Super Aguri Nip/Tuck-a-thon!

Last day for an appearance from the Clag-man for a few weeks, so where else could we celebrate but the land of a thousand nips?

Feeling oriental today..?

The picture gives a clue again

(if it doesn't then this is a creme brulee)
The time you ask? The time? I say to ye: Half past the midday.

Fresco

A quite one today!

Smack my Nip/Tuck!

The picture gives a clue again

Right. The bollocks image upload ain't working! But it was a picture of the TV show Nip/Tuck!

The picture gives a clue

Chews day

Who's up for a chew on some nosh then?

I propose: Jumbo

The bets are on!

It's been 4 long weeks since The Uncles last official Lans Lunch, today it begins again.

After being weighed down by pies and bowls of latte over the last few weeks I'm feeling kind of like we should be taking it easy...so on that note may I suggest either Nip/Tuck or maybe even the official Yellow River.

Make mine a BOWL of latte!

Here's one for young Jim Watkins, lover of the big cups.

Those crazy New Zealanders are at it again this time with an innovative take on the vessel in which you should sup your latte from. Yes you CAN get your latte in a plain old glass over there but for 50 cents more you get twice as much and a bowl from which to quaff your quaffee from.

No handles on me ma!

Mental.

Letting the Uncle down

Hey Guys! We are letting the Uncle down. He is posting more blog entries than us - and he is in NZ without a computer! Let's get the show back on the road!
Yesterday I had a nice buffet lunch at BAFTA. Great chocolate brownies, but covered in cocoa dust as I ruined my shirt. Being always on the ball I had a spare shirt - so no embarrassment required.
Today - Nip / Tuck???

More Pies.

Today's lunch was once again pies, this time courtesy of the bakery in the small gold mining/panning town of Arrowtown just outside Queenstown...were there too many towns in that sentence?

The simply delicious pies were filled with lamb and mint and vennison respectively.

I would love to bring a huge supply of pies home with me to keep the loafers going for a few days but I fear a 24hr journey on 2 different planes may leave them somewhat flattened - a bit like the possums that went in them.

After eating the pies we went on a jet boat hurtling through Shotover canyon which was a great experience, yet my one regret is that I didn't have a pie to eat on the boat with me then I could've been like that fat kid on the rollercoaster on Jim'll Fix It.

I can't believe my mince pies!

Not of the Christmas variety you understand, these mince pies are pure beef.

These Kiwis love their pies, they just can't get enough of them. They aren't just mince either; lamb, cheese, steak and cheese, lamb and cheese, venison (cheese optional), pork (with injected cheese), hey you can even get possum pie which I think they just scrape off the road and warm up in the microwave.

Not ones to go against the locals fave eats we have sampled our fair share of pies over the last few weeks, the best coming from the Te Papa museum in Wellington which is surprising as we all know the shite that the british museums churn out in their canteens. Oh yes it was a venison and Guiness pie.

So after all that today's lunch just had to be a... burger! Thanks to The Olive Tree Cafe in Te Anau.

Hey it's raining here, it's comfort food.

Special Guest

A special guest today apparently.

Will it be The Hoff?

Probably not. So - where to meet up, Glennclusion etc.

12:30 of course.
Location??? Fresco?

Nuff said

100

We have now past 100 blog entries.

Although not each has been as consistently good as a Hot n Sour soup from Nip Tuck.

American Diner!!!

Being in New Zealand we figured we should try the local delicacies, so yesterday we ended up in the lovely American diner chain Denny's!

Hey, it was cheap...and the burgers weren't dirty!

Hold on to yer shanks!

This week in New Zealand we have been mostly eating...Lamb! Yes those New Zealanders know how to live, if they're not shearing them they're eating them (not always in that order either).

The lamb here is indeed fantastic and we can't get enough of it - not ENOUGH meat that's the problem.

What's all this rubbish on the blog about toast?

In New Zealand the Panini is virtually extinct and the toasted sandwich does indeed live on, in fact today I enjoyed a rather tasty steak sandwich for brekkie.

On a side note, Kate also swam with dolphins this morning...I wanted to try one for breakfast but they have some silly protection laws over here.

Hangi Feast!

Yesterday our lunch was dug up from the ground, quite literally!! We enjoyed an all-you-can-eat buffet with the local Maori folk in Rotorua. Chicken, sweet potato, lamb and chocolate log (cooked in the ground as well obviously!).

More as it happens.

Jumbo

Any comments...?