The South Island Wine and Food Festival
KOKOMO
Kokomo is delivering modern coastal cuisine featuring ingredients sourced as locally as possible. Popular dishes include the scallop katsu, paua pastries, and goat red curry enriched with kaffir lime and Marmite peanuts. In addition to serving up great kai at the South Island Wine and Food Festival, Kokomo is open at their Welles Street restaurant for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, offering full bar service all day, every day.
EVIL GENIUS
Evil Genius is one of Ferrymead’s hidden gems. Inspired by traditional Asian street food, they create fresh, shareable bite-sized treats with a modern twist. The newly opened event space, ‘The Lair’, hosts private and commercial events, seasonal markets, and festivals celebrating food, wine, music, and art. Call the team or head online to book in now.
ROLLICIOUS
From their home base kitchen within St Asaph Street’s Boxed Quarter, you’ll find Rollicious Vietnamese cooking up delicious cuisine. Edward, a native of Hanoi, and his team are passionate about bringing fresh, healthy, and delicious Vietnamese food to your table. Savour the northern-style beef pho, freshly baked in-house bánh mì, and pick your own of their nine different fresh spring rolls – a unique offering in the city. From the crackle of their freshly baked banh mi baguettes to the soul-warming embrace of their flavoursome beef pho, every dish is a labour of love and a celebration of their rich culinary heritage. They’ve hit the road in their ‘Hanoi on Wheels’ Rollicious food truck and are ready to keep punters fed and happy at the South Island Wine and Food Festival this summer. Keep an eye out for them!
DANCING WATER WINES
Nestled in North Canterbury, Dancing Water’s winemaking philosophy is simple: to craft beautiful wine. Beautiful has been the winery’s favourite adjective and objective since they began producing wine in 1981. Owner Kim Schofield has passionately worked to restore, protect, and enhance this unique vineyard, which boasts some of New Zealand’s oldest living Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines. As one of the few Scheurebe vineyards in the southern hemisphere, Dancing Water was named among the top 12 Scheurebe wines globally by the renowned Italian wine and food magazine Civiltà del bere. They’ve also built a reputation for crafting beautiful rosé, releasing what may be the only Scheurebe Rosé in the world – and quite possibly the best you’ll taste all summer.