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Kai in The Bay Festival
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Review 1 for Kai in The Bay Festival
Good effort for a first event
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Eating the enormous freshly cooked mussels smothered in a tasty cream sauce and sprinkled with garlicy crumbs! YUMMY. @
Posted 22/11/2010
by GeminiGirl
Location:Feilding
A beautiful setting and great weather helped to make this event very pleasant. The many opportunities for free tasting of Kai helped lessen the expense throughout the day. Thanks to Silver Fern Farms for the free tastings of sweetbreads, lambs tails,lamb tripe, venison, beef and lamb, as well as the providers of Maori potatoes, kumera and seaweed dishes. The freshly cooked mussels with garlic crumbs and cream sauce was superb and the fresh fruit juices very refreshing. The fresh fish and wild pork sandwiches were delicious but I expected 2 peices of bread to make a sandwich! Was dissapointed when the waffle cart closed down early meaning some of our family missed out. Bit dissapointing not to have crayfish or huhu grubs as suggested by the advertising pictures. Could have been more seating (hay bales) and umbrellas for shade, and the sun block and water dispensers in a more central position. The entertainer outside the venue was easier on the ears than the ones on stage! The main marquee needed to be lots bigger (or seperate) to cater for the cooking demos.
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Eating the enormous freshly cooked mussels smothered in a tasty cream sauce and sprinkled with garlicy crumbs! YUMMY. @
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Review 2 for Kai in The Bay Festival
Kai in the Bay could not be beaten
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Posted 15/11/2010
by Happydays
Location:Wellington
I loved it and want to reserve my ticket for next year
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- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
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Review 3 for Kai in The Bay Festival
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Sitting in the sun, in front of the stage, with whanau, listening to the music, eating kaanga kopira, and watching people go by! @
Posted 15/11/2010
by Coastie
Location:East Coast
PLeased the powhiri started the event.
Wonderful to have our expectations exceeded in every way - ie got to eat kaanga kopiro, oysters, terakihi, paua, hangi, terotero, lambs balls, venison burgers, the prices were extremely affordable; the setting was ideal with a stunning backdrop; plenty of room; plenty of seats for those unable to sit on the ground; not too many queues, toilets in a good location ie not too close but within close proximity; enjoyed the cook off with Parekura & Derek & the chefs; an excellent whanau event; great that this was a smoke free & alcohol free event - this added to the enjoyment by our whanau. Great centre stage entertainment!
There were some stalls who didn't have food chilled/in chilly bins/chillers when they should have eg trifle; steam pudding - an absolute necessity for a food event. Great labelling of the stalls/tents. A suggestion for next year - is it possible to have hand sanitisers around the different stalls? Look forward to next years event - same place, same time!
Wonderful to have our expectations exceeded in every way - ie got to eat kaanga kopiro, oysters, terakihi, paua, hangi, terotero, lambs balls, venison burgers, the prices were extremely affordable; the setting was ideal with a stunning backdrop; plenty of room; plenty of seats for those unable to sit on the ground; not too many queues, toilets in a good location ie not too close but within close proximity; enjoyed the cook off with Parekura & Derek & the chefs; an excellent whanau event; great that this was a smoke free & alcohol free event - this added to the enjoyment by our whanau. Great centre stage entertainment!
There were some stalls who didn't have food chilled/in chilly bins/chillers when they should have eg trifle; steam pudding - an absolute necessity for a food event. Great labelling of the stalls/tents. A suggestion for next year - is it possible to have hand sanitisers around the different stalls? Look forward to next years event - same place, same time!
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Sitting in the sun, in front of the stage, with whanau, listening to the music, eating kaanga kopira, and watching people go by! @
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Review 4 for Kai in The Bay Festival
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- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Posted 14/11/2010
by Ralphsmum
Location:Napier
HOPELESS WASTEOF MONEY, WHERE WAS THE CRAYFISH/SEAWEED, AUNTIES VEGIES?.Why did you charge me $40.00 each for the same thing I could get for $15.00?.
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
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Review 5 for Kai in The Bay Festival
Kai fest
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Mussels were the favourite moment, very yummy!!! @
Posted 14/11/2010
by Anonymous
We enjoyed the event, however I think from a VIP ticket holder I don't think there was much advantage with these tickets. I was a bit dissappointed as I thought there would have been food relevant to the festival instead of fruit patters and I am not sure what else there was. We ended up just coming back to the VIP area when we needed water and shade for our baby.
I had venue pick up tickets, was there at 8am and had to ask a few people where to pick tickets up from as there was no clear area to collect them.
The food was yummy however which is the main thing.
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Mussels were the favourite moment, very yummy!!! @
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Review 6 for Kai in The Bay Festival
Where was the pacifica?
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- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Posted 14/11/2010
by Anonymous
Having taken a visitor from abroad to experience Maori food and entertainment the rap music was not impressive. Thankfully the beautiful Bay and weather compensated for a lot.
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
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Review 7 for Kai in The Bay Festival
very disappointing
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: leaving @
Posted 14/11/2010
by Ralphsmum
Location:Napier
I paid $40.00 each for my husband and I, thinking this would give us a little bit of special treatment. Not so! We were shuffled to the wrong side of the welcoming which was something I really wanted to see. I was disappointed at the lack of true Maori Kai - I don't know for sure who invented waffles or olive oil, but am pretty sure is wasn't the Maori people. What happened to the crayfish and seaweed stall and Aunties vegies?
I feel that the only thing we got out of the day was a parking space which I could have got down the road anyway.
I feel that the only thing we got out of the day was a parking space which I could have got down the road anyway.
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: leaving @
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Review 8 for Kai in The Bay Festival
Kai in the Bay . . needs work!
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Unfortunately, because of the bad experiences I didn't have one. @
Posted 14/11/2010
by nznix
Location:Wellington
We came up from Wellington especially for this event and were very excited as it promised so much. We decided to upgrade our tickets to the VIP tent because it offered "You can enjoy a buffet selection of food throughout the day, VIP toilets and your own private area to enjoy the festival." And how wrong that statement was in every way possible.
Buffet Selection . . . food was non existent, there was a couple of plates of fruit and cheese and then over the course of a few hours a few chunks of meat and that was it. Thankfully we were able to take a few bottles of water away to try and regain some of the lost money. It was terrible and a complete waste of money.
VIP Toilets . . . a couple of smelly portaloos out the back, not VIP in any sense. There are VIP toilets available for this kind of function, maybe investigate for next time.
A VIP area to enjoy the festival . . . the tent was hideous, it was so sparse and was so obvious that anyone who like us was conned in to buying the VIP tickets jsut didn't want to be there. You should have had the door at the front of the tent with the ability for those relaxing in the so called VIP area to enjoy the entertainment. It should have just been commonsense.
It got to the point where the staff took up the couches, drank the water and ate the food . . . that is because no one with VIP tickets wanted to be there.
I would like to be told how that area was in anyway supposed to be more superior to the event.
Thanfully the event was acceptable, but by no means without fault. If you are going to put marketing advertorials out in to the press, then make sure you deliver. There were plenty of foods mentioned in the press that were non existent and should have been a given. You were based in the Hawkes Bay and the only seafood was 1 variety of fish, oysters, mussels and the ingrediants to make fritters. You were advertising for example crayfish and scallops. The traditional food was okay, but again missing key items.
If you want to make this a key event then you have a lot of work to do. It is certainly not at the point where you are ready for the Rugby World Cup as stated on the news interview with one of the organisers.
Perfume Point Reserve @
- Napier @
- Sat 13 Nov 2010 @
Favourite moment: Unfortunately, because of the bad experiences I didn't have one. @
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