A Kiwi-as Café: Purple Weka Café
Purple Weka Café and Bar is one of Christchurch’s best relaxed weekend dining spots, where good fun and great service goes hand in hand with great Kiwi-style breakfasts and lunches. Located at 48 Fitzgerald Ave, the café has plenty of comfortable indoor and outdoor seating and onsite parking. It offers a stylish ambience […]
Ingredients for Success: Continental Catering
The best ingredient for a successful party or event is a trusted catering partner – remove the stress and hassle of your next function by using Continental Catering. With years of experience and expertise in the South Island, Continental Catering has helped deliver some of the most remembered occasions on everyone’s lips regardless […]
Options galore: The Rowdy Kitchen
Since its opening in May, The Rowdy Kitchen has established itself as a quality dining destination in the northern suburb of Prestons, Christchurch. Owners Blair and Gabe McIntyre have brought a wealth of hospitality experience and created a relaxed environment providing a multitude of different dining spaces for customers. Whether it’s the intimate […]
Flavours & fun
Liesl Johnstone gets us up to the play on what’s hot in culinary circles for the upcoming year. It’s usually something bigger than hunger that drives us to eat out. Yes, there are different world cuisines that we individually gravitate toward, but eating out is all about the vibe. The tastes and tummy-filling […]
A Taste of Thailand: Lemongrass
Here is what you must do if you are after the most intimate Thai dining experience in a beautiful and idyllic setting. You head out to 56 Fletchers Road, Loburn, and call in on Lemongrass Authentic Thai Cuisine Lemongrass is the result of an 11 year-dream for manager and chef Sriamorn Reavill and […]
Loaves made with love: Artisan Bakehouse
There’s nothing quite like the smell and buttery taste of a loaf of delectable warm garlic bread. For Jason Scott, this taste has become a love affair and he and his team at Artisan Bakehouse Ltd are proud to be providing New Zealanders with the yummiest blend of garlic bread and butter around. […]
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 la carte breakfast […]
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 the Christmas platter, […]
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 hot-off-the press spring […]
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 black pepper About […]
