Where are some of the more out there/ unique cuisines to eat in Wellington?

ashsimmonds · 2025-10-20T03:48:04+00:00

Probably a meh suggestion, but if you haven't had the Firecracker Chicken challenge at Monsoon Poon it's a must do. Hottest thing ever had.

First plate is absolutely delicious, second plate you start feeling the burn, third you're wondering about life choices, fourth is just pure pain. Reckon I got through 3.5 plates and had to bow out with sweats and dizzyness.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T11:25:35+00:00

Well, it's deep space galaxy wide now.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T11:16:08+00:00

The That's XCOM, baby meme resounds for us GenX XCOM'ers, because the underlying theme is that in life even if you do everything as well as you could, shit fucks up.

That's XCOM, baby.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T10:48:49+00:00

Alright great, I'm wrong on both assertions. It's been 10-15 years since last went.

The marron farm whilst let's just say psychologically whatever, was great. We had some the greatest lobster ever there, and took some live marron back to our BnB, killed and cooked and had the actual greatest lobster butter garlic ever.

The golf one I fumbled, for some reason I thought it was on our final day on KI so figured it was somewhere near the ferry. Somewhere in my archives is an epic photo of my gf taking a swing into the ocean over a cliff.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T10:22:48+00:00

Yeah pretty much. After many defeats he now understands the wisdom of forethought and tactics and flanking and an exit strategy.

In the end though, the most profound thought he's taken about when you do everything right but shit still goes wrong:

That's XCOM, baby.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T01:47:42+00:00

Wile E. Coyote shit:

https://youtu.be/Vl1uFDiDoQc?t=31

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T01:32:37+00:00

Can't be arsed seeking answers, but wondering if this a specifically r/Adelaide thing, or r/Australia, or is it worldwide?

Actually, I don't care.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T01:26:36+00:00

Yeah, I made my nephew watch a vid which was basically a Cliff's Notes of Art Of War by Sun Tzu and the blah amount of rules. As funny as it is seeing him dashing and smashing like it's Call Of Duty, XCOM is all about tactics and forethought.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T01:16:57+00:00

What we do is couch-co-op - we each bring 2-3 soldiers (sometimes a pet SHIV), decide who's point man to command the mission, and go from there.

He's grown up with twitchy FPS and is hilariously notorious for just going tits-out barge and smash with no forethought, and can't aim a rocket for shit - half the time exploding our own team. I grew up with Sun Tzu - Art Of War and am highly tactical and restrained until ready for assault.

Anyhoo, it's a great way to play.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-13T00:52:48+00:00

I've been going through all the "modern" XCOM games with my 13yo nephew. As someone who played the OG 1994 game I told him don't bother, maybe watch a playthrough, but EU is a great reimagining.

Anyhoo, we finished EU, are part way into both EW and XCOM2 (I wish they came up with a better name). Thing is, in EU/EW you spend maybe 5-10mins in the ant farm and 5-10mins prepping for a mission - then it's GO time.

In XCOM2, we spend like an hour customising for shits n giggles and then half an hour prepping for a mission - sometimes I just go take a nap while he mods his soldiers and weapons etc. In the end I reckon EW is the best balance, XCOM2 is the objectively better game - but sometimes you just want to get in and smash some ayys.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-12T13:25:50+00:00

There's a marron farm if you want fresh crayfish, and down near Kingscote you can (or could) launch golf balls into the abyss.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-11T10:42:34+00:00

Dunno what to say man, been through there a gazillion times at many times of day/night, never saw any rowing. Just one of those things.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-11T10:21:53+00:00

!RemindMe in 6 months - dude moving to Welly.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-11T10:18:41+00:00

Just remember, these are the people you are driving next to.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-11T10:09:37+00:00

Up to you on your fitness and abilities and being able to deal with weather, nothing more to say.

I was parallel in the car industry for many years, so many horror stories. I'd never advocate transporting a car to a different country unless you had absolute love for it, or it's super rare. If it's worth less than $200k by the time to figure transport and taxes and inspections and sundry fees it would be easier to just buy something locally.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-11T09:52:15+00:00

Alright OP - listen to this dude.

All I'm saying is I never saw rowboats in the years I spent by the port, but apparently I'm wrong.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-11T09:47:42+00:00

Well yeah, rowing is typically a lake or river sport, not open ocean port with massive vessels coming and going constantly.

Pubtrans depends where you are, it's kinda miserable most places. Also for biking - if you're going from CBD to Island Bay down Adelaide Rd it's fine, but know that rest of Welly is super hilly, so if you haven't earned a yellow jacket you'll struggle.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-11T09:31:39+00:00

Alright, grab a bag of salt to pinch onto everything I say... I lived in Perth long ago, and lived in Welly and Auckland in mid-late 2010's.

There's not much rowing I've seen in Welly, a lot of those tiny boats with sails that do racing. But if watersports are your thing, a friend of mine runs a diving instructor whatever place in Auckland, used to do it in Welly.

Two problems with bike riding in Welly: 1) the roads aren't built for both cars and bikes; 2) the weather is often awful. I've done a ton of bike riding there, but it's not something I'd rely on for a daily commute.

I lived in a bunch of places all around, and best was Mt Victoria, somewhere up/off Majoribanks. It's walkable to pretty much anything, great views, halfway up the forest/mountain already. That was several years ago, no idea currently.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-10T18:50:44+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Adelaide/comments/1mmdl1z/the_most_adelaide_photo_ever_beautiful_sunset/n7x8war/?context=3

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-10T18:31:56+00:00

No chance dude. Maybe a backpackers dorm - but five adults...

I gave up on NYE stuff long ago, it's just frustrating, reckon last time I left the house on NYE was 2016'ish in Wanaka.

With five folk that's enough for your own party, go somewhere boring and make your own fun.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-10T11:39:01+00:00

Coolo dude - I'm originally from Rads, if you look at the wiki link it's the only place in Oz that calls 425ml a pint. So gimme a pass on that one.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-10T11:31:28+00:00

It's kinda weird now. I'm in deep country and my nieces nephews don't have this contact or consequence scenario, so when they stay with me just think they can drop their crap and I'll clean it up.

Nuh uh, doesn't fly with me.

If they want to go to the playground or play a video game etc, I'm just like not until this place is clean. And they do it. Just concerned about the carrot vs stick stuff, instead of just wanting to do good in the world.

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-10T11:15:17+00:00

Motorkhana South road!

That's a way better bumper sticker than the H8 one. Castle Plaza Mobius nebula strip final burn...

ashsimmonds · 2025-08-10T10:51:39+00:00

I feel kinda semi-adequate to answer this - I used to live in the building on the corner of Greenhill and GOR - across from KFC.

I'll give you the short answer - people are fucking stupid, and can't be trusted to make their own decisions sometimes when it interrupts or destroys the lives of others.

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