Garlic Bread served on an Air New Zealand flight - Truly - no lies

 

Garlic bread from Air NZ

Somewhere over the ocean

 

 Urm - Yeah - the back story to this is as follows:

We celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary earlier in the year and as part of that - I was promised a trip to the Holy Land - urm - paradise - *cough* -  our favorite place to chill out -- in the tropical Rarotonga!!

As part of that deal - and cause the $$$ difference for the 3.5 hour flight was minimal - we flew Premium Class - instead of the usual 'cattle' class!!  

WHAT A TREAT!!!

You get treated like Royalty!!! I could get used to this!! Surprisingly - the menu offered "from the Bakery" - a Garlic Bread (among other choices), and you can have as much as you would like!! 

Soooooooo Naturally - I just had to!!   (the 'coloring' reflects the cabin light at the time! ) 

 It duly arrived - still warm - smelling fresh and tasty!

 NO Napkin underneath!! lol - it's a cotton cloth on the table to catch any spills and preserves the airline table - no washing up etc . . . 

Now - I KNOW - I know - you are up 12 000 m and the air-con and air pressure plays havoc with your senses - taste and smell and all.  

Still - you could taste and smell the garlic and even the baked-in Herbs! I really should have asked for one more helping . . . . . 

 As for the price . . . . . 

 

 

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	18 (out of poss 20)

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Garlic Bread from Spaghetti House Italian Restaurant - in the Cook Islands

Spaghetti House Italian Restaurant

1 Puaikura Drive, Arorangi, Cook Islands
Ara Tapu, Arorangi, Cook Islands

T: (+ 682) 25 441

www.edgewater.co.ck 

email:  dining@edgewater.co.ck

The Edgewater Resort & Spa is a well-known Cook Islands resort on the west coast of Rarotonga, and Edgewater's Spaghetti House Italian Restaurant is conveniently located at the Resort's entrance on the main road.

Open seven nights from 5.00pm to 9.30pm, the Spaghetti House Italian Restaurant has authentic Italian cuisine.

The Spaghetti House Italian Restaurant offers a selection of pizzas, pastas and other signature Italian dishes in air-conditioned comfort.

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Here ends the blurb! 

Suffice to say - we recently went there - among other places, while celebrating our recent 40th Wedding anniversary!! Good times. . . . . 

The Garlic bread itself was advertised as: 

Garlic Bread $8.50 
Topped with garlic butter & Parmesan cheese. 

The first above image was from trip advisor's website (which may well have been the "official" Edgewater image (shrugs - who knows?) 

This image to the right, was what was delivered to our table - and was as expected - a crusty dry bread (over-baked?) with a sprinkling of tomato salsa and the cheese!  To its credit - there was also a decent 'Garlic" flavor present - (in the Salsa??) 

Surprisingly - it was easy to eat and did not leave you feeling bloated / full prior to the main dinner!! 

Luke warm to the touch - it never was hot enough to melt the cheese - which was always in danger of falling off as the slice traveled from plate to mouth!

At least - NO napkin under the bread . .  

The cynic in me thinks this is how the pizza's originated in the 1800's . . . . .  

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	2 out of 5
Quality	1 out of 5
Overall score:	9 (out of poss 20)

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Garlic Bread From the Lucky Rooster Eatery/Cafe in Rarotonga

Located in: Avarua Shopping Centre

Address: Maire Nui Drive, Avarua, Cook Islands
 

Phone: +682 22 215  

Reservations: theluckyroostereatery.com  (via website online form)

Sometimes - you just have to be 'pro-active' or just damn lucky!!  

Of course there is yet another backstory!! The Roosters are a very prominent and VERY vocal feature in The Cook Islands!! The crow ALL and I do mean A L L night long!!!  :(  

In any case - someone decided to make a play on that and name their Cafe after the noisy Rooster's!! Having dropped some friends to the Airport we decided to treat ourselves for a lunch meal out!! Typical Cook Islands - they are open from 8.30am to 2pm!  So we sat down and perused the menu which did NOT list garlic bread - and cheeky me asked the waiter if they do one at all!! 

Yuss - we have a winner!!

The bread was surprisingly light to eat!! We both could easily have had one more slice each! The flavor was divine! It could  have had a sprinkling of herbs - and as all things in the Cook islands - they to would have to be shipped in . . .  so understandable. 

The only major detraction was the white napkin placed under the bread!! Bummer but for that It would have been a perfect rating!!  

Upon paying our bill - I spotted the Brick Pizza oven in the middle of the kitchen - and asked if they still use it for making their pizzas - alas - they use it to bake all of their home made breads only - fresh every day!! Nice!!

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	5 out of 5
Taste:	5 out of 5
Quality	5 out of 5
Overall score:	19 (out of poss 20)

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