09-11-2013
The entrance to Saffron, in Arrowtown, in Central Otago’s Strand. The restaurant, which seems to have come out of a 19th century postcard, has its strong point in desserts: goat cheese sorbet with dates soaked in amaretto, tel. +64.(0)3.4420131
Arrowtown is like a small, well-kept secret, hidden from the world, except that when you get there you discover that it’s not a secret, though it is well-kept, and in fact you’re grateful even though you don’t have any exclusive on this small jewel. Arrowtown is a weekend destination but the village has not undergone the levelling lifting that affected Queenstown and Wanaka, about 10 km away, and it is the deviation you take because “it is worth the journey”. In Buckingham Street, which more than a main street is Central Otago’s Strand, there’s Saffron, a restaurant perfectly placed in this urban scenery that appears to be taken out of a 19th century postcard. There are some restaurants from which you expect to be surprised, others from which you ask to be reassured: in the case of Saffron you ask to maintain, inside, the sensation you have outside, that of feeling as if you were in an antique jewel box – and your request is met.
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