Brunch is about indulgence. There's nothing quite so gratifying as sleeping as late as you want on the weekend, and then wandering out to a meal over which you can linger as long as you like and whose dishes are crafted to satisfy sweet tooth and searing headache alike. Brunch may be more socially acceptable for adults than having pancakes for dinner, but it offers the same exciting prospect of choosing what to eat with only our pleasure as a criteria. Dinner is the most sophisticated meal, but brunch is the most hedonistic. If only because no one seems to... continue reading 
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PermalinkSome readers have asked about the food and restaurants in New Zealand, and really there's only one, maybe two restaurants we ate at that I'd bother reviewing, so I'll just do a little post here and sum things up. OVERALL IMPRESSIONS The quality of ingredients at top dining destinations in New Zealand is very high, though most of the ingredients are local and don't involve any expensive stuff flown in from elsewhere for the sake of culinary art, with the exception of some Japanese products like tobiko, etc. In general the meats (in particular venison and lamb) were fantastic, and... continue reading 
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