EAT, DRINK + BE MERRY CHANGES @ BOY & BIRD The team at Boy & Bird are in process of changing their menu soon, but as promised they will only be making a few changes and adding a few new things to the menu. As Aari Puri told Ponsonby News, “We have our app underway which will be ready to download soon, once it’s all up and running it will be very easy to place a pick up order or delivery order (delivery via Urban Sherpa), which makes it easy for catering orders as well. “What we trying to achieve here at Boy & Bird is that no matter if it’s dine in or take away it has to be a very smooth experience.
photography: Martin Leach
“Our other really good news for Ponsonby is that we are going to launch our late night diner at the end of this month, which means everyone will be able to have good meal on Fridays till late - 2am. It will be all about good food, mellow beats and good drinks. We think that there is a big need for that, and the whole idea of this is to create atmosphere where people can relax and have a good time.” F PN BOY & BIRD, 222 Ponsonby Road, T: 09 361 3222, www.boyandbird.co.nz
FOOD TRUCK GARAGE ROLLS IN TO PONSONBY
FRESH PARTNERSHIP ARISES BETWEEN LEWIS ROAD CREAMERY AND DR. FEELGOOD
A new pit stop for fast foodies, Food Truck Garage, Auckland’s favourite fresh fast food joint, has opened its new takeaway store at 234 Ponsonby Road.
Auckland artisan ice pop company, Dr. Feelgood, has forged a partnership with Lewis Road Creamery and collaborated on a new luxury range of Dr. Feelgood frozen pops using the creamery’s organic milk, due for release this summer.
Bringing ‘Fast Food Made Good’ to Ponsonby, the new location makes three brick and mortar Food Truck Garages in central Auckland, including the recently opened lunch bar in Wynyard Quarter and the original dine-in eatery at City Works Depot on Wellesley Street. As well as expanding to the two new takeaway locations, the menu has also had a tune-up in the talented hands of Anthony McNamara, former head chef at Waiheke’s renowned Oyster Inn. Food Truck Garage’s ‘Fast Food Made Good’ has become fast food made better under McNamara’s hat, with new nutrient-dense meals and dessert alternatives on offer. Owner Nick Ward says, “Anthony has had a tinker with our menu, but our recipe is exactly the same: use free-range, locally sourced ingredients to create food that tastes good and does you good.” New items include evolved favourites, such as the Superbowl - a turbo-boosted version of Food Truck’s cult classic Redergize salad - and new offerings, like a raw cheesecake packed with superfood Acai berries and cashew nuts. The core classics are still on offer, with the Beefroot Burger, Burrito Bowl, Burnt Broccoli and yummy Jelly-Tip Fro-Yo all featured, as well as other previous menu staples making rotating monthly debuts, bringing back some of the most loved dishes from the past four years. Food Truck Garage caters for a range of diets including gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan, with all takeaways in 100% compostable packaging. Food Truck Garage’s Ponsonby store is open for lunch and dinner takeaway, 12noon - 9pm, seven days a week. The Wynyard Quarter store is open for lunch takeaway only, 11am - 3pm, Monday to Friday.
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The collaboration is built “...on a mutual belief of using only the very best ingredients” says Dr. Feelgood owner Craig ‘Jacks’ Jackson, hence its decision to use Lewis Road Creamery’s pure organic whole milk in the new range. The range, which will be available throughout New Zealand, includes luxury dairy flavours such as Banoffee Pie, White Chocolate and Passionfruit Jelly Top, Chocolate and Raspberry Jelly Top and the original Chocoholic. Peter Cullinane, founder of Lewis Road Creamery says, “We are excited to be partnering with Dr. Feelgood. They share our ambition to create great tasting food using the best ingredients that live up to their name - they genuinely make you feel good.” A key focus for Dr. Feelgood is to provide all natural frozen pops that feature only natural ingredients, no refined sugar, and as they state on their packaging ‘none of the weird stuff’. Dr. Feelgood will also showcase another two flavours in the new range, Old Fashioned Pink Lemonade and Cosmic Cola, which are dairy-free ‘icy pops’ and suitable for vegans. The launch of the new range follows on the early success of Dr. Feelgood’s original line of flavours, of which the Raspberry, Lime and Coconut flavour won the 2015 NZ Food Awards Category Winner - Indulgent. www.drfeelgood.co.nz F PN PUBLISHED FIRST FRIDAY EACH MONTH (except January)