heaven (Newtown)

Best Group BYO Cheap Eat: Ban Man Thai (with reusable entertainment card)

Best Café: Floriditas

Best French: Le Canard, Arbritageur

Best Hutt: La Bella Italia

Best (Wgtn) Suburban: The Larder (Miramar)

Best Italian: Maria Pia’s, Vivo

Best Indian: Great India

Best Malay: Serai

Best Dish: Trade Kitchen’s chicken risotto

Best Duck: Manon

Best Fish Tagine: Casablanca

Best Music: Lido (Jazz, pavement-side, summer Sat or Sun)

Best Pizza: Zibibbo

Best Seafood: Ortega Fish Snack Bar (especially crayfish butter sauce)

Best Steak: 88, Ortega Fish Snack Bar

Best Takeaway: Phoenician Falafel

Best Welcome: Ambeli

Best View: The White House, Scorchorama

Most Overrated: Flying Burrito Brothers

And here are ours
Best Brunch: Felix
Best BYO Cheap Eat: Tulsi

Best Group BYO Cheap Eat: Ban Man Thai

Best Café: Floriditas tied with Vista

Best French: Le Metropolitan, La Cunard

Best Italian: Zicos, Bella Italia on the Terrace

Best Indian: Tulsi

Best Chinese - Yangtze

Best Dishes: Duck pie at Zicos (only on request) Paua Ravioli at Logan Brown, Lamb Shanks at Boulcott Street Bistro, Snapper Pie at Arbitrageur

Best Duck - Yangtze

Best Fish -Anything that Franco cooks at Zicos ( let him decide - its always superb) and the Snapper Pie at Arbitrageur.

Best Music: Anything that isn't too loud and I like restaurants that don't play " doof doof" music.

Best Pizza: Scopa

Best Seafood: Fresh Bluff oysters
Best Yum cha - the Eastern Sunrise on Lower Tory St.

Best Steak: Boulcott Street Bistro

Best Takeaway: Daniels Kebabs on the Terrace,
Best Sushi - Blowfish on the Terrace

Best Welcome: Jo ex D4 now Green Man
Best Pub - Green man ( because Jo is there - however the food is nothing great).

Best View: Bach Cafe South Coast
Best coffee - Mixed Business on the Terrace

Most Overrated: Shed 5. ( food is too inconsistent)

Most Crazy good for no real reason but its cheap - Long Bar ( Malay).