Welcome Night
- Rachel Nui
Welcome Night
We welcomed our guest sommeliers from Australia and Japan on Saturday 26 July and promptly went to show them some hospitality highlights of Auckland.
Addy Lam, Head Sommelier at Woodcut, Sydney.
Roberto Lombardo: Head Sommelier at restaurant Maison Bâtard Melbourne
Kaneko Toshiyuki: Guest Sommelier from Tokyo
Momoka Mitake: Sommelier Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills
Starting first at Normanby Fine Wines for a tasting in their private room.
We then returned to the city to dine at The Lodge Bar, at Commercial Bay with other NZ Sommelier committee members. This is the flagship restaurant of Chef Mat Lambert.
Highlights include:
Meat pie croquette, smoked cheddar
Market crudo, blood orange, grapefruit, caper
Cured salmon, vichyssoise, leek , potato , jalapeño
Coastal lamb shoulder, sweetbreads, alliums, rosemary
Awatoru Red Deer ragu, rigatoni, sofrito, herbed ricotta
Wild wapiti deer, butternut, blackcurrant, winter greens GF
Sticky toffee pudding, miso caramel, traditional vanilla ice cream