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The Archive (Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand)

If you want nice restaurant views in Waiheke Island, I guess nothing can beat this place, it is simply breath-taking whether you are inside or out, it’s one of those places where you want to have your wedding reception, it’s so romantic specially during sunsets. The Archive coins itself as...

Major Tom (Rosedale, North Shore City, New Zealand)

If you have noticed many of our brunch posts are from Cafes, the reason being is that the cafe culture here in New Zealand is quite big, they are the epicentre of social hours in New Zealand. Morning and afternoon tea are quite common for many Kiwis even though ordering...

Stratosfare (Rotorua, New Zealand)

It was quite a while since we’ve been to a Buffet with tons of selection like this, the last one was at Fortuna and prior to that was Haru No Yume, sadly the latter does not do buffets anymore. With regards to the variety of buffet offerings Fortuna for me...

Piper Donuts

This donut sounds fishy! Piper Donuts is definitely an interesting way of pan frying these delicious piper fish, similar method like the usual fried fish but these ones are shaped like those irresistable round fried bread. Piper or garfish is one of those interesting looking fishes, its shiny, its slender...

12 of the Best Affordable Butter Chicken in Auckland

This bright orange stuff is certainly a Kiwi’s favourite, while the original dish came from the Indian cuisine, the butter chicken we get here in New Zealand is a home-grown Kiwi version of the not so popular Indian curry, its thick, it creamy, a bit tangy, sweet and not spicy. Kiwis...

La Cloche (Wellington CBD, Wellington, New Zealand)

They said Wellington have the best cafe’s and every Wellingtonian knows that the capital has some of the best coffee in the world, that is a big title to claim but it is true since Wellington has been in the list of “World’s best coffee: 8 cities to visit for...

The Baker’s Cottage (Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand)

The day we visited this institution was a busy day for us, we were literally out and about the whole day from Sunrise to Sunset for a morning workout on the East side of Auckland and finishing up with a small gathering out West with friends. In between we were...

Puhoi Valley Cafe & Cheese Store (Puhoi, Auckland, New Zealand)

We have been here numerous times but I had reviewed it only once 6 years ago, in between that period and today we visit this place once in a while specially when we head over to Matakana market, since then they have been delivering consistent quality. Menu had changed a...

14 of the Best picnic spots in Auckland

Do you know how many parks and reserves Auckland has? It has 4000 locations scattered all throughout the region. That is a lot specially if you are take into account the Auckland Region’s Area is just 4,894 km², so that’s 0.82 (nearly 1) picnic spot per square kilometre of land....