I was asked what was on my Bucket List the other day and I said I really didn't have a list. But on thinking about it further, I realise I do have a list, which basically amounts to the table of contents of the Metro 2009 Restaurant Guide - Auckland's 50 Best Restaurants.For the past year I have sacrificed my waistline (blaming it all on the steroids) and made a concerted effort to visit all 50 of these fine eateries. I like to think that I single-handedly prop-up the fine dining sector, but I can assure you, Aucklanders seems to be eating their way out of the recession - restaurants always full and always merry. Bookings are still hard to come by - no Friday or Saturday nights bookings at my next target, Merediths, until 2010.
This week I knocked off two more:
Pure: we bundled over to Jervois Road for a most perfect night celebrating flatties birthday - we heard that they did a lime brulee and just had to be there. Wonderful wine, food, service and most importantly company. Highly recommended.
Cibo: with friends up from the mainland I thought Cibo should be the next target. Strangely I had never managed to get myself to Cibo and it's been around forever - 10 years? What a great night we had - once again we were the last to leave (twice in one month!). I have to say everything was perfect - just like Pure - and the service was totally amazing and again the company made for a perfect night. As a treat they gave us passion fruit marshmallows to roast over the pond fire - yummy!
I think now I only have nine restaurants left on my Bucket List. Once completed I'll visit my favourites all over again.
15 comments:
That really is a fan-fucking tastic effort to get to 41 !!
I bow to your superior eating ability and sense of adventure, I seem to get stuck leaving my few favourites. A golden triangle of Kermadec, Euro and Soul.
Slighty cheated as I had already been to 15 or so of them before. But I promise that I will re-visit these when the others are done and dusted. Especially the ones with new management.
Holy moley (or should that be mole)! 41!! You are an inspiration. I too might try the steroid excuse.....
That's my kind of bucket list :-) Maria VR
That is something really new for me.
way to go aunty unu...
How's the bucket list going? Haven't heard from you for a while. No pressure - I just hope you're ok and getting through that bucket list!
See ya, Annie. Rest and be easy. Will miss your comment and your wit.
XChequer
Goodbye Anna. Will miss you terribly.
Rest easy, Annie. We will remember you a very long time. Whatever happens to us, on our life journeys, you will always be part of that.
...a whitebait fritter Annie, with a very cold pinot noir.
Salut.
Still can't believe you've gone, regularly look up the blog just to hear you in your writings. Miss you Anna.
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Anna miss you! best of luck for you, I encounter first time here but i feel it now.
- Tanya
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hope u to join back soon :(
Anna we really miss you for long time. Please come back and write again, You are good writer.
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