The Village: Remuera

The Village in Remuera  17/05/2012
Total Spent: $90 and $9 house wine (unfortunately not meeting the requirements of this blog, but still well worth blogging about)
 
Kia Ora New Zealand!
A colleague of mine said to me today “Boy, you get around”. It wasn’t meant in a sexual way, but rather that I have increased my night life.
But that’s the thing…I’m really trying to improve that because I am very capable of staying home warm cooped up with a laptop on facebook…which in my recent eyes is no longer acceptable.
I’m young and new to Auckland…The old me just wasn’t working!
Plus, if you create a “The Adventures of Allie and Tovah” blog for the soul purpose of extending your life experiences, it’s certainly time to start considering a night life as being one of the options.

So far, I’d have to say I am loving it! Perhaps my wallet not so much, but money is made to be spent….So spend away I say!
I have grown up learning that if you have money spend it on someone…and that’s what I’ve done. However right now, it’s a good idea to try spend a bit of money on me.

So off Ryan and I went to Remuera to have dinner with his Dad, sister, brother-in-law (well nearly brother-in-law) and his dad’s friend of 25 years. What a treat we were in for!
The first assumptions of a pub for dinner was:
“Yay! Pub food. More junk that I’ll love to give my hips, cheeks and thighs”
But really, it was far better than that! Restaurant fooooooood!

The menu consisted of rabbit and vegetable pie, lamb shanks, sirloin steak, chicken and fish….All the typical awesome foods that make it hard to decide what on earth to order. Rabbit pie – now that’s something I’d love to try! However, me being me, I “safe carded” it and went with sirloin streaky bacon, potato bake, spinach and almond beans. If there was anything to call that meal, it would have to be “fuck-tastic”.
[Nothing on the ever impressive Cobar in Wellington – Go there! You will not be disappointed. ]
Nonetheless, it was lovely and I appreciated it with a house wine and many compliments from my darling boyfriend on my attire for the evening…..

It was a great atmosphere, although I had a few too many men glaring at me like I was the steak on my plate. But you’ll get that when you go to a pub.
The tables were not cramped, the meals all looked amazing (except Candice’s fish and rice risotto) and I really felt sad to not have room to fit in a desert.
The desert menu consisted of date pudding (my favourite!), chocolate mousses etc.
But the one that caught my eye was: Chocolate wontons and chocolate chopsticks. I wonder how that would’ve looked and tasted.

Moment I enjoyed the most:Watching a lady guzzle down wines like water with her toddler hanging off her arm…The toddler slowly became strangled and from what I assume, was ditched in her pram for the rest of the night BEHIND their table away from view.
Parenting fail indeed.
I sense the following thoughts took place in her mind: Bubs asleep, she’ll be alright in her pram for the night (No other thoughts occurred, since she only visited the pram twice while we were there).

Another 8/10 for a great night out -The Village is definitely one to beat.

Tovah