irnbru14

If you can't handle the heat you should stay out of the kitchen (and/or sauna!)

karonious

Enough people.
Is there nothing else more important than arguing about food for goodness sakes?
Stop it: stop it now :curse:

irnbru14

Sorry!

Kiwiprincess

The ben and jerrys franchise in NZ is available (or it was a few months ago when I emailed their customer service desk and got myself an "incident number")

Buy the franchise and open a ben and jerrys. Ok i confess: i just want some New York Super Fudge Chunk. Or Fossil Fuel.

Don't care about the quality of the ice cream, or its fat content, or where it is made. I just want little chocolate dinosaurs to eat when i am watching DVDs on a Sunday afternoon. Is that too much to ask?

irnbru14

Mmmmm, Ben & Jerrys!! Thing is, the quality of the ice cream here is generally rather good, so not sure if a B&J franchise would make much of a dent in the market really? Shame though, I do miss Phish Food...

Kiwiprincess

I think thats the problem. The actual ice cream available is superior but, again, chocolate dinosaurs. That is surely a winning combination?!!

The cost of the ice cream at B&J vendor stalls tends to be very expensive - can't see it being a popular thing here - though maybe the icecream pots in supermarkets would be.

Actually, the other thing which is popular in Australia is Cold Rock http://www.coldrock.com.au which would i think be popular.

sean n

Havent read all this thread so I am probably repeating, but you can get more or less any uk food here. Pak and starve in Sylvia park Auckland have a uk section. Some ex pat popular towns have uk food stores.

Whittakers chocolate is nicer than any I had in the uk and I love cadburys (which you can get here).

The quality of 'proper' food is far superior to the uk. Meat, fish and fruit and veg all taste better as they are truly fresh.

food is more expensive than we expected but if you shop around and use the local veggie shop and the mad butcher (chain of small retailers) you can live well at around the same weekly shopping costs as the uk. However wages are generally lower but other house hold bills are chearer so its swings and roundabouts.

tranceriders

Oddly enough we were speaking about this the other day, and we are craving a good old Pepperami (hardly classy I know !!

The NZ Biersticks do not cut it !!!!!!!!

scrubbedexpat094

Please Miss, please Miss (hand in the air, strained but eager expression) Hegs started it.....

magicfish79

Well I'm new to this thread and forum lark but desperately in need of some curry advice! I've recently moved to Wellington and love it, but just can't find a decent curry anywhere. Have tried a few places and they've all served tasteless 'slop', i.e. all sauce and no ingredients. I'm looking for a good dry, but oily curry, like a typical tandoori tikka masala, the type you'd find in Leeds, Bradford or Birmingham!

Please help!!!! Also if you have any other recommendations of really good places to eat, I like most foods and love eating out.

Thanks

irnbru14

Welcome!!!

Can't help with the Curry, but will start you with...

Satay Village for Malaysian
Scopa for lovely thin crust Pizza
Zibbibo for Italian style stuff
Hell Pizza of course...
Cafe Neo for big fat brunch menu
Burgerfuel (for a nice burger!)
D4 on Featherston St for something nice but light at lunchtime and/or weekends (I really like their Bacon/Camembert/Sweetcorn Fritters)
Just about ANY cafe in town for good cake!

And STILL looking for decent Mexican grub, Flying Burrito Bros is passable....

Steve and Julie

They sell pepperami Sticks in New world, hope that helps

tranceriders

Excellent - proper Pepperamis Thanks Steve and Julie

magicfish79

Thanks for all the tips, will try each and every one over the next few weeks!

karonious

Coyote was Ok for Mexican. They didn't have a huge menu but I quite liked what they had.