Garlic Bread from Hanmer Heritage Hotel

Hanmer Heritage Hotel

1 Conical Hill Road
P O Box 10
Hanmer Springs 7334
New Zealand

Ph: +64 3 315 0060
Fax: +64 3 315 7023
Website: Heritagehotels - Hanmer Springs

This should proof interesting - it was sold as a Cabiatta bread with garlic flavour. As you can see it was indeed said bread and came in a timely fashion.
There was enough for two people to munch over and enjoy without feeling over filled or left wanting for more.
The flavour was tasty and included a smattering of green herbs!  The bread was crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. It wasn't hot hot by the time it got to us but given the distance it travelled from kitchen to table - not surprising!
My eating companion enjoyed this version and was rating it highly.  The presentation was great. All in all a great garlic bread that rated on the higher end of the satisfaction scale!

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	17 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from BullyHays Restaurant in Akaroa

BullyHayes Restaurant


57 Beach Road
Akaroa 7542

Phone:    03-304 7533
Website:   www.bullyhayes.co.nz‎
Email:       wayne@bullyhayes.co.nz


It was listed as: 
Crusty Garlic Sour Dough Baguette
Garlic & cheese butter crust  $ 6.50

It all started with us having to go over to Akaroa and two of us attended a Funeral - while myself stomped around the neighborhood.   In any case, we knew we needed to have a bite to eat and after some forth and back settled on the BullyHayes Cafe - which surprisingly
had a Crusty Garlic Sour Dough Baguette!! I should have known better!!

It arrived in good time and as you can see from the photo - it was just two slices of bread - oops sourdough baguette. This would be the first time that we have ordered garlic bread and it is ONLY for one person.  There was a smattering of greenery on the top and the bread was crusty.  Upon biting in - I missed the garlic flavor and  could not see any little cut pieces on the top (which would indicate a decent home made garlic butter) .  It also was thinly applied - which proved as soon as you checked the bite mark. the "Garlic-butter" must have been a Garlic spray-on oil - as it penetrated the bread by exactly 1.5mm.
My companion was not impressed with the presentation - again - on  a timber platter that clearly had seen better days in a previous life (it had long running cracks - which can and do harbor bugs . . . )   I gave it a generous 7 out of 20 - but won't be in a hurry to re-sample this delight

Presentation	1 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	2 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	7 (out of poss 20)