In this new series I will be commenting on places I've visited. I drew my inspiration from "Walk with me Tim" which you can search on YouTube.
Today I will be stopping at a coffee bar in Foxton. It's a black modern building with a Filipino shop adjacent. (Rumour has it that the owner of this Robert Harris franchise and the building is Filipino).
The first thing you notice is that it is popular. I suspect it is a popular watering hole for the Foxton resident
... as well as the North/South bound traveller. The available food is definitely interesting though a tad expensive. They make an effort to justify a $12 price tag by adding an unexpected ingredient.
Today we ordered two medium Lattes and orange/date and cheese scones. This came to about $28. A little high I thought. I didn't look at the individual costs. Anyway when you are with your lady friend you tend not to quibble.
The scones arrived first. Fresh and warm. Two packets of butter each. I was impressed by that. My lady friend looked at hers and said there were no dates. I glanced over the table and confirmed. She had an orange scone!
We ate our scones but without coffee. I commented to her about this delay but she refrained from giving a score out of one to ten. I mentioned out loud a four! She has heard me go down this track before and politely looked away.
The coffee did arrive but I felt the wait was a little long.
To their credit they did provide easily located free water which my companion always insists on. I didn't use the bathroom but again my companion made no comment as she left it so it must have been clean.
My rating for Robert Harris at 32 Johnston Street foxton?
I'll give it a generous score because on previous occasions we found the service acceptable.
8/10
