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Another Delicious Month

Published: Thu 22 May 2008 01:29 PM
Another Delicious Month
Fish & Game NZ Wild Game Bird Food Festival Extended for one more month
The third Fish & Game NZ Wild Game Bird Food Festival will run for one more month -  extending its season until 29 June.
“Nearly all the participating restaurants are keen to continue the festival for one more month,” says Ric Cullinane, Fish & Game NZ Communications & Marketing Manager.
“We have kept the festival to the first month of the season in past events, but game bird hunters are asking us to extend this to two months.
“Fortunately, nearly all the restaurants are equally keen to celebrate the game bird hunting season with a further four weeks of delicious wild game bird meals.”
Each of the 16 restaurants participating – one, at least, for each regional city throughout the country – creates a special wild game bird menu, based on several of the game birds on the hunting list and selects wine matches for the different dishes.
The game birds on this year’s hunting list are: Canada Goose, Grey Duck, Mallard Duck, Paradise Shelduck, Californian Quail, Cock Pheasant, Black swan, Chukar and Pukeko.
The restaurants select only one, or several, of these game birds for their 'special menu.'
Hunters bring their bagged wild game birds – dressed to the restaurant’s specifications - to their chosen restaurant a minimum of 24 hours before their dinner booking for the dish selected from its menu.
At the festival’s conclusion each restaurant offers a dinner prize for two with these drawn by Fish & Game NZ from the game bird licences bought in each region.
The game bird hunting season starts the first weekend of May each year and runs until approximately mid-August, depending on the area.
Go to  http://www.fishandgame.org.nz/Site/Features/NationalNewsApr08.aspx
For each restaurant’s menu in this year’s festival.
The restaraurants extending the season are as follows:
à Deco
Whangarei
70 Kamo Rd
Kensington, Whangarei
Chef/owner Brenton Low
a_deco@xtra.co.nz
Canvas
Waikato Art Museum
1 Grantham St
Hamilton
Chef/owners David & Lisa Kerr
dave@canvas.net.nz
Cazador
854 Dominion Rd,
Mt Eden, Auckland
Owners/chef:  Tony & Daruish Lolaiy
dlolaiy@gmail.com
Craggy Range Winery’s Terróir Restaurant
253 Waimarama Rd, Havelock North
Hawkes Bay
Executive Chef: Stephen Tindall
stephen.tindall@craggyrange.com
www.craggyrange.com
Nero’s Cafe/ Bar
Owners/chefs Scott & Yvette Kennedey
36 Amesbury Street
Palmerston North
www.cafenero.co.nz
Matinee Café & Tapas Bar/ Restuarant
Owner Sashil Dayal Chef Chris Welham
67 Devon St West
New Plymouth Central
matinee@xtra.co.nz
Gusto Bar/ Restaurant
Owner Rowan Cambie Chef Jaimee McMannaway
Ocean View Parade
New Plymouth Central
gustotaranaki@xtra.co.nz
Bacchus
3 Main St
Blenheim
Owner/Chef Marcel Rood
High Tide Restaurant
29 Kitchener St
Dunedin
Owner/Chef Mark Lane
marklane@es.co.nz
Saltwater Café & Bar 272 Wakefield Quay
Nelson
Owner: Vivian Fox Chef: Manfred Dax
saltwatercafe@xtra.co.nz
Cook’n with Gas
Christchurch
23 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch
Owner: Bruce Griffith Head Chef: Courtenary Rotherham
cookin.christchurch@gmail.com
Café de Paris
Hokitika
19 Tancred St, Hokitika
Owners: Pierre & Joy Esquilat Head chef: Terry Essen
cafe-de-paris@xtra.co.nz
Louie’s Café & Tapas Bar
Invercargill
142 Dee St
Owner: Manu Head Chef: Terry Goldsmith
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