Wellington - Food & Drink Highlights

Wellington is a fabulous food city. We ate so well there. Here were the highlights. There are a lot. I love food, what can I say? Lack of photos doesn't mean the quality of food was any less; I forgot my camera. Sad face.

Salty croquettes, roasted beets and broccoli, margherita pizza, and a carafe of Sangiovese at Ombra. Cute, dark place.

Breakfast at Fidel's. Baked Spanish eggs. Waffles and bacon.

Dinner at Restaurant 88. Drunken salt & pepper chicken. Mixed grill. Hot Vietnamese coffee.

Drinks at Hummingbird.

Banh mi @ Nam D. Oozing pate and butter. Yuuuuhhhsssssss. Sorry, no photo.

Moonless Stout and Tuatara Sauvinova at Little Beer Quarter.

Friday Night Market on Cuba Street.

Bowls from Sichuan Spice. Perfect cold weather food.

Zaida's Bakery. We bought pastries from here and ate at our hotel a few mornings.

L'Affare. Oatmeal and pancakes. Savory pastries and pomegranate goat cheese salad (2 different meals).

Shared a burger, harissa beef poutine, and croquettes at Grill Meats Beer (points for adorable name). Plus a Madame Brown and Emerson Pils, which was like if a Blue Moon and a good Pilsner had a baby. A delicious, orangy baby.

Breakfast at Sweet Mother's Kitchen. The Eggs Bomba is basically spinach artichoke dip covered with eggs and hollandaise over grilled bread. Appropriately named. Plus Pain Perdu and mediocre beignets. Get the eggs bomba.

Fish and chips at Mt. Vic Chippery (two different meal). And a whitebait fritter. Whitebait is a local specialty and it was in season, so I had to. It was salty and had eyes and was not my thing. The fish and chips were totally my thing, though. And the grilled fish I had for another meal with sweet potato fries was good, too. And very affordable.

It has eyes!

Egmont St. Eatery. A little upscale. Had an amazing burger with beet root relish, tangy sauce, jack cheese, and an onion ring. And it was huge. Shared boneless chicken wings and a lovely salad with squash, broccoli, farrow, chèvre and herbs. Also had one of my favorite beers of the trip: Parrotdog Bloodhound, a red ale, bitter, but not hoppy.

Bountiful spread at Chow during 2 for 1 Mondays. Laksa, blue cheese wontons, chicken satay, and fried dumplings. Too much food. We took leftovers home.

All this wonderfulness from House of Dumplings.

Smoked mackerel hash and ham on ciabatta with eggs and hollandaise at Floriditas. Hash was divine. Not at all fishy.

Small plates at WBC, recommended by Hubs' work contact in Wellington. Clam fritters, empanadas, corn cakes with feta and honey, and brussels sprouts with bacon aka heaven. Plus a Panhead APA (very good) and a coconut porter for Hubs because he's okay with sweet things fucking with his beer. Not my thing.

Food truck sushi from Miki at Moore Wilson's. All good. And you get to pick your own individual pieces of rolls, so maximum variety. Which I'm all about.

Drinks at Hawthorn Lounge. Really cute place to chill out with friends, but I wished the drinks were stronger for the price.

A Gorgeous George and Pikelets from Joe's Garage.

So much good food in a week and half!