On Friday night I was a foodie fan girl and went up to Auckland for the night, the purpose was to see the great man, Jay Rayner. He was in Auckland as part of the Auckland Writers Festival. If you are one of those people who doesn’t know who Jay Rayner is, find out. He has written some excellent books and fabulous restaurant reviews. His talk was about The Ten (Food) Commandments and very amusing.
Whilst up there I had to eat! I travelled with my good friend and fellow foodie Lily, you may know her from NZ Masterchef? It was lovely to travel with someone else who mainly thought about food and the next meal.
Our first stop was for High Tea at The Stamford Plaza, it was a lovely treat and you can read my review for The High Tea Society here. This High Tea was our lunch.
In the evening we headed to Depot Eatery and as we were feeling rather full still we had a big ponder what to order. We decided to eat all the meat. I would recommend the NZ Meat Board, it was all good. The only thing I wasn’t sure about was the rabbit. Not because it was bunny but it was just not my thing. It went especially well with my beer which was served in a little jug with a little glass in a very European fashion.
After our dinner we wandered around and ended up at in Lorne Street, I think Lily may have had secret plans to get me to try a Taiwanese Dessert. We went to Meet Fresh NZ and I let Lily do the ordering, she wasn’t sure how I would react. The dessert was very different but I liked it. I couldn’t eat a full portion but the black grass jelly, sago, ice and kidney beans were a very nice change and far more edible than they looked. OK, I freaked a little when I dropped a bit of black grass jelly and it looked like a slug. It was great to try something different and be with someone who knew what they were doing.
After dessert we went to see Jay Rayner, had a walk around night time Queen Street and went back to our room at The Rydges. Yeah, I know, Old.
For breakfast we headed to The Fed. I have been there several times before and do have a bit of a soft spot for the place. We both had the same bottomless coffee, grapefruit with and the excellent Griddle Cakes. I have had the Griddle Cakes 3 times now and each time they have lived up to my memory and been excellent. I have tried copying them but haven’t got the fluffiness yet, this is my recipe.
I had a lovely night in Auckland and it was lovely to fly home Wellington and the snow capped ranges, the first snow of 2017.
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