Last week on our cruise we did the Wellington Food & Art Tour as a shore excursion and were treated to a lovely lunch at Dockside right on the harbourfront. We made new friends on our 6-day Grand Voyage and had a fabulous meal as well. There was plenty of wine poured with an Nga Waka Pinot Noir Rose from Martinborough and a super Fickle Mistress Pinot Nir from Central Otago.
There was a lot of choices for the two-course lunch, but we were so full from the morning coffee stop and chocolate tasting that Will & I both had two starters (like Europe, called entree's here!)--photos on FB:
Fried Salt & Pepper Calamari was perfectly cooked with a light batter and a lime mayo dip; a Thai salad with sesame and sweet chili dressing was on the side.
Pastrami with Chevre was delish with pickled veggies, truffle honey, parmesan, blushing pear and rye & walnuts
while the Pea & Parmesan Risotto with fresh mozzarella, burst cherry tomatoes, olive oil & pea tendrils was cooked just al dente to perfection.
Our server Aaron was a gem handling all twenty or so from our group and deserves huge bravos! We just love Wellington and New Zealand and will miss it as we started our first day in Australia (Hobart, Tasmania) today with a wine tasting and oyster farm visit with tasting!
