Christchurch and Canterbury Restaurants

Christchurch and Canterbury Restaurant Reviews

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Christchurch's restaurants are sophisticated and diverse. There's an established Asian influence and you can find everything from Cajun to Indian. New Zealand cuisine is a serious contender in its own right, blending the best fresh-and-local ingredients with Asian-Pacific tastes. Restaurants in the city are usually open every day; if they do close it is either Sunday or Monday. Outside Christchurch, restaurants are more likely to close on Monday and Tuesday and during the winter.

The Waipara Valley is seeing a surge in exotic food production. North Canterbury is now a key producer in the country's fledgling black truffle industry. Locally sourced saffron, hazelnuts, manuka (an indigenous kind of tea tree) honey, olive oil, and ostrich meat are making their way onto area menus.

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