Garlic Bread from the Lost Spring in Whitianga

The Lost Spring,

121A Cook Drive,
Whitianga, 3510,
Coromandel Peninsula
New Zealand.


General Inquiries
Phone: +64 (0)7 866 0456 Ext: 1
Fax: +64 (0)7866 0457

Email: magic@thelostspring.co.nz
Web:   www.thelostspring.co.nz/


DAY SPA BOOKINGS
Phone: +64 (0)7 866 0456 Ext: 2
Email: dayspa@thelostspring.co.nz


www.facebook.com/thelostspring

You have to check out their website.  Short story;- the Dude butchered his Campsite in search for the mythical warm healing waters - which he eventually found at 600meters below.  As the story goes - the water is 16 000 years old.  hmmmmmm

Apart from the soak and spa - there is attached a Restaurante were you can book a "Dip and Dine" package - pre order your meal for a fixed time and price - go for that dip urm soak in the mineral rich warm water (and if so inclined get pool side drinks service)  - then relax for a meal!  Trust me - this was divine!

Anyhow to the Garlic Bread - it came in a timely manner - was warm/hot and crusty on the outside - yet soft fleshy on the inside.  Plenty of flavor too!!! Just 4 slices - actually the right amount for 2 people and nicely arranged on a porcelain plate.  The Black stripes added color - hmm forgot to ask what they actually were - their flavor blended in - I am tempted to say perhaps some soy-sauce???

Apart from the one slice which had "up" righted itself during transport - this is pretty near to perfect! In fact we had enjoyed the previous experience so much - this was our second visit there in the short space of time we had available. No doubt will repeat this next time we are in Whitianga!  Might even go for a Spa or something . . . .

Perfic

(must be the best ever bread - hmmm have to look at this)

Presentation	4.7 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	5 out of 5
Overall score:	19.7 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Dino's Pizza and Pasta in Whitianga

 
Dino's Pizza and Pasta

1 Blacksmith Lane
Whitianga
Tel:  07-867 1010

Web: www.ggx.org.nz/dinos/



We had been there before.  It is a little place with three table outside and we saw plenty of the locals coming for a 'take away' food - so figured we were in the right place.   The only question being how much the garlic bread had changed from some 5 years ago?!?!

www.garlic-bread-critique.blogspot.co.nz/2010/12/garlic-bread-at-dinos-cafe


Turns out that it is still exactly the same as last time.  Guess we are going to rate it the same then as well!  Not much else to say really.

Oh - the ONLY disappointing thing was that the much loved Tiramisu had been scratched from the menu - thus no nice afters urm - sweet stuff - urm desert. 

 

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	14 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Grace O'Malley's in Whitianga

Grace O'Malley's in Whitianga

9 The Esplanade
Whitianga 3510

Phone:
(07) 866 4828
(07) 866 4546

Email:  info@graceomalleys.co.nz

Web: graceomalleys.co.nz



This should proof to be urm a major urm disappointment.

Disaster really.

To start with, we had to wait more then one hour for   a n y   food to come out from the kitchen - even though the couple ordering in front of us got theirs in less then 10 minutes. Go figure! When we queried our order it was washed away with "coming to grips with the kitchen".  At least - so it appeared- we were not the only ones waiting for food - I counted at least 5 tables with people waiting and waiting.

When the bread - urm - loaf finally  came, it turned out to be even more of a disappointment.  It had no repeat no garlic butter inside.  ok - so well thats a first having to butter up your own - at least you get to choose how much flavor you want.  Sadly the loaf itself was at best luke-warm (or a couple of degrees away as having come from a fridge)  so for the first slice the Garlic Butter kinda melted - the second helping, well it never did melt at all - we ate the raw garlic butter on top of the cold bread.   Ever ate raw garlic???  Very salty and sulfuric . . .
Being served on a wooden platter (where it was best NOT to look to closely
at the timber - you might find bits) urm did not help either!

So in terms of everything a big fat zero and the knowledge it will / must get and indeed can get better.

Presentation	0 out of 5
Quantity	0 out of 5
Taste:	0 out of 5
Quality	0 out of 5
Overall score:	0 (out of poss 20)