The three essential

Drinks when visiting Wellington.

Flat whites at Fidels:

Peanut Butter & Chocolate milkshake from Sweet Mothers Kitchen
Castlepoint at Mighty Mighty.

You may need to repeat the flat white and milkshake the next day if you have too many Castlepoints.

That is all.

Hello Wellington, You Sexy Bitch

So, I decided to go to Wellington for my birthday last weekend. I couldn't imagine a birthday without a Fidel's coffee...

First stop off the plane:

Oh SO delicious. And free thanks to the beautiful Christie. What a woman.

Then a walk into Wellington from Karori. Could it have been a more stunning day? Check out the snow dusting on the Rimataka's

I got distracted after this over a bottle of wine and some almonds with the Magnificent Michael. What a doll!

Skip a couple of hours and things got a little dark. It might be hard to tell, but that is a Crazy Horse on that glass. Hot damn - I have never had anything less than a stunning night at CrazyHorse the Steakhouse. It is impecable.
Wine, steak, deliciousness followed by afogato. Amazing.
What is not photographically captured is a 10cent kissing party, Mighty Mighty, dancing, cups of tea looking out over Wellington at 5am, a hot girl in my bed and Maranui Cafe for Father's Day.

I'll be back Wellington, to visit, real soon. I promise. xx

Hit and Miss

So, I had a friend email me today and asked if I liked Auckland better than Wellington yet.

Well, no. I like Auckland a lot but there are so many things that I miss about Wellington.

I miss:

• Sunday night dinner at my Dad's place
• Fabulous friends

• My darling Michael who would let me prattle on about advertising to him after a long day at work
• Mighty Mighty

• Castlepoint at Mighty Mighty

• My lovely girls at Fidels (although I do LOVE my farewell singlet from them) and my morning coffee made by either Christie or Holly

• Gigs at the Tug Boat

• Satay Kingdom (#16)

• The Botanical Gardens

• Coffee made by Max or Enzo at Duke Carvell's

Mmm, espresso

• Martin Bosley's Yacht Club

Riding my bicycle around the waterfront and plenty more.

I also can't wait until I can make a list like this about Auckland.

Confessions of a Coffee fiend - Day 4-6

OK, so my week of coffee hit a snag when I started running out of time to upload everything.

I'm not going to be able to remember the days exactly, but I can tell you where the coffee is from and how good it was.

Duke Carvell's - delicious. Always.

Superfino (Mojo) This was the second extraction. It wasn't good. It was gross and I didn't drink the coffee. It was like a ridiculously milky latte. Not what I want in a flat white.
After my Superfino experience I made the effort of walking up Cuba for my Fidel's morning flat white.
Fidel's - Flat White. So very delicious.
Scopa - Flat White. You know it's Scopa because of the chili oil in the background. Mmm... Chili oil.
Duke Carvell's - Espresso
I think this was on Saturday when I forgot that I was taking photos of my coffee.
Logan Brown - Espresso. The choc/mint slice was a nice touch.
Had to take a pic of this one. It was my last espresso from Duke Carvell's before I moved to Auckland. It was a special espresso from Max and it was pretty damn special.

Confessions of a Coffee fiend - Day 2

Big coffee and food day. Let's be honest.

Fidels (Havana) - Trim Flat White. 7.45am. with cheese scone. Awesome.

Matterhorn (Supreme) - Espresso. 2pmCrazyhorse (?) - Espresso. 9.30pm
I'm not going to talk about the rest of the food. Needless to say Matterhorn + Crazyhorse in 1 day = bliss & the most spoilt girl ever.

Confessions of a Coffee fiend - Day 1

Right. This is my diary. My diary of coffee.

I am about to leave my mecca of coffee that is Wellington to move to Auckland and I have to admit, somewhere I have never had an amazing cup of coffee. Ever. Ever.

So this is my ode of Wellington coffee. An entire week devoted to the coffee and some cudos to the places which make me my coffee every day.

Day One - Monday 1st March 2010

Fidels - Trim Flat White, takeaway. 7.45am:

Duke Carvell's Swan Lane Emporium - Espresso. 3.30ishpm