Over the years I've spent a few lazy summer afternoons at O'Hagans Irish Pub on the Auckland Waterfront. When you fancy a beer and you're in the Viaduct Basin and not wearing your designer jeans, which is important in this part of town , O'Hagans is the place to go. The clientele is a nice mix of locals and tourists with not a poseur in sight...unless you count those walking past to the trendy bars further along.
Great beer, bad coffee. A Flat White should have only a smidgen of froth on the top. This was 2/3 coffee, 1/3 foam....and it was luke warm.
The day didn't get much better when we decided to Yum Cha it for lunch. Despite the queue at Grand Harbour we were given a table fairly quickly. The clientele is mostly Asian but quite a few Europeans eat here also. So I don't understand why we were ignored for a good part of the time. Tables either side of us were offered dishes, we had to signal the waiters to come to our table. Next time we'll take Asian friends along with us. Perhaps we'll get better service. In the end we gave up and came home.
January 29th is Auckland Anniversary Day and Auckland being the City of Sails has a big regatta every year on this day. This year the celebration was combined with a farewell to the New Zealand America's Cup team. With the competition being held in Valencia there was quite a Spanish theme happening. Here's a few photos taken today.Click on any to enlarge.
