Move over Melbourne, Wellington has a foodie street that may be the world s tastiest laneway.
Unlike other cities, which have an obvious “main street”, in Wellington, there have always been several stretches of asphalt vying for the title. There’s Cuba Street, the beloved bohemian quarter. There’s Courtenay Place, the nightlife district. There’s Lambton Quay, the beating business heart. But in recent years, another thoroughfare has emerged as the capital’s most exciting street. It has everything you could want in one handy strip – great food, drinks, street art, shopping, and even a brand-new boutique hotel.
Xoë Hall
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Researching this column has revealed a number of things: that Wellingtonians have a “hole” lot of love for doughnuts (a single Facebook post unleashed the parochial passion we have nationwide for our favourite yeasty orbs of joy); that I have an insatiable sweet tooth and a prodigious appetite to satisfy said sweet tooth; and that my next column will probably be on salads, much to the relief of my doctor. Whether it is doughnuts or “donuts”, with a hole or without, Spanish churros dipped into hot chocolate, French beignets, or Greek loukoumades drizzled with honey, each essentially containing a wickedly delicious deep-fried mix of flour, sugar and yeast.