{"id":1174,"date":"2024-02-10T22:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T09:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2024-02-10T22:11:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T09:11:05","slug":"first-we-eat-then-we-do-everything-else-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/first-we-eat-then-we-do-everything-else-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFirst we eat, then we do everything else.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I guess we were channeling M.F.K. Fisher today. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast at Powerhouse Cafe<\/a> in Hanmer Springs and then headed south to Black Estate Winery<\/a> in the Waipara Valley. Yes, we went from one restaurant to another because that\u2019s what we do best. We\u2019ve perfected the art of eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mitch claimed Black Estate to be the best food of the trip so far, and we also enjoyed the wine flight. So much so, we bought another bottle of wine. That makes five bottles we\u2019ve collected so far. We\u2019ve got to get drinking tonight to lighten up our luggage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black Estate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The view from our table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wine flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our takeaway. P\u00e9t-Nat Damsteep 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the road to Black Estate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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For dessert, the blackcurrant tart with a torched meringue top was made with local blackcurrants and was one of the best desserts I\u2019ve had in recent memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blackcurrant tart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chargrilled snapper and zucchini <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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We rolled out of there and drove to Christchurch, about an hour away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christchurch is named after Christ Church college at Oxford University and is the largest city on the South Island. It experienced a major earthquake in 2011 and a terrorist attack on a mosque in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After wandering around for 30 minutes at the apartment complex that houses our Airbnb, we finally found the correct apartment and lugged all of our stuff upstairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s so nice to be in one place for 5 nights so we can feel somewhat settled. We drove around town for a bit to get the lay of the land and familiarize ourselves with the city, and then we popped to the grocery store (!) to pick up some things for the next few days and came upon this cool pineapple machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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