Island Favourites Limited is a takeaway on Collins Ave in Linden, Wellington, holding a 4.9 Google rating. Its menu leans towards island-style baking: kurma, coconut sweet bread, sponge cake and a fruit cake infused with rum, all described as baked with care using traditional techniques.
Island baking rewards patience. A good kurma is fried crisp and finished warm so the spiced sugar clings, coconut sweet bread wants real coconut through the crumb, and a proper rum fruit cake depends on fruit soaked well ahead of baking day. Because this style of baking is done in small batches, it pays to ask what came out of the oven that day rather than arriving with a set list. The upside is that most of these sweets keep well, so they suit lunchboxes, visitors or a shared plate.
For Linden locals after a genuine taste of the islands, Island Favourites is a short trip down Collins Ave.