The weather has been grey, wet and windy. We felt it would be nice to have a warm and hearty meal for dinner. We so deserved it after a hard day's work on a non working day. We browsed the internet and checked out a few restaurants and chose to go to Iguacu. Iguacu is located in the suburb of Parnell. Parnell is known for its charming village atmosphere. There are lots of boutiques and trendy shops located in Parnell. So we rocked up to Iguacu (we called half an hour before to check if there was room for two and booked at the last minute).
I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner. The service was good and the meal was very good. We ordered Artisan bread as a shared entree. It was a hand made cob loaf served with extra virgin olive oil, herb butter and sea salt. The bread was warm and tasted freshly baked. I liked the flavour of the herb butter. Unfortunately the image I took wasn't too great but here it is.
Artisan bread |
Aged eye fillet |
Guinness braised beef cheeks |
The white wine I ordered was the Mt Difficulty Pinot Gris. I had the taster. It was quite nice, not too dry and it had quite a round flavour for a pinot gris. I know a white should not go with a red meat but I am a white wine drinker so it didn't bother me. DD ordered a glass of the Jim Barry 'Lodge Hill' shiraz and his comment was 'this is a good shiraz, very nice!'.
I would definitely recommend Iguacu to anyone who would like a nice meal out in Auckland.
Iguacu
269 Parnell Road,
Parnell, Auckland
Website: http://www.iguacu.co.nz/
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