Third time lucky!  I was thwarted from trying out Mike Van de Elzen’s newest eatery due to filming at the restaurant.  My persistence was rewarded at a recent lunch when I joined the throngs of punters enjoying his healthy version of “fast food”. This really is fast food with a delicous difference and makes the [...]

Not even sure I should admit to spending a precious no-kids date night on a quick eat-in Thai and grocery shopping at Pak n Save, but there you have it. Fortunately Ruang Thong Thai 4 in Lincoln Road cheered up our dull domestic evening immensely. We really enjoyed the food but as I mentioned the setting (near Pak n Save [...]

Crust is a relatively new addition to the Auckland (and Hamilton) pizza scene. It is a member of a company based in Australia and claims to offer”gourmet” pizzas.  We were keen to find something different  – and hopefully better – than the more well-known pizza delivery companies, so we headed to the top of Parnell Road [...]

I have driven past Bok Choy on upper Symonds Street many times and have been intrigued by their “healthy eating” signage.  So I brought along my foodie colleague Chrissy and went to try them out one recent lunch time. Bok Choy has created a simple, quick and user-friendly way to enjoy Chinese food.  They have applied the [...]

I knew that Big J’s must be something different than your average burger bar when colleague May-Lee Wong mentioned that she wanted to check this place out, too!  Yes, this is a takeaway, but there are a couple of tables available to eat in, so I figured that Big J’s qualified for a review. First, [...]

Review by May-Lee Wong Housed in a rather mystical, retro red pagoda style building on the corner of Wellesley and Lorne Streets, Nol Bu Ne has been serving up good Korean for as long as anyone can remember. I used to frequent its floorboards in my days spent at the university’s city campus; we’d often [...]