Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
It’s official! One of Wellington City’s most enduringly popular restaurants has now been awarded the title of Supreme Winner in the Cuisine NZ Restaurant of the Year Awards 2009.
Even non-Wellingtonians will be familiar with restaurateurs Steve Logan and Al Brown. Since 2006 they have fronted three series of a television cooking show with a typically [...]
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
If you’re a traveller who doesn’t fancy the self-catering option, preferring instead to let the experts do the cooking – you’ll love Auckland! New Zealand’s biggest city is blessed with a huge variety of fabulous restaurants, from laid-back cafés to fine dining, scattered across the city. You’ll find rich concentrations of excellent eateries in a [...]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Searching for a great coffee or lunch spot in central Rotorua? On my way out of town today I spotted local favourite Fat Dog Café on Arawa Street and headed in to check it out. With its wooden floor, mismatched chairs and tables, walls crowded with pop art and the Black Eyed Peas on the [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Napier is a pretty happening town in general, but the Ahuriri area – tucked discretely around the other side of Bluff Hill – is particularly so! Here you’ll find a cluster of upmarket bars and restaurants, along with quaint little B&Bs, and high quality hotel and apartment accommodation, all in a charmingly historic area bordered [...]
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Hot on the heels of Jane’s blog about dining out in Wellington comes the news that one of the city’s most iconic establishments, Matterhorn, has just been awarded the title of Cuisine New Zealand Restaurant of the Year! I say ‘establishment’ because this favourite Wellington nightspot has undergone several transformations during its long life. Established in 1963 [...]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Whether you’re in need of breakfast, dinner or a quick caffeine hit next time you’re in New Zealand’s most famous visitor destination – Rotorua – it’s worth looking beyond the main cluster at the lake end of town. As I discovered today, tucked out of sight of the main tourist hot-spots but a hit with locals [...]
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