Garlic Bread at a friends place

The Austrian Connection
c/o- Penruddock rise
Christchurch



So I am on strict instructions, to not critique this particular version of Garlic bread. However - as it is  - or should be was - of a fairly high standard,  this is too good an opportunity to pass up and it should be shared. - Sorry LH

The bread in question was a bought french baguette from a local super market and cut vertical into small segments and filled with a home made garlic butter and a decent sprinkling of fresh (from the owners garden) Parsley.  Oven baked and served hot.  Which just gets to prove that with some TLC, an ordinary piece of bread can be transformed into something delicious and tasty.

We rated this particular version as a 17.5 - with the drawback being the presentation - still on the silver foil wrapper and on the oven tray! It did not however detract from the consistency and flavour nor from the relaxing evening and stimulating conversation which was been had along with a bottle of New Zealand's finest wines.  This particular garlic bread was savoured and appreciated - and I am not just saying that because we ate at a friends place. It earned its points on its own merits!

I wasn't allowed to take a picture - so you just have to take my word for it.
No doubt we shall return for another meal at some stage and we will look forward to the taste sensations on offer.

Tudeloo

Presentation	3.5 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	5 out of 5
Overall score:	17.5 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from South Bar & Cafe inside the Christchurch City Airport

South Bar & Cafe
30 Durey Rd
(Level One, beside Domestic Arrivals)
Christchurch Airport
Christchurch City

Tel:03 353 1930


We ended up going to the South Bar and Cafe - having spotted this on our last trip to the Airport, and our first choice place to eat said they need a booking (even though the website said no need for one). Now I know what you are thinking - Airport food! Yea right. However these days they are more then just a feeding/holding pens for travelers - they can and should be a destination in itself. You also know there is no problem with car parking! We got a seat easily enough and were warned that due to "busy-ness" food would be about 35 minutes later arriving. And to a minute it was. The garlic bread duly arrived exactly 35 minutes from being seated. As you can see, it came on a plate AND a wooden platter. I don't get this - so many of the breads we have eaten at various places come on a wooden platter (and then on a plate). The wooden trays are so unforgiving for any buttery or oily spills and yes there were some on it.
 The Bread was certainly fresh and hot - too hot for the first bite and needed cooling down. The triangular slices where about palm size and by the time the two of us munched through - I could have easily eaten one or two more - in fact it would have been perfect for one person. Perhaps it was meant for one person only as there was only one red napkin supplied?!
Sadly there was little garlic flavor to be savored.
This is a curious place and a mixture of plain and simple yet at times good quality. There were no desserts on the menu and the kitchen offered a limited number of meals (seven only) - however what came out a f t e r the garlic bread was first class and the New Zealand wines offered were great. However the table cloths on the tables were then covered by a plain beige colored and double folded PAPER!! Weird

I rate this as just below average (for the garlic bread)

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	3 out of 5
Taste:	1 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	8 (out of poss 20)