Summer Hours 2015

Christmas 2014
 
We are closing on the 24th and reopening on Tuesday the 6th.
Merry Christmas and we  hope you have a safe summer break.

A day in our life...

Rajeev Mishra is one helluva talented chap.
When he approached us with a proposal to produce a short film chronicling a day at Nikau we jumped at the chance.

Here is what he came up with....





Sandor Katz - Sold Out (sorry)

We are very excited that Sandor Katz is coming to Wellington in March.

We will host him at the café on Friday 7th of March for an evening introducing us to the art of fermentation, including demonstrations and tastings and a look at fermentation’s place in our culinary traditions.

I have found his books to be a treasure trove of information and stories; demystifying, encouraging and inspiring. This is a great opportunity to learn more first hand, both on a practical but also on a cultural level.
I am especially inspired by how fermentation can help us preserve our harvest, helping us use more local food.
As I have started working with fermentation it has been exciting to observe how interesting and complex flavours can be created with simple, age old techniques

We were lucky enough to see his talk at the MAD symposium last year, we’re really happy that  Wellingtonians will get this opportunity too.

                          An Evening with Sandor Katz
         Nikau Café  -  Friday 7th march  5.30-8.30pm   $100


       A little something to drink and some tasty(fermented) treats 
                                      will be provided
           Enquiries and registration to nikaucafe@xtra.co.nz




Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist.

His book Wild Fermentation (2003) and the hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught across North America and beyond, have helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts.
A self-taught experimentalist who lives in rural Tennessee, the New York Times calls him “one of the unlikely rock stars of the American food scene.”
 His latest book, The Art of Fermentation (2012), received a James Beard award. Sandor teaches fermentation workshops in Tennessee and many other places.
 For more information, check out his website www.wildfermentation.com