Garlic Bread from Etrusco's at the Savoy

Etrusco's at the Savoy

8 Moray Place
(The Savoy Building)
Dunedin Central
Dunedin City  

Ph:  03-477 3737

http://www.etrusco.co.nz/starters

This place came highly recommended to us and while we did not have a booking - we did get in - the last un-booked people on the night.Many arriving after us got turned away - a testament to its popularity.
The food and atmosphere was fabulous
right down to authenticity - which is great given the Native Italian ownership.

Sadly the same could not be said for the garlic bread. It arrived in  good time but was luke warm only and while the texture of the garlic bread was cripsy on the outside and soft-ish on the inside - it lacked a aroma/flavour.  The garnish on top was wasted and appeared to be a after thought. The presentation did leave a lot to be desired for as well - its only redeeming feature the crockery plate underneath, which is always a bonus compared to the wooden platters we have seen.  It just lacked inspiration - especially when compared to its surroundings. The price of $5.50 would be a fair reflection - cheap enough to be of value  but definitely worth of improving - in all aspects.-

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	2 out of 5
Quality	3 out of 5
Overall score:	9 (out of poss 20)

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 Reflections Café and Restaurant in Tekapo

Reflections Café and Restaurant

State Highway 8
Lake Tekapo · New Zealand

Phone/Fax: +64 3 680 6234

Email   reflectionsrestaurant@xtra.co.nz

www.reflectionsrestaurant.co.nz

I must be getting old(er) - we did decide to go to places we had not been before - and then came back here. I ended up looking back to a previous blog entry
( garlic-bread-from-reflections-cafe visit in Jan 2012 )

only to find out that we had indeed been here before!! I was glad that I did - for it proved that my "taste" or critique standard has not changed over time. Back then we rated it highly and were pleasantly surprised this time again!  We liked the fact that there is a special made dish for presentation (which proves the care taken for "delivery" of the food). The bread was slightly crusty on outside and yet yummy and soft on the inside - along with plenty of garlic flavour - but not oily as can often be the case. We will have to agree with a previous visit and rate this as very nearly the perfect bread!

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

Garlic Bread from Mackenzie's Bar and Grill

Mackenzie's Bar and Grill  (Montheiths)

State Highway 8
Lake Tekapo
Canterbury
New Zealand

Phone: 03-680 6886



We had been there before and the meals we had been of a good quality - so for a treat we did revisit. Could have sworn that we had garlic bread there as well before - but an extensive search through photos and blog / diary entries later shows that we must have forgone the choice last time. Ah well - new ground and possibly just as well.
The bread itself consisted of 3 pieces on plate.  Buttered just on a single side with garlic - it lacked flavour and was somewhat overshadowed by the fresh - yes fresh green herb (which normally would be a redeeming feature).  It arrived being a tad overdone and was very crusty, with crumbs liberally sprinkling to the plate below when taking a bite. With three slices and two people present we soon found ourselves outdoing ourselves by being polite -  quote "you eat it - honestly - I had enough".

Presentation	3 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	2.5 out of 5
Quality	2.5 out of 5
Overall score:	10 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Pepes Pizzaa in Tekapo

Pepes Pizza and Pasta Restaurant Bar
Lake Tekapo
Village Mall
State Highway 8
Lake Tekapo
Mackenzie Canterbury 3978

Phone   (03) 6806677
Email    pepes@tekapo.co.nz

We have been to Tekapo before and decided to give all the eateries there a fair go - so instead of going back to the tried and true, we gave Pepes a whirl.  The bread - surprise surprise was a flat pizza bread (this seems to be a common theme amongst pizza places - figure they have the flat dough already on the go - so why bother with another yet to be baked bit, ergo must be a cost/labour saving thing).
Anyhow this "garlic-bread" in that sense was no different - however as you can see from the picture it was folded back on itself towards the middle and tucked in on the centre which is a departure from the usual presented flat garlic-bread.  It contained a few mushrooms and was liberally sprinkled or should that be stuffed with cheese and some herbs.  From Garlic was little to discern and it lacked the flavour. Portion size - as you can see from cellphone and side-plate - 4 pieces each for two people. Served on the same wooden platter the pizza would have come to the table (I guess that is practical and saves on extra dishes to buy or wash - but does lack originality). The cheese made it more filling then it ought to have been. Due to the cheese present it was a bit greasy - to much for my liking and I rate this as a no frills bread.  Cost --$ 9 (although to be fair- good marks for doing something originally with the "bread")

Presentation	3 out of 5
Quantity	3 out of 5
Taste:	1 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	9 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from The Old Vicarage Halswell

The Old Vicarage
335 Halswell Road
Halswell
Christchurch,
New Zealand

Phone     03 322 1224
Fax     03 322 1248

www.theoldvicarage.co.nz

Email    enquiries@tov.co.nz


It was one of those last minute spur of the moment things. We decided to go out and celebrate life - 50th b-day and pay review and - urm - nah - since when do we need a reason to go out???  Anyhow we decided to "treat" ourselves for a meal out and booked a place for 2 at the Old Vicarage!  Now for those who do not know - it is literally this - a old vicarage (where once a Anglican Church Minister used to live) and is by NZ standards a OLD building (some 140 years or so).  Lovely setting - with large gardens and and (as was in the old days) many 'bedrooms' and other rooms which now function as dining rooms.  We ended up in the "Library" which was well stocked and does indeed have Books to read.  It made for a cosy intimate dinner - especially as the only other table in the Library room  booked there did not fill up 'till we got to dessert!!

Anyhow - we had the garlic bread - as always - and were impressed. It arrived in double quick time - was hot enough to be enjoyed - but no so hot that you got burned eating it.  Plenty of garlic flavor with a sprinkling of herbs.  As you can see from the picture it is a French baguette cut into 5 pieces which was ample - again - just the right amount.  The impressive part was that the UNDER-side was also buttered up - not many places do both sides!! The arrangement was simple and yet effective.  It may well have scored a perfect 20 out of 20 (which would be a first) but for the fact we are yet undecided if a wooden platter in a high quality / priced place is a appropriate serving tool - instead of perhaps a rectangular porcelain plate . . .


 

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)

Garlic Bread from Jagz Cafe at Styx Mill Christchurch

Jagz Cafe
158 Hussey Road

Ph: 03 323 5455

www.jagz.co.nz


It happened to be my actual Birthday and we decided to brave the new world order and try and eat out.  After all the earthquakes not many places were open = so this seemed a good a place as any.
We also aimed for a place where you paid for the food on the plate - and not so much for the size of the plate with a teeny mini artistic expression of 3 bites heaped on top of each other.

Anyhow - the garlic bread arrived in good time. It proofed to be a bit of a disappointment.
For a place that prides itself in relaxed but classy atmosphere the presentation was urm - well, urm - well below par. Who needs to see the butter stains on the timber - especially when everything else is geared for 1st class.
Quantity wise - there could have been another 2 slices of Garlic bread, the 4 presented where small-ish and disappeared rather quickly and left us wanting for more. The bread itself did have the advertized melted cheese and herbs - from Garlic itself only a little taste.  The most disappointing aspect though was that even though the cheese was nicely melted - by the time it arrived on our table, it was Luke-warm - at best - to the point of almost being cold
The rest of the meal was reasonably nice and filling, even if you saw more plate then food.  In terms of Garlic bread - which we review here - I'd say it was over all very poor and we had better in many other places.

Presentation	1 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	2 out of 5
Quality	1 out of 5
Overall score:	6 (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)

Garlic Bread from Costas Taverna

478 Cranford Street,
Shop 3
Christchurch, New Zealand

Phone: 03 3523232

www.costastaverna.co.nz/

After all the shakes and destruction many places have relocated - Costas being one of them. It has a good reputation and this was evidenced by the full house when we arrived and it was clear why you needed a booking - especially when you consider that they run a second booking for 8pm meal.  Our place was ready and we were seated quick enough. The orders were filled (via electronic blue-tooth means) and the Garlic "bread" arrived in extra quick time. Given the speed with which the bread arrived one was hoping for mains to be as quick - alas it was not to be.  Not surprising given the full house. Anyhow, the garlic bread is sold as Garlic 'Pita' bread and such it was - cut as can be seen in the picture half way and then again through the middle and nicely filled with garlic butter and some herbs. The Pita bread was just your average pita bread.  Nothing fancy there. It was to hot to touch and the supplied knife and fork came in handy. There was ample to eat for two people. The presentation - given the rest of the "themed restaurant", fell short of the expectation, and was very plain and simple. Overall - this would be a slightly above average bread.

Presentation	3 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4 out of 5
Quality	3 out of 5
Overall score:	14 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Bonzai Pizzeria in Greymouth

31 Mackay St
Greymouth 7805, New Zealand

 Phone  03 768 4170
 Fax    03 762 6869

 www.bonzai.co.nz

 
We had traveled a lot and I had remembered that the Bonzai Pizzeria has good Pizzas. So we stopped there and ordered - well not Pizzas, but did order their home-baked garlic roll next with a proper main meal.
The Garlic roll is a piece of bread almost like a cheese twisty / bun and the size like a large muffin or Austrian semmel. It was just the right size for one person - enough to get a good feel for the bread and satisfying enough to not want more to eat then what was on offer.  The roll itself was cut 4 times across vertically down, and had nicely buttered garlic on both sides of each inside cut. You did not see any of the garlic-butter until you take a slice of main part of bread. There was plenty of flavour and smattering of herbs nicely hot melted, resulting in a soft and 'fleshy' bread on the inside – just crusty enough on outside. There may well have been a cheese topping on the top, can't remember and I did forget to take a picture.
We must have been eating at the wrong time - as the place can seat 80-100 and there were only 3 groups of paying customers.

 The only negative --  it came as a "bit on the side" and for all of that-  it was the last item to be delivered along the main meal.  It would be quit possibly the best Garlic 'roll' bread I had for a long time and will take some beating.

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)

Garlic Bread from Monteiths Brewery in Kaikoura

49-51 West End

Kaikoura

Tel.  319 3333

Email: thewhalerkaikoura@xtra.co.nz

www.thewhaler.co.nz

I was mistaken.  I assumed that the Montheiths franchise would have the same menu from place to place.  Seems not so.  We were in Kaikoura recently and stopped for dinner and ordered Garlic bread - having enjoyed the version served in Montheith's Hanmer .  Well it turned out to be a bit of a disappointment  - in fact it was nothing like in Hanmer.  The bread while it arrived in a timely manner consisted of a a pizza bread dough - wafer thin. It had so much herbs on it - that it should be described and sold as Herb bread.  Three out of four diners could not discern any Garlic flavour. Now that was certainly a let down. There was plenty of butter on the bread and it had melted and seeing that the bread had no soft "bread-tissue' eg it was crusty all the way through, the butter had run straight of the bread and onto the plate, and  as well ended up on our fingers.   Our companion mentioned that you would feel cheated out of a pizza - no toppings etc. 
At NZ $9 I would have expected a lot more. The only redeeming feature would be the creative arrangement on the plate. 

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	0 out of 5
Quality	0 out of 5
Overall score:	4  (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from the Galleon Complex

500 Thames Hwy
(The Galleon Complex)
Oamaru
Waitaki


Tel. 03-437 0128


www.galleoncomplex

It was a bit weird - we walked in the place and there were plenty of tables ready set up for guests - except it appeared we were going to be the only customers eating out that night.  The Garlic bread arrived in good time. It consisted of one sesame bread roll cut lengthwise. The garlic butter needs more garlic to the point that it was almost missing in action. Like recently at The Last Post it did however have some fresh herbs with it, which is always a redeeming feature.  The slightly mangled look of the bread on the square platter looked almost comical and was a bit pretentious  - or as we Kiwis tend to say dressing up Mutton as Lamb!  I could not work out how the bread arrived at best lukewarm, given that we were the only paying customers on the premises. It was eaten far to quickly and was not enough to share between 2 people.
Turns out that we were indeed the only eating people and they closed up for the night as soon as finished our meal.  This certainly rates as a very weird eating experience.

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	1 out of 5
Quality	1 out of 5
Overall score	6 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread by The Last Post in Oamaru

The Last Post
12 Thames Street
Oamaru

Tel 03-434 8080

www.thelastpostoamaru

The Last Post had a slightly checkered past, but it is in a prime spot in town and came highly recommended by the locals. Natuarlly we had to go and eat there and further enjoy the Garlic bread. The bread itself arrived in a short while.  As you can see from the picture the presentation was great. The flavour – well it could have done with some more garlic. On the plus side it did have a good sprinkling of fresh herbs.  The bread itself was a french baguette and cut diagonally, which seems to be a favourite way of doing it by many eatery places.  However it tends to overcook or dry out the edges and as you do not butter the crust itself. Therefore a large chunk of the garlic bread (slices) is missing out on garlic butter!   It was crunchy baked but again the ends a bit dry.  Check out the picture and note the upturned "fishtails".
This Lay-bear has in a previous life worked in a kitchen and knows that while this way of doing a garlic bread has a visual appeal, there is also  certain amount of wastage, with the ends not being "appealing" for sale, and one hopes that the restaurants that are using this cutting technique are 'creatively' re-cycling the left overs!!
While this particular Garlic bread was good, we could not rate it above average.  The rest of the meal however had a superb quality!

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	3 out of 5
Taste:	2 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	11 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread by Monteith's Brewery in Hanmer

Monteith's Brewery Bar
Amuri Avenue,
Hanmer Springs  NZ

Tel 03 315 5133

www.Monteith's Brewery in Hanmer

We decided to take a dip and then were really lazy and supported the local economy and chose to eat at the above eatery.  We remember the place when it used to be a Robbies in Hanmer. The decor / layout had not changed much - but the service and the quality of the food had indeed improved.  The ordered garlic bread arrived in double quick time and was simply delicious.
The Garlic butter had melted into the Ciabatta bread and had a real decent garlic flavour, complimented by the green fresh herbs that were with in the garlic butter. It arrived on a simple wooden platter which given the rest of the meal, which was more plate the substance, was quit a point of difference.  It was still warm - without being steaming hot and the bread itself was an typical Ciabatta bread. The use of Ciabatta bread was unusual - and it took a bite or two to get used to this - but once one slice was eaten the rest very quickly followed. You would think that 6 slices of freshly made garlic bread are enough for two people - but this would have to be the first time where my partner had to say "hands of the last slice - it is mine!"   All in all - a very good start to what turned out to be a great meal out.

Took a while - but I was sure that we had been to a Monteith's Pub before - and as it turns out we did -----> garlic-bread-from-monteiths-brewery-bar
not that long ago!! Interestingly enough - the garlic bread in Hanmer was way better . . . . .

:)

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

Garlic Bread by La Porchetta - Riccarton Mall and Cranford St

Tried at 2 sites on 2 occasions with similar results.

        La Porchetta is a chain of Italian restaurants, who's claim to fame seems to be that they bake their bases freshly. It's a shame they couldn't possibly say the same for their garlic bread!

      The comments around the table on both occasions were unfavorable. Not only from myself (a garlic addict) and my partner-in-garlic, but from all the others as well once they understood what we wanted.

      The roll is presented on a silver platter, still wrapped in tinfoil. This is approximately the same thing as you get from Pizza Hut. It keeps the bread moist, or more to the point it makes the bread soggy. There was no real crispness to the bread, except where the butter had sunk to the bottom so that the lowest part was "shallow fried" in butter, as it were.

      Quantity was unexceptional. One roll of bread for $5.50, which is again about the price from Pizza Hut. I've paid similar prices for two rolls of bread, of a much better quality.

Taste? What taste? This is herb bread, masquerading as garlic bread.

     Quality was dreadful. One comment was "Catering Pack" and I couldn't disagree with that. I could go to the supermarket and get the same quality, two rolls in a pack, for the same price. In one case, the bread was pale and flabby, and either the butter was soaking in too long or the bread was undercooked originally, but it was doughy in appearance.

      So why comment? Because this chain prides itself on it's pizza bases, and I didn't think a decent garlic bread would be so hard for a chain already specializing in freshly made dough and good quality toppings. End result: Must try harder!!!

Presentation	1 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	1 out of 5
Quality	0 out of 5
Overall score:	4 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread by Robbies on Normans Rd

Robbies Elmwood
1 Normans Road
Elmwood, Christchurch

Telephone: 03 355 5345

http://www.robbiesbar-bistro.co.nz/menu/

The garlic bread from Robbies is a loaf in a true sense of the word.  And here came our first surprise - as you can see from the picture it had a small side dish with Garlic butter; - yuss I thought - perfect to add more should you miss that real garlicky flavour - or opt out.  Then the second surprise hit - upon breaking away the first slice of bread we discovered that there is no butter inside the Loaf at all.  You have to butter the loaf yourself.  The bread loaf itself was lukewarm - so not much heat left in there to melt the garlic butter and let it ooze into the fleshy soft part of the bread.  It was also awkward to butter both sides of each slice and in the end there was only just enough to do justice to the loaf.  The garlic butter itself tasted more herbal then of garlic and at one point I did wonder if there was any garlic in there at all.  I certainly could not smell it or discern the flavor when tasting a small portion of pure butter.  Given there was more plate then substance this just didn't do it for me at all. It was a sign of things to come with the side dish of mushroom sauce ordered being a little larger then the a soup spoon (I kid you not) - in fact it is the same size as the garlic butter dish you see in the picture and to be frank was not worth the $3.50 it cost for the mushroom.  All in all it was a rather disappointing experience.

Presentation	2 out of 5
Quantity	2 out of 5
Taste:	0 out of 5
Quality	1 out of 5
Overall score:	5 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Phoenix Bar

Phoenix Bar & Cafe

15 Main North Road  

Papanui Christchurch  

Canterbury 8053

 

Telephone (03) 3523257
 No known website


It seems it is a favorite hangout of certain young people so after going to watch the Expendables 2,  we as a family met at the Bar and had a dinner with the obligatory Garlic bread.  The place is a typical suburban Bar and Grill - nothing fancy or flash and this was reflected in the basic and somewhat limited menu choice.  The garlic bread arrived in good time and smelt good.  It was a typical short baguette cut into sections with both sides buttered and oven baked.  The skin was crispy and the inside soft.  The was a  sprinkling of green herbs and there was certainly a  good garlic flavor.  All in all a above average garlic bread.

Presentation	3 out of 5
Quantity	3 out of 5
Taste:	3 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	13 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Mothered Goose

119 Bridge St
(old BNZ Building)
Bulls
Rangitikei  NZ

Phone 06 322 1330

Mothered-goose

Mothered Goose on Facebook


Mothered Goose Café, Deli, Vino is situated in the glorious old BNZ Bank building, site of the first armed robbery in New Zealand.  Bulls has a reputation for the quirky and as a stopover for  many travellers heading north.  It has many eateries (including a McDonalds and Subway) and some very interesting sign-posts.
We decided to stop at the local and recommended Cafe - where we found that they do serve a garlic bread - so naturally we ordered some.  It arrived in good time and was still warm-ish.  4 thick slices of bread cut diagonally and very liberally buttered with garlic butter and then toasted.  It was almost crunchy all the way.  The toppings itself also contained some chilli and some fresh herbs and a smitten of grated cheese. The cheese was bearly there just noticable upon pulling a slice away.  What the garlic bread from the  Gumboot Manor (garlic-bread-from-gumboot-manor)  lacked in flavour - this one had in abundance! I made the mistake of drinking some Coke later in the afternoon and "re-tasted" the flavour when accidentially burping!  My wife also recognised the timber board- we have one like that at home!!

Presentation	3.5 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4.5 out of 5
Quality	3.5 out of 5
Overall score:	15.5 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Cobb & Co New Plymouth

198 Courtney Street,
New Plymouth
Telephone: 06 757 9675

 Cobb.co.nz in New Plymouth

 We arrived in New Plymouth somewhat exhausted.  We had traveled down to the town via the "Forgotten World Highway - in New Zealand" and while extremely scenic and enjoyable - it is also very challenging to drive on.  We were on the hunt for some places to eat and found a 'Teddybears' eatery and while tempted (Chinese food) we ended up going to the local Cobb & Co. instead.

The ordered Garlic Bread arrived in good time and was a foot long nicely pleated loaf - cut horizontally and buttered on both sides.  The bread was soft and the top part did break apart at the pleats.  The bottom half had to be cut with a serrated knife (supplied).  The bread had a good garlic flavor - just right and the odd green herb.
All in all - good fast service / flavor and presentation.  

 

Presentation	4 out of 5
Quantity	4 out of 5
Taste:	4.5 out of 5
Quality	4 out of 5
Overall score:	16.5 (out of poss 20)

Garlic Bread from Gumboot Manor

Gumboot Manor
15 Matora Rd
Taihape 4720
NZ

Phone: 06-388 1019


We had planned a trip to our Northern Island - only to having to re-arrange the iternary, due to reasons beyond our original intentions.   Cut a long bread short - we ended up staying in Taihape - Gumboot captial of New Zealand and I dear say of the world!
The ordered Garlic bread arrived in extra good time and was nicely stacked on the plate! It was solidly baked through and very crusty ( I do miss the soft fleshy part of the bread).  It has been buttered on both sides of the slices and as you can see from the photo was a cross cut baguette.  There was more then enough for two people and we polished of the Garlic bread with no trouble.  Sadly it lacked a certain garlic flavour - something a bit of a no no when wanting to eat Garlic bread!  Oddly enough, once the bread had cooled down to being - well cold - it increased the flavor.  It also lacked a touch of green herbs.

Presentation	3 out of 5
Quantity	3 out of 5
Taste:	1 out of 5
Quality	2 out of 5
Overall score:	9 (out of poss 20)