AA Gill, NZ Roast day and five Auckland food discoveries

English food critic AA Gill was in town recently – while I was in California actually, enjoying a meal at the French Laundry, which I’ll tell you all about in a future issue of Metro. So there I was, feeling quite smug about getting my very, very expensive lunch paid for by the magazine, when little did I know my fellow food writers at said magazine were feeling doubley smug in my absence – eating three courses at Clooney with the world’s most famous, second funniest restaurant reviewer.

Eating in the eighties, part two

It’s been a fun week since I posted Auckland’s Top Restaurants, 1980. Thanks to all the people who’ve got in touch and shared their memories – some pleasant, most hideous.

While we’re on the subject, as promised here’s a 1983 lunch receipt from the swanky Fleur de Lys, once again provided by my eighties ad agency survivor Mary Will.

Auckland's Best Restaurants, August 1980

Ah, how’s this for a Friday treat? Hard on the heels of the Metro Restaurant of the Year Awards (winners and full annotated list in this month’s issue) one of my ex-colleagues at Mediaworks, Ms. Mary Will, sent me an incredible Auckland restaurant list that she’s obviously had in her top drawer for quite some time.