Vatan Persian Restaurant
Not satisfied with run of the mill bacon & eggs, we went n search of something with more, balls….
Well, we didn’t find balls per se, but we did locate our own and smash an Iranian feast of lamb’s head soup with tongue, cheek and brains… yum yum! Continue reading
Bishop Sessa
Once stumble upon on another weekly eating journey, this place caught my eye because f the offal on offer. Much more than boiled sheep’s balls, this looked all class, and was-it-ever! Continue reading
Chinta Ria (Mood for Love)
A so-so week at Yum Cha last week couldn’t put me off remaining in Asia this week. Albeit with cuisine I find much more enjoyable. A movie themed, village style restaurant meant anything could happen here… Continue reading
The feast (Four in Hand restaurant)
A pig, a whole pig, and nothing but the pig.
I think that’s how the saying goes, right?
It did for us this week that’s for sure, when we took part of a group feast that took down two pigs!
Aotearoa land of the long white cloud; the homeland of kiwis, the rugby world cup, award winning Pinots, fresh seafood and of course, chulli buns (that is- chilli bins, esky’s or ice boxes). Continue reading
Rātā
In the ‘Adventure capital of the world’ Queenstown, New Zealand, for a friend’s wedding, the opportunity to try some local fare was too good to pass up. After asking around some locals we settled on Rātā by Josh Emett.
I don’t know where to begin really. Dinner last night and breakfast today mark the end of a ridiculous chapter for me- Meat Mike Campbell.
To type the letters that make up the title of my draft document for this post is quite sobering.
That’s due in part to the second miniature bottle of wine I’ve just cracked on the flight home to New Zealand for Christmas. However, the majority of that instant sobriety is due to the characters:
W-e-e-k- 5-1
Fifty Two 