Michael Meredith’s highly sought after restaurant is the first in our new series by Victoria Davy as she chomps her way through Auckland’s degustation menus… Most New Year’s resolutions are about losing weight, getting that dream promotion or giving up some unbeneficial habits. But my husband and I (gosh I sound like the Queen) and [...]
Restaurants & eateries
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7 courses at Meredith’s – mmmm
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Top 6 foodie places in Havelock North
My top 5 turned into a top 6… Hawkes Bay is my childhood stomping ground, and Havelock North is a little village that punches above its weight for eating, drinking and being generally merry. Here’s my list of the places I try and get to each time I visit: Black Barn Growers Market This vineyard [...]
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Auckland’s best restaurants for 2010
We all have our favourite restaurants don’t we? Usually they’re ones we go back to time and again lest we stumble upon an untried dish and be disappointed. My dad is a classic example of this: when he and mum are on holiday, woe betide my mother if dad finds the perfect steak on the [...]
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Fancy a little Mexican?
Auckland Scene: I’ll be the first to admit that my knowledge of all things Mexican is limited to a very shaky rendition of Ricky Martin’s Living La Vida Loca at karaoke bars. I did have an authentic Mexican dining experience once, just outside of Orange County, California; a great little place wedged firmly between a [...]
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Mmmm Blogger at Large gelato
It’s not often a girl gets to invent her own gelato! But today, thanks to the very cool owner of Giapo on Auckland’s Queen Street, the Blogger at Large Apple Crumble with Lashings of Cream gelato was launched. Gianpaolo Grazioli is a fair dinkum Italian so he knows a thing or 2 about making ice [...]
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Looking for good curry in Taupo?
When you’re making the pilgrimage from Auckland to Hawkes Bay, as one is want to do when a whanau weekend beckons, where to stop and eat in Taupo is very important. If I’m roaring through around brunch-o’clock I’ll stop at Replete on HeuHeu street, which also has a very nice kitchenware shop attached. You can [...]
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High tea in a central Hawkes Bay homestead
Off the highways and by-ways of rural New Zealand are all sorts of amazing little gems to pop into for a homemade scone and a cucumber sandwich. I’m staying in Hawkes Bay for a couple of weeks so it was decided that a Ladies Who Lunch-Alot was required in the famous homestead of Oruawharo in [...]
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Pretty in Pink high tea at the Langham
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so on behalf of boobs everywhere I popped into the Langham Auckland hotel to experience their Pretty in Pink Afternoon Tea. Sitting nestled into cushions on the posh chairs we browsed the menu of herbal teas. I decided on Rosehip and Hibiscus. A pink iced tea was served in [...]
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Auckland’s best Indian restaurant
I love a good curry and reckon I’ve found the best restaurant this side of… London. Oh Calcutta should be a pilgrimage every curry-lover must make. Have a read, pop along and tell me it’s not so.
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