Bluff Oysters are a creamy and delicious. They’re  grown slowly in the cool, clean waters of the Foveaux Straight and we love them!

This oysters season Boulcott Street Bistro is offering a Bluff Oyster Lunch Special | 1 dozen Bluff Oysters served in the shell with shallot vinaigrette for $19 | Lunch Monday – Friday | Limit 2 doz per table

We’re inviting returned servicemen and women to a complimentary meal on ANZAC Day.

ANZAC Day celebrates and honours those men and women who have served New Zealand and Australia in military operations. This ANZAC Day Wellington restaurants Monsoon Poon, Boulcott Street Bistro and Osteria del Toro are honouring all returned servicemen and women by inviting them to dine for free.

“There are many New Zealanders who have served our country and deserve our recognition and we’d like to thank them, ” Monsoon Poon owner and president of the Wellington branch of the Restaurant Association of New Zealand, Mike Egan says.

After seeing a similar concept in the United states, and talking to Monsoon Poon customers Mr Egan brought the tribute to New Zealand in 2012.

“Many restaurants throughout the United States honour their service men and women in a similar style with ‘Veterans’ Dine for Free’. It has proven to be a well respected event, with a great response,” said Mr Egan.

“A few of our guests [at Monsoon Poon] were once stationed at the NZ Army base in Singapore and love South East Asian food, so I thought we’d invite them to dine as an acknowledgement of their service,

“Last year, we had a number of returned servicemen and women enjoy the offer and I hope that this will become an annual event on restaurant calendars throughout New Zealand,” said Mr Egan.

Monsoon Poon and Osteria del Toro are open for 5pm dinner this ANZAC Day, Thursday 25th April.

(Offer also available at Monsoon Poon, Auckland)

Boulcott Street Bistro is open from 5.30pm

Share this with every person you know who has served New Zealand and Australia, and be sure to thank them.

For dining details please contact:

Monsoon Poon – +64 4 803 3555  www.monsoonpoon.co.nz

Osteria del Toro – (04) 381 2299  www.osteriadeltoro.co.nz

Boulcott Street bistro – (04) 499 4191 www.boulcottstreetbistro.co.nz

Yeastie Boys – Pot Kettle Black “The Hoppy Porter”

New to the Boulcott Street Bistro beer list, this Miramar local is a refreshing darker ale that’s perfect for the warm afternoons and cool evenings of early spring.

The label says this award winning Black IPA is a complex drop that is fresh and hoppy, but also dark and rich.

Drinking it now, its upfront chocolate and coffee flavours are typical of a porter but with a hop-driven backbone and a clean but malty finish.

Pot Kettle Black is a versatile brew. Great on its own or matched with a braised meat dish such as the BSB lamb shank or osso bucco.

Given its classic porter heritage it would also pair beautifully alongside our chocolate tart with malted chocolate ice cream or our classic profiteroles with Bailey’s ice cream.