Mark and Eamon are fiercely parochial Wellingtonians who recently took out a gold medal in the heavily contested Gin Category at NZ Spirits Awards 2019!

They met in the mid-nineties working as colleagues in a design agency. Over the years their careers diverged into different countries, sectors and business ventures, however they have remained close friends.

For nearly a decade they have explored ideas for an opportunity to build a business based on their shared capabilities as creative, innovative, makers. The Third Renaissance of Gin presented the perfect landscape in which to create a genuine artisan product and thus their passion project was born – Denzien Urban Distillery.

Denzien Urban Distillery is a Wellington artisan distillery of authenticity, craftsmanship and imagination. Denzien makes world class New Zealand terroir gin, and it’s distillery is unashamedly based in the urban heart of New Zealand’s capital city. 

Buy Denzien Gin in store or online for nationwide delivery! 

Sarah Neale and Michael Easton are huge fans of the delicious collision between easy, convenient meals and healthy, organic food.

Three years ago they decided to ditch their careers and use their combined skills to develop Very Good Dumplings. This brand brought together premium quality, local ingredients and diverse dumpling varieties from around the world including, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Turkey and Nepal.

They ran a popular dumpling food truck for two years before deciding to focus entirely on selling frozen products and set up a commercial kitchen.

They have recently launched a range of instant, fresh ramen noodles which puts a healthy, organic twist on one of the world’s most popular convenience meals. Eat them grilled or try poaching the dumplings in the new ramen!

You can find a range of their frozen dumplings and instant ramen noodle kits in our Tory Street Fresh Market.

Joining the Chook Wagon and Miki Sushi, Pop-up Food Pods are the latest addition to our takeaway food offering! 

Located in the Piazza at Moore Wilson's College Street, Food Pods provide a chance for local artisans to 'pop-up' for a limited time and share their take on street food direct to the Wellington public. Here's what's on right now:

Pod 1: Rockyard

Rockyard is a Vietnamese Restaurant and Bar based on 18 Allen street, Te Aro. The Rockyard menu is based on traditional Southern Vietnamese recipes, the region where Brian Tran – Head Chef & Owner - comes from. Part of our history is tied to French and Chinese culture and you can taste each country’s influence in many of our dishes. We aim to strike the perfect balance between sweet, sour, salty, bitter, hot and umami, and to cater for any occasion and time of day. Here until the 19th May.

POP-UP MENU

Lemongrass Chicken Burger $10.50
With Asian Slaw, Fresh Coriander & Kimchi Mayo (DF)

Pork and Prawn Steamed Shumai Dumplings
3 pcs for $7 or $2.50 each (DF)

Vietnamese Salad $12
With Chicken or Tofu

Spicy Beef Noodle Soup $10.50
Medium rare beef & pork ham with round rice noodles

Fried Vegetable Spring Rolls
3 pcs for $8.50 or $3 each

HOURS:
Monday to Sunday 11am-3pm
Here until Sunday 19th May

Pod 2: Beats Kitchen 

As chefs, Craig Sefton and Kai Akiyama, have travelled extensively to different parts of the world to eat and deconstruct dishes. Together with their Toyota Coaster (an ex-library bus!) they are Beat Kitchen, serving top-notch global street cuisine inspired by their travel.

Craig and Kai are as much about bringing the food you as they are about taking you on a journey to new places and experiences. The Beat Kitchen bus can be regularly spotted around Wellington and Petone. It’s also available to hire – perfect for Christmas parties and weddings, the Coaster is equipped to serve hungry crowds swiftly! Here until the 19th May.

POP-UP MENU:

Aburi cold smoked salmon don with edamame salsa (blow torched salmon on rice) (GF) $16.00

Soup of the day with toasted cheese sandwich $10.00

HOURS:
Monday to Sunday 11am-3pm
Here until 19^th May 2019

Next public holiday

Queen's Birthday, Monday 3rd June

Store Opening hours

Tory St Fresh Market
9am-5pm

Porirua
9am-4pm

Masterton
Closed

Lower Hutt
Closed

Try this month's modern Asian recipe from Head Chef at Mr. Go's - Vaibhav Vishen.

Try this Martinborough twist to the classic Martini with the Reid + Reid gin, distillled in their 200 litre, custom-made copper pot in their Martinborough distillery.

Read more about the Reid+Reid brothers here.

Create this British dish from Laura Greenfield at Field & Green.

Founder Scotty Baragwanath has always shared a fascination with food. From the tender age of 5 when Scotty unwrapped his first fry-pan, to over 20 years of experience as food technologist. Scotty has now applied his passion for extraordinarily delicious tasting food that is good for you, to the most important meal of the day with his breakfast range.

Scotty Baragwanath adopted the nickname 'frog' from a fairly young age, thanks to being naturally tall with long limbs. When he decided to leave his job as a high-profile research and development manager at one of the world's largest confectionary companies, he did so with the goal of bringing the tastiest muesli possible with the finest ingredients to market. He's given himself entirely to the project, including his nickname, prefaced by blue because "it's a bold, strong colour".

Blue Frog Breakfast is a premium breakfast business with big ambitions. Their mission is to liven up people’s breakfast experience with wholesome, innovative and nourishing choices. Why eat boring when breakfast can be Cerealsy Good?

Most recently we have added their Apricot Hemp cereal to the market showing they are truly on trend.

You can find a range of Blue Frog’s delicious cereals and syrups in Moore Wilson’s Tory St, Porirua and Masterton.