I knew Marque was going to be good, hell, with only three nights in Sydney and 4 months of pre planning I knew that every restaurant that I was going to visit was going to be spectacular. The difference, with Marque, was that I was going in relatively blind, the website had been down for [...]

It has been a long time coming, and while I have always intended to visit The Grove, the priority of visiting the former head chef’s restaurants took priority. The new head chef, Benjamin Bayly, trained in Hamilton and Auckland after growing up in Te Awamutu. It turns out he was a year or two ahead [...]

When you get voted amongst the best restaurants in the world you have to be doing something right, and if you are wanting to visit one of the restaurants it is probably best to book well in advance, with Quay we had our booking 4 months prior to our visit to make sure we would [...]

Next week Claire and I are off to Sydney for 3 days for our first trip away together since we got married and started our family. The main purpose of the trip, other than to relax, is to sample some of the best food in the world, or at least some of the best food [...]

I had the pleasure of working along side Lorna (the head chef at Gothenburg) while OneZB was still alive and kicking, she’s a lovely person and, as many already know, a great chef. When Gothenburg opened she was on board from the beginning and has been able to craft the menu to suit the restaurants [...]

When Meredith’s reopened for the year Claire and I tried to get in for a Friday/Saturday seating on the first week to try their tasting menu, turns out we were a little slow and in the hour or so since opening their phone lines again they were booked out. To make up for this we [...]

Eating at Sidart made be happy, very happy, it also made me sad, sad and also a little angry, actually very angry. I decided that I needed to go try out the food for myself after getting a little annoyed at the tone of the Cuisine review (see here) and having done so I can [...]

It’s a bizzare feeling coming away from a restaurant and thinking of it as simultaneously the most expensive and best value dining experience on offer, but that is exactly what I felt like after walking out of Kermadec. Expensive in that it has prices that parallel or even slightly exceed that found in other high [...]

A location that must cost a small fortune in rent along with an internal fit out that puts other more formal eateries to shame. Soul has a lot going for it when viewed by the outside observer, a very good start, ambience plays a large part in enjoyable dining, but does Soul it have what [...]

There is something to be said about a restaurant in New Zealand that has the popularity to feature a tasting menu, even more so if it offers a variety in the number and style of the courses. I originally intended to take Claire along to The French Cafe to sample the eleven course menu, unfortunately [...]