Volcano Cafe

[randomness]

Victoria and PJ were meeting their friend Helen for dinner and asked if I wanted to join them. Victoria and Helen wandered around Lyttleton phoning and texting each other until they settled on the Volcano Cafe.

Volcano Cafe
42 London St.
Lyttleton, Canterbury
South Island, New Zealand
tel: +64.3.328.7077

The Volcano Cafe is a fairly active bar restaurant with excellent food. Victoria and PJ both got pasta, which looked quite tasty. I got a big bowl of green-lipped mussels (NZ$10, $6.75) in a cream sauce which I didn't care for but which Victoria and PJ eagerly scooped up with my leftover mussel shells. For my main I decided that New Zealand lamb was the right thing to do. A generous rack of lamb was NZ$26 ($17.50). It came accompanied by vegetables and salad, and arrived just right, still pinkish and very juicy.

Comments

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Are you the Phantom Gourmet?
I really like hearing about all your travels and the interesting things you get to eat.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Are you the Phantom Gourmet?

Alas, no. No one pays me to do this.

I really like hearing about all your travels and the interesting things you get to eat.

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

The Volcano Cafe was my parents' favorite restaraunt when they lived in Lyttleton, and if I'd realized you were by there I would have recommended it too.

(They have a little framed Volcano Cafe business card in their kitchen. . . it's cute. When you live aboard you collect *small* artwork. . . )

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

The Volcano Cafe was my parents' favorite restaraunt when they lived in Lyttleton, and if I'd realized you were by there I would have recommended it too.

Hey, I'm glad Helen brought us there! I'm also glad to hear the place has been there for a while, because it implies it'll be there next time.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

BTW, if you do have any other recommendations in this part of the world, I'm always glad to hear them.