For a lot of my time in Wellington, I've been on the mostly not fun side of poor, and haven't been able to really go out and eat in Wellington. The food here is great and varied and ...also kind of expensive. Don't get me wrong, if you look hard enough you can find cheap places, but the food is never as good. But now that I have a worthy of a capitol J Job, I can actually afford to go out and try that one place that I've walked by every day for the last 6 months but have been too low on money to comfortably swing paying 15$ for lunch. Man, is it great. I can treat myself without looking back in regret at those 15$ I no longer have. Why is this post all about money? Stop it, Kate. Talk about food.
Food culture in New Zealand took a bit to get used to. Because 80% of what we eat is imported (be it culturally or actually imported) a lot of it is expensive. I think that's sort of what drives the importance of food in New Zealand.
IT TOOK A LOT TO GET THIS FOOD TO THESE TINY ISLANDS SO YOU WILL CHERISH IT AND APPRECIATE IT AND THAT WILL BE 8$ FOR THAT AVOCADO, PLEASE. (I'm not joking, buying fruit and veg at supermarkets is just STUPID in this country. Luckily there are farmers' markets on the weekends so you just have to stock up then)
Here are some of my favorite foods from the last few months:
Steak and Chips at The Fisherman's Table
Ham, Avocado and Brie sandwich and a lemon bitters cake from Arobake
Butter Chicken and Naan from Mughlai Indian Takeaways
Mini-Carrot Cake and Mini-Red Velvet Cake from Arobake
Palmiers and Brioche from Le Moulin Bakery
Peanut Piston Burger and Kumara (sweet potato) Chips from Burger Fuel
Scorch-O-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong at Scorch-O-Rama
Man, am I gonna miss New Zealand food.
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