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SATURDAY BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH 11am - 1pm

Mains: (5 mains to choose from)
☑️ Pistachio & Strawberry French Toast (pistachio whipped cream, strawberry ice cream and chocolate sauce) - As soon I laid my eyes upon this dreamy, wonderful, pink, barbie land, magical and jaw-dropping plate, it was already a 100/100. Honestly love the creativity and the fun and joy this brings. Omg don’t get me started on the taste. That pistachio in the French toast and that pistachio cream, it was incredible.
☑️ Sweet and Spicy Chicken Waffles (fried chicken, savoury cheese waffle with Asian slaw). Damn that fried chicken is gorgeous! Absolutely loved the spice on it. I honestly hate slaws but I swear I don’t know what they added to this but is great and compliments the chicken so well. However, I personally am not a big fan of waffles with like bacon and chicken. And so found the pairing a bit strange. Like the waffle on its own with some chocolate or whatever will be GREAT and the spicy fried chicken on its own with the slaw is GREAT. But this is just me :)
☑️ Shashouka Eggs (tomatoes, onion, capsicum, feta and sourdough) Yea, these were good. Just typical tomato with eggs.
☑️ Creamy Mushroom (onion, cream and sourdough) Massive fan of creamy mushroom so this was really tasty. And loved the bread.
☑️ Veg Spicy Noodles (mixed vegetables, cream and spicy sauce) I liked that udon type of noodles were used, was super yummy. I think personally I would have liked a bit more spice and some lemon, still not sure what it needed. Don’t take this the wrong way, it was great. But my mum does a similar version with like chicken and she uses coconut cream/ milk instead and fish sauce which is freaking delicious (not being biased just coz she’s my mum). So I was always doing that comparison on my mind the whole time I was eating this, so it lacked something in comparison in the taste department. But the person I went with said “Stop comparison, it’s delicious”.

Bottomless Drinks (unlimited drinks!). We got the non-alcoholic versions of these and they were great!
☑️ Orange Fizz
☑️ Gonic
☑️ Glaze Glow: mango, infused vodka, lime
☑️ Call Me Rose: rose infused soda

founder Byron McLean has elevated hot chocolate to a whole other level. He has such a unique life story, going from the corporate world (ex-Xero) to now a Chocolatier. He really is prime example of “you can do/ become anything”! But honestly the dairy free and halal friendly toasted marshmallow fluff hot chocolates are absolutely top tier and just freaking delicious! I’ve tried the below flavours and ALL highly recommend. I don’t drink coffee and hate Tiramasu in general but the Tiramisu one was goooooddd.
☑️ Black Forrest flavour
☑️ Tiramisu
☑️ Chocolate

Paskatsu Nz has now taken over the spot, that beloved “The Kimchi Project” was on Lorne street and they seem to be killing it right now. I guess it’s literally in the name, but they offer a fusion of pasta and Japanese-style tonkatsu. I honestly think it’s a genius idea! Like majority of the world population loves pasta and who doesn’t like Japanese food? (I guess unless you’re vegan? 😅) In terms of the waiting time, it was probs 15-20mins waiting time which was fine and pretty standard. The food was freaking delicious and portion sizes were huge! They have a great selection of fun cocktails but I think they also need mocktails on the menu asap! I’m also loving this new wave of food spots opening up in Auckland providing fusion of different cuisines, cultures and flavours. We definitely need more of this! Getting bored of just seeing these boujee fine-dining type expensive restaurants doing typical French and whatever fusions. I want to see more Asian fusions spots and more Asian influence on food that are ‘affordable’ and Paskatsu has done a brilliant job.
☑️ Mega Paskatsu (feeds 2 people) - $50
☑️ Individial plates with different pasta options! - approx $29

.nz Been kinda craving Vietnamese food lately, not sure why 🤤
☑️ Bun: Viet Noodle Salad - Lemongrass Chicken ($17.50)
☑️ Vietnamese Iced Coffee ($6.50)
☑️ Lunch special: Banh Mi and Rice Paper Rolls ($17)

📍 Oh My Croffle, 6 Chancery Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010.

Croffles are hybrid of a croissant and a waffle. All delicious!
☑️ Choco Twinkle Croffle: milk chocolate, white truffle, pretzels and gold sugar sprinkles.
☑️ Lotus Biscoff Croffle: lotus biscoff cream, lotus biscof and biscuits crumb.
☑️ Green Tea Lover Croffle ($10): matcha cream, matcha biscuits crumb and choco truffle and matcha dust.
☑️ Piggy Bar: O.M.C Mascapone, syrup, and crumb.
☑️ Lotus Biscoff Sundae ($12.50): full size croffle and 2 scoops of ice cream with toppings.

Spice route cantina makes amazing Indian-Mexican fusion food out of their food truck located at📍Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, AKL 2025. Thank you for reaching out to me on Instagram and inviting me to come and try your food for FREE! Had a great experience and the staff were lovely 🙂

☑️ Punjabi Birria Taco ($17.50 for two tacos):
a) Butter chicken, mozzarella cheese, coriander, chopped chilli and butter sauce.
b) Masala beef, mozzarella cheese, coriander, chopped chilli and beef broth.
- I’m still very new to the taco world and so still haven’t really racked up much experience yet; my experience is limited to Taco Bell, BrokeBoyTaco and Taco Medic. But omg these tacos are freaking delicious, love the spice level (I think I would have preferred a bit more spice but I know for people that can’t handle spice very well might struggle a teeny bit haha), love the soft shell, the portion size was great (lots of meat inside them), and just overall flavour/ taste was top tier. In my opinion, definitely prefer this over BrokeBoyTaco.

☑️ Basmati Burrito Bowl ($19): Basmati rice, salads, pickles, choice of protein (i.e. Chana Masala, Butter Chicken, Desi Chicken Curry, Lamb Curry, and Shahi Paneer) and guacamole.
- This was a 10/10 for me. I got the lamb curry and this was absolutely delicious! Would 100% order this again!

☑️ Sides ($9): Guacamole
- This tasted so fresh and delicious. Also, came with chips which I did not expect but it was the perfect side which compliments the curry, spice and richness.

☑️ Roti Taco ($9 each): Fish pakora, lettuce, chimichurri and lime. This was a big miss for me and would give it a 2/10. The flavours together didn’t work at all and had a strange taste (for example, the fish tasted fishy and the chimichurri didn’t complement the fish).

.nz It’s been awhile since I’ve come here and it was my first time dining in here, as I normally takeaway instead. FYI for all, takeaway and dining prices are different - like $3-$6 approx difference. But the food was absolutely incredible. I didn’t know the butter chicken they put out on display near the counters tasted SOO different to the butter chicken you order from the menu. The menu butter chicken is way more delicious.

Super delicious Vietnamese food!
☑️ Bun Thit Nuong/ LemonGrass Pork (noodle, vegetable, cucumber, pickled carrot, peanut and sauce) - ($18)
☑️ Mix Berry Smoothie - ($11)

Catfe Mao·猫 This was mine and my little nephew’s first time visiting a cat cafe and it was such a fun experience. [Note: The cats are up for adoption, if anyone is interested please contact them 🙂]

☑️ Adults - $25, includes a free drink so I got the Brown Sugar Bubble Tea - super delicious and purrrfect by the way (1 hour max - you have to book in advance online)
☑️ Children under 8 years old - $18, includes a free drink

I don’t think I’ve ever seen so MANY cats in one place before; I just lost count at some point as more just kept coming out from somewhere every few mins or I would spot them sleeping in their little corner all hidden away or camouflaged to whatever they are sleeping on haha! And honestly like there were a few that looked so identical to me - same size and same fur colour. I could be way off but I think there were at least 50 cats, probably more. And omg all the cats were super cute, friendly and all have gorgeous eyes. You can see the staff really put a lot of effort into keeping the place clean and taking care of the cats. For one, all the cats are VERY WELL FED - they freaking massive! Like in human size literally these fellows would be like 4XL and omg their furs are honestly like super light, fluffy and insanely soft. Also, there’s a room at the back, labelled “staff only” but it’s actually a room for the cats to go through from the little cat door at the bottom if they feel like they just want a “break” from humans - this was quite thoughtful actually and just super funny to me HAHA. Then, there is the whole preparation part before going inside the cat area which is wearing these massive socks over our shoes, sanitising our hands and making sure to read and sign off on rules such as not touching the cats tail, etc). And, the staff are just extremely kind and lovely. 10/10 experience!

New Korean fried chicken spot in the food court! It’s very yummy and tasty!
☑️ Half and Half: Soy Garlic Fried Chicken and Korean Spicy Fried Chicken - Would give it a solid 9/10 for both flavours! But wish the soy garlic was a bit more ‘garlicy, and the other one just a tad more spicy and would have been 10/10 for both 😀

Japanese Sashimi Bar Ajimi

New dessert spot in Parnell that is open until midnight is a must visit! I don’t think I’ve ever had desserts that tasted delicious and was healthy! They are halal friendly too!
☑️ Acai
☑️ Lemonade
☑️ Creffle

and makes organising affordable and cheap birthdays super easy! 🎂🎉🎊🎈
☑️ Loaded brownie with Dulce De Leche & Ganache ($22.99)
☑️ Donuts and Red Velvet Cupcakes (approx $10)

Lunchroom All visually stunning and extremely delicious 🤤
☑️ Pulled pork with cole slaw Roll ($9.80)
☑️ Large Plate: half prawn fried rice and the other half sausage curry ($15.50)
☑️ Lemon Meringue Pie ($6.50)

Love Asia Restaurant & Bar They really are not messing around when you ask for extra hot and spicy. Coz oh boy was it deadly spicy 🌶️ 🥵. Man, their portion sizes were freaking huge. They really are not stingy with their meat - there was literally more meat than noodles! Extremely delicious and absolutely loved the aesthetic of the place! Just like their portion sizes, the size of the restaurant itself was also massive and approx 6-7 waitresses/ waiters on the floor serving top tier customer service 😃 I honestly cannot fault a single thing.

☑️ Chicken Drunken Noodles - Pho Xao Kieu Thai ($29)
☑️ Vietnamese Spicy Beef Noodle Soup - Bun Bo Hue ($22)
☑️ Spicy Egg Fried Rice - small ($7)
☑️ Vietnamese Spring Roll - 3pcs ($11.50)
☑️ Mocktail

Maya BBQ OMFG this place was packed! Had to wait 10mins to get a table, but that’s when you know the food is gona be gooood. Holy goodness, this was probably the best skewered meat I’ve ever had. They all had this amazing smokey flavour and so many great spices rubbed and smothered on it. All insanely delicious and price per stick ranges but on average was $2 each, which is pretty decent. I cannot rave enough about this place. Also, tried their chicken fried rice and it’s just perfect - the spice, the rice, the egg, the chicken! What more do you need?
☑️ Pork Sausage - $2.50 per stick
☑️ Marinate Pork - $2 per stick
☑️ Potato Slices - $2 per stick
☑️ Medium Rare Beef - $5 for 6 sticks
☑️ Lamb - $2 per stick
☑️ Pork Belly - $2.10 per stick
☑️ Rice bowl - $3 each
☑️ Chicken Fried Rice - $15.80

📍 Mega Hotpot BBQ Buffet Restaurant, 287 Dominion Road, Mount Eden, AKL.
☑️ Hotpot + BBQ Buffet ($45.90 per person - dinner)

Omg, this place was amazing! I’ve never been to a restaurant that did BOTH hot pot and bbq AT THE SAME TIME, it was such a unique experience for me. Major highlights for me:
1. A great and wide selection of the meat/ seafood and vegetables; that marinated pork was 👌. Also, the hot pot soup we got the spicy one and the mushroom. Super flavourful.
2. Drinks are included in the price! Like they have these huge drinks bottles like L&P ginger beers, those zero free drinks, and juices in the fridge that you can help yourself. I’ve never been to a restaurant that INCLUDES drinks before. I mean ofc if u want ur standard coke or sprite, you pay.
3. The desserts are incredible. They have this round fried ball with like purple kumara inside - it’s freaking delicious. Omg they have pudding! They have coffee, mango and cantaloupe flavoured pudding. The coffee one was a clear winner for me. They have cantaloupe ice cream - I don’t think it had any milk in there tho, but still yummy.
4. Loved the atmosphere: loads of seating, very spacious, and great ventilation honestly. Never felt too cold or hot, just right.
5. The staff are so lovely and friendly.
6. They have these fried dumplings that’s like stuffed with pork mince which are just delicious.

The only things this place lost a few points from me was:
1. There wasn’t a lot of side dishes. Normally at bbq buffets, there would be e.g maybe fried rice, sweet and sour pork, etc. But this is probs just my preference.
2. Also, I’m honestly not sure since my friend paid with their card. But there was like an extra $4-5 surcharge for each of us on top of the $45.90, so ended up being like $50 for each of us? Now I’m not sure if it’s a ASB bank thing or there was a surcharge by the store? But would be quite odd I think since it’s not a public holiday and my friend didn’t use paywave…..so might be an ASB bank thing?

Other than this, it was honestly such a great experience here.

.nz This was the first time in awhile where after lunch I didn’t slip into a food coma. The flavours weren’t like WOW and impactful, but rather light and fresh with simple dressing, which I enjoyed. Not really sure what those fried little things next to the meats were but they were super duper tasty.
☑️ Lemongrass Pork Vermicelli Noodle Salad ($23)
☑️ Lemongrass Chicken Vermicelli Noodle Salad ($23)

Lunchroom To this day, I still believe they are hands down the best bakery/ lunch spot in Onehunga, Auckland. The last time I tried their food was last year and omg the quality and the variety of the food still amazes me. So many to choose from and it’s insanely difficult to decide because they all look appetising and very delicious! There are really interesting pies, fried rice, curry, rolls, pasta, desserts, coffee, etc! Unfortunately, they are closed on weekends. So it almost feels like novelty when I was able to make a quick trip today and get here just before peak lunch hour.
☑️ Pulled pork roll with salad - the 🥖 is 😘 *insert: french kiss noises here*
☑️ Italian meatball with potato top pie
☑️ Steak and cheese pie
☑️ Gnocchi with mushroom sauce.

📍 TANZ KTCHN, 1 Piako Street, Ōtara, Auckland 2023

This is another takeaway spot to get Cook Islands food 🇨🇰.

☑️ Steak on rice with mushroom sauce ($18) - Personally, I found the steak really thick and chewy which I didn’t like. I wish they had a chicken option, as I’m not really much of a red meat eater. Also, I would have liked a lot more mushroom sauce to be added as there was an insane amount of meat on the plate, too much so that I felt like it was becoming dry after a while. The potato salad also lacked some flavour; more pepper, salt and mayonnaise.
☑️ Market Plate: Steak and mushroom sauce, potato salad, rice and chopsuey ($18) - Chopsuey here definitely tasted better than Tasu’s Takeout.
☑️ Steak Roll with mushroom sauce + chips ($8)
☑️ Donut ($1.50)
☑️ Banana Poke ($8)

I do think for the huge amount of meat you get it, it’s really worth the price but for me in terms of taste and flavour of the potato salad and mushroom sauce plus the super soft creamy chicken, the other Cook Islands takeaway spot, Tasu's TakeOut in Otahuhu is my winner 🙂.

Tasu's TakeOut My favourite place to visit for Cook Islands food 🇨🇰 Their mushroom sauce is absolutely to die for! And the mayonnaise potato salad is glorious! The meat was so soft and tender.
☑️ Chicken & rice with mushroom sauce, and potato salad (mainus) - $20
☑️ Steak & rice with mushroom sauce, and potato salad (mainus) - $20
☑️ Coconut Rolls - $10
☑️ Maniota Uki (poke) - $4
☑️ Taro x2 - $4

Snowman Dessert Cafe in albany
☑️ Chocolate Snowman Ice Flakes - Large ($25)
This was freaking delicious! I loved the layered textures and flavours. It was like condense milk, then ice, then the chocolate.

📍Why Knot Outlet Shop, 79 Springs Road, East Tāmaki, Auckland 2013
All of this only costed $80.46! So cheap!












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Drank the chocolate pineapple on the way home so not in the photo haha!

Frenchy's crêpes Nz This was one of the most prettiest spots I’ve seen in the Takapuna centre. The whole store was aesthetically pleasing, super duper clean, definitely embodies the French theme and also a little cute corner set up for a photo with family/friends/couples in front of the Eiffel tower!🗼The owner was absolutely lovely as well. Both insanely delicious but omg the crepes were to die for! All gone in a matter of seconds!
☑️ Crepes - Nutella Peanut Butter ($11)
☑️ Waffle - Melted chocolate and Nutella ($17)

📍62/78 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, Auckland 0622

📍Hong’s Korean Restaurant, 5/62 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, Auckland 0622

☑️ Homemade KING Pork Cutlet ($27): OMG this was the BIGGEST piece of pork cutlet I’ve ever seen and eaten in my entire life! It was soo MASSIVE and it just made everything else so small in comparison. I was honestly shocked seeing it come out as it looked way bigger than what I saw on the menu hahahaha. I really struggled to finish it but it was insanely delicious - the sauce was literally so perfect. Oh and the crunch as you cut and bite into it was amazing!
☑️ Jjamppong - Spicy seafood noodle soup ($23): The soup was extremely delicious and the mussels were huge. I think maybe just a bit more spicier and would have perfection.

Their customer service was a 10/10 - super lovely and prices were decent especially with the portions we were getting. The only thing I would probs say is there is a bit of waiting time but most likely because there is only one chef at the back and you can tell they are really focused on sending out only the best quality food. 100% recommend!

Managed to get my hands on the $15 for a dozen original glazed donuts yesterday with some other extra little purchases 😀 Surely, this gets me the best aunt/sister/daughter award🥇😂

Receptionist
☑️ Black Truffle Croissant!!

Butter Baby Couldn’t decide what to get!

Fonterra

Taco Medic
I was away from social media for 6 months last year so I completely forgot to post these photos. But I managed to visit and try this place out on different occasions in the Auckland CBD before they permanently closed 😞 But it was my first time ever trying a taco and it was honestly so delicious. I finally understood the hype around these.