Eating and Drinking

I think one of the things you miss the most about being on the
Ice is the ability to make choices. Especially things you eat and
drink. Especially when you re-enter the world in Christchurch, and
there are so many good restaurants and choices. I went to lunch today
with Melanie and Amy to the Belgian Beer Cafe Torenhof. Susie
introduced me to it in October and it's become one of my favorite
places to eat. They also have really good Belgian Beer as well.


When I left lunch, I walked over to the Asian Market. Lynn and I have
been going here for quite a few years now and although we don't need
any food right now, they have a special Green Tea that Lynn likes, so
I got a few tins to take home.


I also like the Chinese Gunpowder Tea, so I got a box of it to take home
as well.


It's funny because I'm not a big drinker at all, but somehow beer when
you're coming off the Ice tastes so much better. I went to Winnie
Bagoes for my friend Bamma's birthday party and because many
of her friends are also my friends as well, it was great to see so
many people I knew. I had pizza, which to be honest, Winnie Bagoes
has some of the better pizza in New Zealand and a Mac's Great White,
which is also a Belgian-style Beer. At the end of the day, both
my stomach...and liver...were happy!

Blackjack Pizza

Now that I'm less than two weeks out from leaving for
five months, I'm trying to get in all of my favorite things
just a few more times since it'll be March before they're
an option again. One of my favorite pizzas is a Colorado
based place called Black Jack Pizza. It's not the best I've
ever had anywhere, but it's a quality product and
reasonably priced. Plus the people are really nice when
we go there. Plus, they do one typically American thing
that seems to be a mystery to pizza makers in other
countries we've visited...actually using tomato sauce
on the crust! I'll miss it, (and other things to eat as
well) but five months will go by pretty quickly.

To Hell and Back

Over the last seven years, we've found that there has
been in increase in both choice and quality of pizza
in New Zealand. There is still some pretty bad pizza
out there. Especially now that Dominos is here.
However, tonight we tried delivery from a company
called "Hell Pizza". that has several locations in and
around Christchurch. It was pretty good and has a
totally user-friendly order online set-up. Is it as
good as some of my favorites from home? Probably
not, but all the ingredients are natural, it was fresh
and it was reasonable. Definitely a step in the right
direction for Kiwi pizza!