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Category Archive: Culinary

12 May

Finally….! #1894

After the prolonged winter, we’ve had a good mix of warmth and rain to get the vegetation going. Asparagus – as rare as hens’ teeth and expensive as anything until…
12 May, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
04 May

Tete a tete #1886

4 May, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
24 Apr

An evening out with the boys #1877

If there’s one football (soccer to you…) team that polarises in Germany, it’s Bayern Munich. Hugely successful (which in itself generates a huge following – who wants to go through…
24 April, 2013 at 13:00 3 Comments
10 Apr

The colour purple #1863

Signora Anna  (of the hair with chameleon genes and either from Nackenheim or Palermo) spied us on the market the other day: “I no see you at Easter – wait…
10 April, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
05 Apr

Back to the future #1858

I can’t recall the last time I voluntarily drank filter coffee, but Paul at Kaffeekommune Zwei (@kaffeekommune, #kk2) in the Gaustrasse extracted a promise from me that I’d at least…
5 April, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
25 Mar

NKOTB #1847

Caffea Moguntia Caffee Monguntia Moguntia Kaffeerösterei changes its name so often, I have difficulty keeping up. The same with their recent intern Svenya, pictured here. If we hadn’t drifted by…
25 March, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
21 Mar

It doesn’t get much better than this…#1843

Rocked on down to Paul Bonna’s Kaffeekommune Zwei (which opened during my sabbatical) in the Gaustrasse today. Just a STUNNING double espresso – so much intense flavour and not a…
21 March, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
11 Mar

Behave #1833

The Mussel Inn at  Onekaka in Golden Bay is a classic. They brew beer from manuka (or tea tree). When you visit, you’ll see mobile phones nailed to the veranda…
11 March, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
09 Mar

Nicola’s Cantina #1831

This place is terrific. Run by Nicola Cantrick, (r) formerly  at the Suter Gallery Cafe (who reckoned that Ms jb looked “too exotic for Nelson”) and baristeuse Sandy di Scianni…
9 March, 2013 at 13:00 4 Comments
28 Feb

Lunch with a view #1822

Vivienne Fox has been a star in Nelson’s culinary night sky for as long as I can remember. She and her husband Tom opened the Apple Shed cafe/bar/restaurant in late…
28 February, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
22 Feb

And very nice,too #1816

3 pieces of Ribaldo, 2 (which turned out to be 4…) mussels and a scoop of chups from the Smokehouse on Mapua Wharf. A pint of California Ale and a…
22 February, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
21 Feb

Bloody seagulls….#1815

An avian Dick Turpin at Mapua Wharf. Check tomorrow to see what the other gannet scoffed…. iPhone 4, by the way. And don’t say it was luck. This is a…
21 February, 2013 at 13:00 7 Comments
13 Feb

How excellent! #1807

Paul Bonna and Sebastian Lösch ran a pop-up cafe in the Gaustrasse for 5 weeks at about this time last year and called it Kaffeekommune Eins. Hardcore espresso-based drinks by…
13 February, 2013 at 13:00 3 Comments
06 Feb

Waitangi Day – New Zealand National Day #1800

What would Waitangi Day be without a pav? The pavlova (named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova) was created by a chef in Wellington in her honour on the…
6 February, 2013 at 09:00 3 Comments
28 Dec

I’m going….#1760

..to give them the benefit of the doubt. I’m going to say that their handwriting is worse than mine and that the salami they’re selling on the Christmas market doesn’t…
28 December, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
18 Dec

Just deserts #1750

Having been behaving myself (by my standards anyway) recently, I got taken out for dinner to the Goldenen Engel in Flonheim the other night. Small restaurant in a renovated house…
18 December, 2012 at 11:30 1 Comment
14 Dec

Biscoitos de Natal #1746

Bribery or appreciation? Probably the latter. One of Ms. jb’s tenants (a Portuguese family) at the Vertical Village that she manages in Gonsenheim turns up with a plate, chock-full of…
14 December, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
12 Dec

“Tea for two…#1744

…and two for tea…er…coffee. Ms jb and CMG discussing clothes (that’s all they ever do…) at Caffee Moguntia’s TSOW the other day. On occasions like this, I pay and stand…
12 December, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
11 Dec

“Meet the new boss… #1743

…..same as different to the old boss” The ‘Oo Dominic Müller has taken over the day-to-day running of Caffee Moguntia from his mother Brigitte Müller-Dildei and her partner, Karl-Josef Schwarz,…
11 December, 2012 at 13:00 5 Comments
08 Dec

You’d be nuts… #174o

…to spend €10/$13 a kilo on walnuts. Even if they do come from France. Seen in a greengrocers in Gonsenheim, one of Mainz’s flasher suburbs
8 December, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
30 Nov

NKOTB @ TSOW #1732

“Vanessa. With 2 S’s” “And 2 A’s” I said. “Well, yeeeeeess…..” Vanessa’s the latest addition to Dominic’s harem staff at Caffee Moguntia’s HV Citroen mobile cafe (aka the Tin Shed…
30 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
27 Nov

“I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon”* #1729

As is the old German custom, we also have this plant on our front step. Supposed to keep evil spirits at…er…bay. *Julius Caesar Act 4 Scene 2
27 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
26 Nov

Where’s Fat Lilli? #1728

More to the point, where’s the bloody lobster? “Dicke Lilli, gutes Kind” is a cool new cafe in the Gaustrasse in Mainz. “So where’s Fat Lilli” I asked “She must…
26 November, 2012 at 13:00 4 Comments
18 Nov

Fat Lilli, good child #1720

New café in the Gaustrasse. Dicke Lilli, gutes Kind. Excellent espresso, naff cherry tart, great decoration. Not sure if it was Women’s Day (they have those at the local swimming…
18 November, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
28 Oct

The Girl with the Dom-coloured hair revisited #1699

I bumped into Australian  motorsport journalist Andrew van Leeuwen and his harem back in July and we’ve been exchanging Mainz 05 commiserations and beer tasting notes (he has no idea, but…
28 October, 2012 at 13:00 4 Comments
26 Oct

By special request #1697

It’s that time of year again when we teetotalers are forced to partake (my cousin Ruth taught me that word..)  of the new wine. The things I do for science………
26 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
22 Oct

Thirst is worse than… #1693

  ..homesickness. A sly-grogging joint out in the fields. Seems like a good enough hide-out away from the wimmen…..
22 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
12 Sep

We can’t go on meeting like this….. – #1654

No sooner do I meet Till and his mum Julia when I bump into them exactly a week later at the same place – Caffee Moguntia’s TSOW. Purely by chance,…
12 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
03 Sep

Simplicity – #1645

The Potsdamer Hof is a vineyard restaurant on the outskirts of Bodenheim, a proverbial HSAAJ from Mainz. We rocked over on Friday (the planned visit to Mainz’s wine festival in…
3 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
31 Aug

“To every thing there is a season…. – #1642

…… and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Too true. Mr Eccles Iastes wrote that, Pete Seeger put the words to music, the Byrds sang it. It’s about…
31 August, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
23 Aug

Greenhough – #1634

Buying wine in New Zealand is a bit tricky, especially if you come from a traditional wine-growing region. There aren’t many small vineyards where you get to meet the vintner…
23 August, 2012 at 23:00 Leave a comment