Editing Wellington (section)

==Cuisine==
Wellington is characterised by small dining establishments, and its [[coffee culture|café culture]] is internationally recognised, being known for its large number of coffeehouses.<ref name="Reid2014">{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=Sarah|title=8 of the world's great coffee cities |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/best-coffee-cities/index.html|publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=15 November 2016|date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031152114/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/04/travel/best-coffee-cities/|archive-date=31 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/the-daily-grind-wellington-cafe-culture-1920-2000|title=Wellington café culture – Wellington café culture|work=NZHistory|access-date=12 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112144957/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/the-daily-grind-wellington-cafe-culture-1920-2000|archive-date=12 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> There are a few iconic cafés that started the obsession with coffee that Wellington has. One of these is the Deluxe Expresso Bar that opened in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deluxe Espresso Bar {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/deluxe-cafe-1988|access-date=23 September 2020|website=nzhistory.govt.nz}}</ref> Wellington Restaurants offer cuisines including from Europe, Asia and Polynesia; for dishes that have a distinctly [[cuisine of New Zealand|New Zealand style]], there are lamb, beef, pork and venison, salmon, crayfish (lobster), [[Bluff oyster]]s, [[pāua]] (abalone), [[mussel]]s, [[scallop]]s, [[Paphies australis|pipis]] and [[tuatua]] (both New Zealand shellfish); kūmara (sweet potato); [[kiwifruit]] and [[tamarillo]]; and [[Pavlova (dessert)|pavlova]], the national dessert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/food-&-wine/food-wine_nzcuisine_backgrounder.cfm|title=New Zealand Cuisine – Cuisine Influences|publisher=Media Resources – Tourism New Zealand's site for media and broadcast professionals|access-date=28 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132821/http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/food-%26-wine/food-wine_nzcuisine_backgrounder.cfm|archive-date=7 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>