now you may be thinking this has little relevance to food - but I do find the mobile food carts at these events of interest. The World rowing event at Karapiro had to cater for many thousands of people each day and in the whole they did an awesome job. The volunteer workers would have won international awards for being tirelessly cheery and helpful. Everyone I spoke to had words of praise for all the staff they encountered in a uniform.
Here is a selection of the vendors lined up there...
from coffee to icecream
to "good sausages..."
to gourmet wild foods
to a french patisserie next to a coffee cart. Just what the doctor ordered after an hour's drive to get there.
Laura was convinced to eat a donut or two - and the organisers were saved from one sore point when they relaxed the rules about taking food into the grounds. So a nice picnic on Sunday, but we did still spend money at the carts. As my sister pointed out, they seemed to think we might be like a rugby crowd - but we're not! So once they realised we could be trusted not to get drunk and punch people, we were allowed to take food in.
Power to the rowing audience! and congratulations to the vendors who had interesting foods, clean surrounds and prices that were fair.
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