Style: October 02, 2020

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FOOD TIP
Fun, yet fierce
Tony’s Chocolonely has landed on our shelves to treat taste
buds and banish slavery. Its six flavours (including a delicious
milk chocolate with caramel and sea salt) are not presented
in straight rows, but rather irregular shapes that represent the
social inequality in the chocolate industry. It’s the best-selling
chocolate brand in the Netherlands and it takes fair trade very
seriously for something that looks like it’s come straight out of
Willy Wonka’s factory. (Available at New World)
Wash Creek Organic Lamb Rack with double reduction red wine and
mint sauce, mashed potato, and pumpkin puree, served with sweet
pea, asparagus and courgettes.
Meat works
For the best-tasting rack, you’ll want the natural flavours
of organic meat to be the hero. The Wash Creek Organic
Meat team told us to go easy on the seasoning and never
overcook it. Get it right every time with this simple method:
1. Sear both sides of lamb rack in a cast iron pan for 1
minute (with plenty of oil).
2. Cook for 10 minutes at 200°C in the oven.
3. Rest for 10 minutes.
4. Serve with seasonal vegetables.
We’ll cheers to that
It is the month of wine – according to the old Anglo
Saxon calendar. October was referred to as Win Monath,
which means ‘wine month’, because it was a fine time for
making (and presumably drinking?) wine. When the French
revolutionaries were brewing up their Republican Calendar in
1792, they called the period from September 22 to October
22 Vendémiaire, the time of vintage in the wine districts of
northern France.
Special days
They say the early bird
catches the worm, but the
catch of the day seems far
more appealing if you ask
us. A recent dish du jour
at Lyttelton’s Fisherman’s
Wharf (Norwich Quay) saw
salmon served on a ricotta
and spinach filled cannelloni
with chilli and pesto cream,
topped with a Parmesan
crisp and served alongside
portobello mushrooms
stuffed with chorizo and
onion. On sunny spring
afternoons, you won’t want
to miss what the new day
could bring to your table.
You said it
The crew at Wanaka’s Edgewater Hotel are still on a high
having recently been awarded a 2020 Travellers’ Choice award
from Tripadvisor. Based on guest reviews and feedback, it’s a
darn good pat on the back, positioning the hotel among the
top 10 per cent of those listed on the travel platform.