Honeytrap

Last week I said goodbye to some of my very best friends as they left for their OEs. The three girls; Alice, Jamie, and Allie had seen to a never ending stream of goodbye lunches and dinners in the week before they left, but as far as the rest of us girls were concerned this lunch was the most important.

Being located just around the corner from the area that Sarah and I work, we chose Honeytrap on   K'Road for our meal. I had been following the Honeytrap Facebook page for what felt like forever but had never made it here, so I was thrilled to finally check it out.

Honeytrap is hidden away in St Kevin's Arcade, and we burrowed ourselves into the place even further taking the little tables in the loft above the kitchen.

Like the place itself, the menu at Honeytrap is small and eclectic, but fabulous in every way.

I chose the Vietnamese chicken sandwich, while the others chose beef brisket and caesar sandwiches. They look like fairly ordinary burgers, but I assure you that they are packed full of flavour, and feel like they aren't too bad for you either.

They also do shakes, and change these up week on week to some new fabulous flavour. When we visited it was delicious banoffee pie on offer (although, I probably would prefer a slice of banoffee pie instead.... drool drool drool)

As our plates were cleared and our lunch breaks dwindled to an end we said our final goodbyes, a few tears started flowing, and it was suddenly time to part ways. 

Luckily my tears were spared as I am off in a few weeks myself, and will be just behind them (but more on that later).

Girls, if you are reading this from wherever in Europe you may be I hope you're having an amazing time so far (and see you soon!)

Pop Dining - Chilli Dilly's Yo!

Chilli Dilly's is the brainchild of Allanah Tatana a.k.a The Girl with the Rhyming Name. She's a Kiwi born, London bred foodie who likes it HOT.

Inspired by the awesome pop-up dining scene in London, and the lack of a damn good chilli in NZ (correct me if you know of a good one, please) she decided to team up with Pop Dining, and give us Kiwi's a chilli wake up call.

Chilli Dilly's last event took over Verona on K'Road on a chilly (mind the pun) Wednesday night. Feeling a bit sniffly and sore throaty and sorry for myself, I figured a dose of chilli was probably what the doctor would order. Not entirely sure if the doctor would have ordered the margaritas, but you never know.

We got there almost bang on start time at 6pm and the place was already packed, the Mariachi band was in full swing, and the chilli was flowing. In respect for the un-carnivorous among us, the menu had vegan options all the way through, and they sounded so good that I uncharacteristically ordered a vegan entree (also ordered the pulled pork entree obviously. Overkill? I think not).

The food came quickly and it was amazing- I'm not just being nice here, Allanah's cool but I dunno if I would lie about food for her. The hero of the night was aptly named 'The Bum Burner'; hot, tender and rich chilli with a pang of freshness. Despite the name though, there was more than just chilli on offer. I also tried the vegan pumpkin mole, the succulent pulled pork and the chilli chocolate mousse, all of which packed a punch and gave the chilli a run for it's money.

Chilli Dilly's have a pretty snazzy website here so you can keep an eye on when their next event will be, and while you're at it check out Pop Dining here for the latest, hippest makeshift restaurants around Auckland.

NB: If you're a 'mild butter chicken' kind of person then maybe sneak a milk carton into the restaurant. You've been warned...