lunch in Vulcan Lane

Two years back we somehow stumbled upon a little tapas place in Vulcan Lane, in the heart of prime shopping in Auckland. We went there two or three times, but for breakfast. Excellent toast. I'm not sure why we went there in the first place - maybe the pomegranate logo drew us in? The name was Tasca, and we remembered it fondly ever since.

Jafa has taken its place as a breakfast spot for us now, but for old time's sake we made our way to Vulcan Lane while shopping today and landed at Tasca for a bite of lunch. The unfortunate thing was that there were few wine options, and the chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc I wanted on a warm day was not there for me. We made up for it later after shopping with a glass at an outdoor bar not far away at Mecca.
Anyway, we found our alley and cafe, sat at a little table outside to watch well-dressed people pass by, and had lunch.

Salads for us each: Conrad's had chicken and avocado while mine had chorizo, potato, and spinach. I sipped back my 17th flat white (awesome NZ coffee) of the trip, and we plotted a few more shop stops after lunch. Nice recapturing the memory of last time, even if there was no bacon involved this time.