Expect the expected and a lot of it at this recent addition to Ponsonby's eateries

Auckland's oldest Japanese restaurant, Ariake Restaurant and Sushi Bar, will shut its doors tomorrow, after 30 years in business.

We came here because it had been some time since Leanne's last visit and we'd heard there were new owners.

Feeling a bit tired and grouchy? We suggest you head to Grouchos Cafe, just off Wellesley St West, where you're bound to be cheered up.

A meal out at a well-known Herne Bay eatery doesn't quite to live up to expectations.

A chap I know who works very near Saison and knew I had eaten there asked whether it was any good.

We came here because we were on holiday in Queenstown and a friend who lives there recommended it as the "best brunch in town".

We came here because a visit to Ponsonby's boutiques was called for, but first there were hunger pangs to satisfy.

There are fine Thai places all over Auckland so the competition is hot and Bangkok meets the challenge without slaying all-comers.

The menu at Hell Pizza contains dishes named Nemesis, Trouble and Wrath.

All that ocean air can work up an appetite. Thankfully, the Viaduct provides.

Recently spotted eating mushrooms on toast at Dizengoff on Ponsonby Rd - celebrity Kiwi chef Peter Gordon.

A healthcare worker has been left 'disgusted' after finding a maggot in her McDonald's burger box.

The largest Gilmours food-wholesaling operation in New Zealand has been sold by Foodstuffs to private owner-operators.

If you are in search of a new take on food and a visual dream, Meredith's will fit the bill.

A waitress has been assaulted in Hengyang, Hunan Province for her apparent 'slow service'. Source - Weibo

Malaysian food has been a favourite of mine since hitchhiking through there in my early twenties.

It seems like an unlikely alliance, but Weight Watchers has backed three items on McDonald's menu.

In Paihia for our first Waitangi Day experience of the place, the Professor and I had in tow a couple of English visitors whose politeness possibly exceeded their genuine interest in proceedings.

We came here because we were on a day trip north and stopped to do some chores in the village.

My parents were ... eccentric. My mum's not shy in speaking her mind. My old man prefers an easy life - like me.

Some of my first "dining out" experiences involved a group of us, in our teens, going to Chinese restaurants where we enjoyed the novelty of a non-European cuisine.