Comments on: Land of the long white cloud – I

By: Stan Ehara

Stan Ehara — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:02:03 +0000

Aaaah, how I miss our trip to New Zealand – did the Abel Tasman, the Queen Charlotte, and canceled the Milford because the coldest front in ten years met us (or that’s what the fishing store owner told us!), and we didn’t have adequate gear. Hey, I’d love to swap links if you deem my site worth a mention – yours certainly is! Great, great shots! Keep up the great work!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:30:16 +0000

Stunning photo!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:08:46 +0000

@Nat

The Honeymoon suite was the first room we asked for, but its surprising how comfy two people can get on a sofa…..

By: micook1

micook1 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:34:41 +0000

I thnik I’m gonne order airtickets to NZ :)
Mi,
http://www.ask2cook.com

By: Max

Max — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:44:16 +0000

Ah whitebait fritters. Such good tucker.

By: nat

nat — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:32:21 +0000

You and Jon do make a cute couple. I hope the hotel offered you guys the honeymoon suite.

By: Grendel

Grendel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:08:25 +0000

Having just gotten back a couple of weeks ago I can reaffirm the general high standard of food and coffee in New Zealand – it is the one place that Mrs Grendel would agree to move to.

I was disappointed at the general lack of interesting foodie shops though – hard for someone not a local to find the kind of specialty foodie spots we have here.

By: Matt C

Matt C — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:05:21 +0000

I’ve always wanted to go to NZ. My Dad lived there for a few years in the 70s and always goes on about it.

I do have that impression you mention of NZ as “a wonderland of organic produce and down to earth producers”. I think that’s partly fuelled by Cuisine magazine, which makes me want to move to NZ every time I read it. I’ll be interested to hear your conclusion about how the reality of NZ matches up to the foodie fantasy.

Good post!

By: alex sunday

alex sunday — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:43:21 +0000

ah, with 5 weeks to go until i’m there myself (north island, mind you), this has whet my appetite. i’d forgotten about whitebait fritters! delish! and looking forward to bring back some NZ wine.