There are few places in New Zealand that do Mexican food well, and of those I haven’t found a single one that makes anything other than the typical Tex-Mex stuff, Mexican Specialities in Ellerslie is the exception to the rule and I finally got the chance to try it out yesterday. The Cafe is only [...]

Typically burgers make me feel a little apathetic towards food, poor quality meat, old salads and either a tendency to over complicate things or just the same boring ingredients you’ve already got in the fridge at home. In an attempt to try and find something a little more inspiring I decided to stop by Burger [...]

Another trip to the farmers market means another lunch using great fresh ingredients. The Salmon comes courtesy of The Salmon Man who had a stall there this morning, some baby carrots and fennel, snow pea shoots and a loaf of dark rye bread. Some brief instructions on what I did after the break.

Fast food or take-aways aren’t typically my "thing", most actually make me a little nauseous. There is one exception that stands out that I do not indulge in, but not often due to not wanting to become a super sized Brian. Sweet and Sour Pork, I don’t just mean any old Sweet and Sour Pork, [...]

Every year Bakels (the wholesale baking supplier) runs a competition to judge the best pies from all the land, the results were announced this past Tuesday see here. While talking to some of the other students at school we decided that to fully master our Pastry module we better hot foot it over to Tauranga [...]

The marvels of the modern world! I haven’t seen these in NZ before, despite my Wife assuring me that they are pretty common place and have been for years……… back to my point, I love interactive food. Terry could have just put his chocolate in the same shape as everyone else, but he turned it [...]

Hidden away in the Frankton industrial area of Hamilton is this little bakery called Volare, The location I assume would simply be something that was born out of necessity. Their specialty is what most people would call "artisan" breads, I just call it bread made by some one that actually cares about what they are [...]

Mexican food, or rather Tex Mex food, in New Zealand gets a fairly poor representation from brands like Old El Paso it takes a fair bit of enthusiasm to get past the fact that all their products taste the same and include far too much salt. Our weekly Sunday tradition for the last few months [...]