The Britomart Country Club's new Kiwi-inspired menu (complete with bacon and egg pie, paper-wrapped "fush and chups" and pavlova) embraces the latest food revival - stylish restaurants serving unsophisticated, yet utterly appealing, classics.
These include nostalgic desserts (like brandy snaps at Ostro), gourmet milkshakes (Late Night Diner, Tyler Street Garage et al), mac and cheese (when did this become cool?) and ham and cheese toasties (think Britomart Country Club's new version pictured here, Brothers Beer's no-frills version and new Ponsonby Rd bar Little Easy's breakfast butty). It's a local twist in the dining scene's American obsession: fast comfort food that's perfect for sharing.
Healthy? Not always. Healthier than the original - maybe. But Master Milkshakes, a new venture from Matthew Fitzgerald, owner of Fred's Cafe in Grey Lynn, has found a way to marry healthy with old-school. He has bottled four of their most popular milkshake syrups - unusual flavours with a Kiwi bent like Earl Grey, Apple Pie, and Choccy Fish - with more on the way.
He's kept all the ingredients natural, using real fruit and spices, even in the Choccy Fish. Try the shakes or buy the syrups at Fred's, with more stockists to come including Federal Delicatessen, Coffee Supreme and Wellington's Six Barrel Soda.
