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Michael Lent's avatar

Try vultrump’s on King Street

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

Thanks for the recommendation!

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Doug Lynch's avatar

My favorite thing to eat in Christchurch was Fish ‘n Chips. Been a few years but I could pretty much live on that.

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

Much appreciated.

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Sandra ("Sam") Gershenfeld's avatar

Pic's peanut butter is the best, no sugar, no salt. Have it shipped from NZ, it's that good.

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

Thanks, Sam. We'll give it a try.

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Sandra ("Sam") Gershenfeld's avatar

NZ, unlike LAX, has unique food in that no herbicides, pesticides, and GMO are used. Plus, anything dairy or meat are grass fed which gives amazing flavor; probably lost on your vegan diets.

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Sandra ("Sam") Gershenfeld's avatar

Favorite meal - Catch, the beachside seafood restaurant, St Regis in Abu Dhabi. Lobster sliders on squid ink buns. After meal, chef brought a complimentary dish. Caviar for dessert?!? But it was molecular gastronomy of coffee manipulated into pearls that look like caviar. Atop tiramisu and decorated with gold leaf.

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John's avatar

What’s this about? “ Now, I realize that the New Zealand tourism officials are probably not too happy that we continue to report on our adventures from the South Island. (After all, keeping people away from here is their job.)”

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Christopher Elliott's avatar

Oh, you must have missed the last podcast. The tourism folks invited us the NZ and then ghosted us. Now I know why. They were afraid we were going to actually visit!

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John's avatar

Oh, that seems weird.

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Kathleen Davey Mistry's avatar

In general I usually look for a great dish of Fish and Chips at some point of a trip.

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