Yes I know it sounds like the start to an Olivia Neutron Bomb song but on the way to Nelson we passed through Havelock, the mussel capital of the world. However you would like your mussels cooked they do it, smoked, baked with cheese on, garlic and herbs, chilli sauce, the list is endless.

Since we were in the mussel capital it would have been rude not to stop and try a few dozen.

YUM