More Auckland food secrets

I’m delighted to provide you with another round up of Auckland eating and drinking – some of it news and some of it just news to me. If this is your first time back with me since the summer break and you’re wondering about the new logos, I’m pleased to tell you that Samsung are now providing sponsorship and support for my wee blog, in return for me reminding you occasionally that if you’re buying a new kitchen appliance, theirs are among the best. The induction hob they gave me boils a pot of water in 90 seconds! Righto, here we go:

Season's meatings

Health-wise, I’m allowed to drink as much as I like, because I didn’t eat red meat for almost 20 years. Oh, but then I did smoke quite heavily for about ten years. And I don’t exercise very much. So maybe I shouldn’t drink as much as I like, but I probably will anyway, because it feels good, and if you’re born after 1970 that’s the only test that really matters.

The Diz on Pons

I’ve got a mate who loves going out for brunch, but can’t/won’t (wan’t?) eat eggs. As you can imagine, this makes things rather difficult when choosing a meal – not only do most of them feature eggs, but some of them feature eggs twice over: look at eggs benedict, which features two poached ones covered in a sauce of whisked yolks.

Metro review - District Dining

The following review of the excellent District Dining appeared in the November issue of Metro magazine. The January issue, featuring my review of Tribeca, is on shelves now and looks like this.

Summer oven, happened so fast

Merry Christmas and happy new blog sponsor. Thanks to the visionaries at Samsung, Auckland Food Blog now has corporate support, principally in the form of a new oven currently residing in my kitchen and probably writing its own blog it’s so freaking clever. What would you say if I told you that the hob can boil a pot of water in less than 90 seconds? Or that the oven can simultaneously cook two different things at two different temperatures?

Review: Fish at The Hilton Auckland

The following review appeared in the October issue of Metro magazine. You can read my latest review (of James restaurant in Parnell) plus my usual humour nonsense in the December issue of Metro, on sale now.

Ten Auckland food secrets

I’m delighted and honoured to have been named one of the 15 food blog finalists in the Bloggers 2011 Awards (waddaya mean, ‘does New Zealand even had 15 food blogs?’ - you’re ruining my announcement). My initial reaction of ‘but I really don’t do it for the accolades’ lasted about 11 seconds before I hurried to the public voting page to see how I was doing. 

‘Mid-table anonymity’ is the answer, something I’ve become well acquainted with through my support of Liverpool Football Club for the past couple of seasons, but which I’d rather hoped to avoid in my own home. So in an attempt to garner more votes and claw my way out of 12th place, I’m going to list ten Auckland food secrets for your amusement and education. If you like any of them, please click on these blue words and vote for me.