The Monday Room

Seasonal Sensations: The Monday Room

In mid-winter, sharing comfort food with great friends can be a wonderful experience. There’s no better place to do that than at The Monday Room at 161 High Street. A destination for any food and beverage lover, the new winter menu has some great options to tempt you in out of the cold, […]

No.4 Bar and Restaurant

Winter Warmers: No.4 Bar and Restaurant

No.4 Bar and Restaurant is a premium establishment in the heart of Merivale. Housed in a converted 1920’s villa, it offers exceptional indoor and outdoor dining and refreshments. On these cooler evenings, the inside is cosy, warmed by a roaring fire, and the courtyards are heated. When the beautiful summer weather kicks in, […]

Top Truffles

Top Truffles: The Perigord black truffle

Last July I found myself on the side of a hill, nose down in the dirt with the delightful truffle hunting dog, Sophie and the team from Amuri Truffiere by my side. Truffles have a unique taste, one not easy to describe but one that adds something special to a dish. With the […]

CBD A CULINARY HOTSPOT

CBD a Culinary Hotspot: The CBD is emerging as a space that packs a culinary punch

Amid the concrete and glass of Christchurch’s sparkling new city, the CBD is emerging as a space that packs a culinary punch. Because, although deciding where to have dinner can be a tough decision, the central city has become a hotspot for the hungry with all types of foods and cuisines including Thai, […]

Ganda's Cooking

Too delicious to forget: Jayshri Ganda’s culinary journey + Win with Metropol

Family meals so good that she needed to know how to replicate them is where Jayshri Ganda’s culinary journey began.   Jayshri is the first to admit she didn’t really know how to cook. Growing up in New Zealand with Indian parents, Jayshri and her siblings never needed to learn kitchen skills. Cooking […]

Gordon's Picklery

Tickling Taste-Buds: Gordon’s Picklery

With two decades of experience and expertise supplying gherkins and pickled onions to many of New Zealand’s largest and most recognisable food service customers, Gordon’s Pickles has now launched an impressive range of ‘ready to serve’ quality products available to you, direct from the factory door. Owner and Manager Janice Burnett knows her […]