フランスパンの店SONKA - Boulanger and Sakura Watching

善福寺川緑地に桜を観に行って、手弁当はなくても近くにSONKAというちょっとニッチな感じのフランスパンの店がある。サンドウィッチを店内で食べることも持ち帰りもできて、近所の若い主婦たちが子連れでひっきりなしに現れていたので、しっかり地元定着しているお店だろう。店の一角には幼児を遊ばせるスペースもあった。フランスパンは外側のパリパリ感と中のモチモチが絶妙に美味しさを演出している。夫婦二人での応対はやや忍耐も求められるが、真摯なサービスだし食べに来て満足とともに帰ることができると思う。

You go to River Zenpukuji-Ryokuchi for sakura-watching without a lunch-box, in which case a kind-of-niche boulangerie Sonka is nearby. You can eat sandwiches in or buy one to go. I had BLT sandwich with soup. Their bread is short for a baguette but the contrast of crisp skin and inner softness is fabulous. Young mothers showed up one after another with their kids which indicated this store seemed well accepted in the community. The service of a married couple may require some patience on us in terms of efficiency, but they do the honest work and you will surely leave the shop with satisfaction after having had the light meal.

NZ Food - ニュージーランド食材あれこれ

コーヒーの街と言われるウエリントン。単に通過するだけの予定だったので、一軒のカフェに入った。カプチーノは凡庸だったが、このトーストは忘れがたい。
Passing through Wellington, now well-known for coffee shops, I dropped in one of them. This toast was impressive while their cappuccino was ordinary.  

Toast with toasted cheese @Customs Cafe, Wellington

滞在したマーティンボロの家庭にて、漁師の射止めた伊勢海老を特別計らいで直接取引というご馳走。市場に出回るサイズの2-3倍はあるそうだ。
Being invited to the dinner at my friend's home, the feast was these gigantic crayfish directly obtained from a guy who caught them and the size was obviously 2 to 3 times larger than those found in the market.

Giant Crayfish

And its dish

同じ猟師の射止めた鹿の尻肉。大きなブロックだった。
Also from the same hunter!

Venison

クイーンズタウン空港でも出店があったPatagonia Chocolate。観光客で賑わう湾岸にて、山から降りてひと時の休息。

Boysenberry Sorbet and Patagonia Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

自炊のモーテルに滞在していた際、スーパーで見つけたオイル・サーディン。$1.40くらい。安い！
よく見るとカナダ産だった。
Oil sardines were handy while I stayed in a motel and also as cheap as NZ$1.40 in the supermarket!
Looking closer, they were from Canada...

Oil Sardine at a Super-market was from Canada

クイーンズタウンで一番流行っている店といえば、ハンバーガーのFergburgerだろう。30分くらい行列に並んだ。B&Bに持ち帰りテラスで食べた。肉がしっかりとおいしいので、コクのあるブルーチーズが絶妙のハーモニー。
The most popular spot for food in Queenstown would be definitely Fergburger. I had to be in the queue for half and hour to get one: I took it back to my B&B and ate in the terrace for even better atmosphere. The beef was real and the blue cheese seemed the ideal match in the burger with wonderful harmony.