It was not so much slow food as stationary.
The passenger cars of the Taieri Gorge Railway became dining cars on Saturday, as a healthy crowd, with a healthy appetite, flocked to the Dunedin Railway Station for dinner.
However, while the "passengers" got to dine on the train, the scenery stayed the same as the rail carriages remained parked as a pop-up restaurant.
Dinner On The Tracks, a Dine Dunedin event, attracted a dozen or so food trucks to the station platform and forecourt, where they served up pizza, curries, ice creams and other sweet treats to the eager crowd.
Dine Dunedin, the annual celebration of Dunedin produce, food providers and chefs, began on Friday, and features a range of especially curated lunches and dinners, as well as an array of burgers created purely for the event.
Although the carriages stayed where they were on Saturday, a rail trip is scheduled next Saturday to Arc Brewing Co in Waitati, as part of Dine Dunedin, but the event has already sold out.
Staff Reporter
