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Top Tastes is designed to help you find the best food and beverage venues and products; whether you want delicious fish chips, beautiful café food in a winery setting, finely crafted formal dining, food ideas, wine reviews or cocktail recipes this is your guide to the best New Zealand has to offer.
Top Tastes was created by Neil Hodgson and managed by him, he has invited other writers to contribute to the site, this means more regional information will be added as time goes by. You will find a range of opinions, reviews and recipes from people who know their stuff when it comes to food and beverage.
Only reviews written by this select group will be published on the site (you are welcome to leave comments of course) so you will be able to trust the review – no fake reviews, no ranting, just good information to help you choose great things to eat and drink as well as the best places to eat out.
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Kumara Puree
/in Aaron Ballantyne, Nelson, New Zealand, Recipes /by Aaron BallantyneAs part of his “basics recipes” Aaron says this one turns a humble, seasonal ingredient into a delicious side dish to serve with roast chicken or pan-fried fish Ingredients 100g butter 1 small onion 500g orange kumara, peeled & diced 20g honey 500ml chicken stock or water Sea salt & white pepper Method Melt butter […]
When ‘Customer Care’ doesn’t quite seem to care – An open letter (and a bit of a rant)
/in New Zealand, Simon Wood, Wine Articles /by Simon WoodI recently purchased a bottle of sparkling wine from a local supermarket -it was a wine I wanted to try, and it was fridged as soon as I got home, ready for the grand unveiling. It’s a new variant of an old favourite, produced by our largest producer, who now appear to have had their […]