Review: Mr Morris, Auckland - Michael Meredith is back in town
With the end of the year comes a flood of new restaurant openings, all rushing to be open at the peak of summer spending – the flowing rosé and big blow-outs. It’s looking to be a little more subdued this year, with corporate spending down, but summertime always makes us itch to...
New order - Auckland's top 10 dining and drinking experiences
This is an impossible list for a lot of reasons, but here’s one: we humans consume a lot of food. That means mealtimes have to be filled, over and over, day in and day out, leaving a lot of opportunity for culinary exploration. In food, variety is everything.My dining calendar is...
Review: Rodd & Gunn The Lodge Bar, Auckland
Put aside any apprehensions you may have about dining among the clothing racks at Rodd & Gunn’s newest dining concept, The Lodge, because the two – retail shop and dining room – are neatly divided, split by separate doors. The one on the left opens into The Lodge: dark and broody...
Vino supremo - hit the right notes with a personal wine coach
There was a time in my life when the only wine I dared to order was a sauvignon blanc (which everyone calls “sav”, so I wasn’t in danger of mangling the name) or, to be even safer, the “house white”. Growing up in a non-drinking household meant pinots and gamays were much more fo...
