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Review: Bellota at SkyCity, Auckland CBD

My mother drank sherry and her twin drank gin. Although this may sound like a line from an old music-hall song, there is a point to it.

Brunch: Devonport Connection Cafe, Devonport

Review: O'Connell St Bistro, Auckland CBD

When dining is this good, it's like a dream. One from which I simply don't want to wake up.

Poet of the plate

French chef Nic Poelaert will cook for one night at The Farm at Cape Kidnappers.

Shelly Bridgeman: Children's menu? No, thanks

When my daughter was about two there were seventeen foods she would eat – including apples, bananas, blueberries, bread, carrots, cheerio sausages, cheese, eggs, fresh squeezed orange juice, fish fingers, hummus, milk, spaghetti and Weetbix.

Award-winning Auckland eatery closing its doors

New Zealand chef Peter Gordon's dine restaurant in Auckland shuts this week so the area can be gutted and the SkyCity Grand Hotel's new hotel lobby bar can be relocated there.

Review: Antoine's, Parnell

Silver service? Who the hell does silver service these days? I doubt that one waitress in 100 would know what it is.

Places to fire up for winter

Joanna Mathers finds the cosiest spots to eat and drink.

Review: Janken, Herne Bay

Here are a couple of experiences I never thought I’d embrace — a boeuf bourguignon served at a Japanese restaurant and a macrobiotic dessert. They were delivered at Janken and I enjoyed both.

Brunch: Vinyl Coffee Shop, Mt Eden

We came here because we'd been meaning to for ages, having noted its pretty steady popularity with the locals.

Review: Blunderbuss, Kingsland

As one door closes, another opens. A truism for our dynamic dining scene, that's for sure.

Shelley Bridgeman: What's your favourite sandwich?

After reading the responses to <i>The Art of the Ultimate Sandwich</i>in which people shared their favourite sandwich fillings, I decided that someone's sandwich preference can reveal a lot about their personality type.

The newest addition to Ponsonby Central

Chef Che Barrington does to Chinese cuisine what Baz Luhrmann does to the classic story in film - he brings it into the now with such dazzling brilliance that you are swept away in the moment and left wanting more, more, more.

Small Business: French Kitchen rules for parties

Last year, like a lot of other restaurant owners in Auckland, Creghan Molloy-Wright and Simon Wright at The French Cafe had to work hard just to tread water.

Waiheke inn rated with best in world

Review: Prague Bar & Cafe, Sandringham

I have not been to Prague (the city). People who have tell me that it is fabulous. One woman I know who went years ago, long before it was fashionable, told me she could see half a dozen church clocks from her hotel window. I thought that was very cool.