Destination Ocean-side: Ocean Café
Located in the most idyllic place in Scarborough, Ocean Café and Bar is the perfect destination for family or friends to congregate and enjoy the essence of what sumner is all about. At 147 Esplanade, next to the clock tower, Ocean Café and Bar is open every day for a […]
Christmas on the menu: Belgian Beer Cafe Torenhof
With Christmas on the horizon and the booking of the all-important Christmas function at the top of your Christmas list, look no further than ‘The Hof’, or for the uninitiated, The Belgian Beer Café Torenhof. A set Christmas menu is on offer, with prices starting from $45pp, with options like […]
Frolic Gastronomic: The Pedal Pusher
There’s nothing like celebrating warmer, balmier days than to wave bye-bye to winter foods, as they head off to their well-deserved hibernation period, and welcome in the lighter, fresh ’n’ flavoursome fare of a spring/summer season. Over at The Pedal Pusher, Addington, they’re very excited to present to customers their […]
Eight… & still counting: Black & White Coffee Cartel
Talking to Bink Bowler, the man behind our city’s Black & White Coffee Cartel, you immediately understand why Christchurch is beginning to look pretty darned amazing; while many post-earthquakes wrung their hands in despair, Bink saw it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity not to be wasted. “We’ve got no choice; we’ve […]
A spring salad: Recipes
Cold shrimp salads are the perfect accompaniment to spring meals. With prawns, fresh avocado, fresh dill, avocado, green onion and celery, it packs as much nutritional punch as it does deliciousness. Ingredients 700g raw prawns deveined, in shell 2 sprigs of dill 1 bay leaf 2 tsp salt Fresh cracked […]
A talent for a tipple: Clark Estate
Based on 34 acres in the Upper Awatere Valley next to the Black Birch Stream is one of New Zealand’s best boutique wine vineyards A family affair, Peter and Jane Clark have fostered some stunning vintages with Simon Clark now leading the charge in creating something a little different every […]
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