FOOD
I note the minimalist approach from another blogger but, in fairness to my readers I won't go there. They deserve better ... and more so that's why the Transalpine trip will become a series. I'm not sure how many episodes there will be but - let's just see shall we?
To begin with we'll get the food thing out of the way. Regular readers of Robert's blog will know that he keeps his readers in thrall awaiting announcement of what he'll be cooking for dinner. This always comes at the very end of his posts. I'm not seeking thralldom from readers just a bit of attention and respect.
We left on Friday morning from Christchurch and had booked the premium package which involved preferential seating with meals and drinks inclusive.
The breakfast and lunch on the trip out and the late lunch and dinner on the way back were top restaurant standard. Very impressive and served with nice wines.
Dinner at the Greymouth hotel was pretty good but dinner at the fancier Franz Josef hotel was a disappointment. We complained about the dessert there and had the cost removed from our account.
At Pukekura I saw a 'menu' and a recipe on the wall that is typical West Coast New Zealand.
At Hokitika we visited a traditional bakery - the type that unfortunately has largely disappeared in recent years elsewhere and bought some lunch to go.
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| Note the cream horns and the custard donuts. |
I hope that you enjoyed that. Please provide feedback in the complementary comment section which will enable The Curmudgeons Inc.ⓒ to better cater to your needs.
11 comments:
I did enjoy that.
I’m interested in what wines were served on the train and at the hotels.
Thanks for the feedback The Wine Guy.
The wines on the train were, as you’d expect, local wines from Canterbury. I tried a nice Melton Pinot noir and a Melton chardonnay both from Wapara. We also had an outstanding Melton sparkling rose which was made from a combination of Riesling and pinot noir. It was refreshing and low in alcohol.
The greymouth hotel had an appallingly bad wine list so we had no wine with our dinner. Conversely, the Franz Josef hotel, the one with the disappointing food had a good wine list. We drank Central Otago and Marlborough (that region within Martinborough) rose.
I apololopologise for the spelling as I’m writing this on my iPad while lying down. I have a sore hip and will explain in following posts.
What was wrong with the dessert? Was the ice cream too chilled.
By the way, good seeing you use your blog characters to ask you questions.
You learnt that from Richard's Bass Bag.*
* the original bass bagging site
Yes, you nailed it - almost.
Lynn ordred Tiramisu for dessert.
It came as a solid frozen block so wasn't fresh. It wouldn't melt so we called the waitress over who had a go at it with a spoon with no success. She offered to not charge for it.
History does repeat.
The waitress wasn’t pregnant.
Of course you may be referring to that Egmont Street restaurant scenario of the chilled red wine. If that's the case I refer you to this: https://youtu.be/BCNJGGLg_78
Let it go Richard, let it go.
**NEWS ALERT**
I've written two new posts in the TRANSALPINE series but I'm awaiting appointment of a new The Curmudgeon Inc.(c) member - The Pedantic Curmudgeon who will be charged with editing all posts prior to publishing. Please wait (obviously with bated breath although Robert would say "with baited breath").
Good to see 'The old girl'.
I did think the bakery shop looked like any you would find in the Hutt.
I'll wait for the next post... with baited breath.
My 'old girl' agrees with you though that it looks like a good bakery.
She says she will have one of each on the top row.
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