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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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Bev Wood2019-06-14 02:22:422019-06-14 02:26:12Cheap and Cheerful in Hamilton
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Neil Hodgson2019-06-12 05:35:342019-06-19 05:51:08Coffee 101 Bridge Street NelsonFEATURED ARTICLES
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Neil Hodgson2023-11-27 13:21:422023-11-27 13:21:42The Apple Shed Kitchen & Bar
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Neil Hodgson2023-10-11 11:40:322023-10-16 11:55:51Anchorage Wines- Stripping back helps Motueka Winemakers and Growers strike gold
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Neil Hodgson2023-10-04 11:26:262023-10-16 11:40:17Heke Homemade Herbals
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Neil Hodgson2023-09-29 12:06:212023-09-29 12:06:21Lip-smacking food from down under the hood
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Neil Hodgson2023-09-20 09:18:052023-09-29 09:44:55Great Scutt: New label wine for the ages
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Cheap and Cheerful in Hamilton
/in Bev Wood, Restaurants, Reviews /by Bev WoodWe Hamiltonians are spoilt for choice for places to eat, from fine dining restaurants with award winning chefs, to more casual cafes where interesting meals are served to a discerning public. And a wide range of ethnic establishments are scattered throughout the city. There’s no excuse not to find somewhere to eat well. I can […]
Coffee 101 Bridge Street Nelson
/in Cafe's, Coffee, Neil Hodgson, Nelson /by Neil HodgsonWellington is famous for having more hospitality businesses per head of population than New York City and many of those businesses have coffee as their main reason for being. When we look at how many hospitality businesses are failing in Christchurch where it seems that for every new venue that opens another closes, Ii’s a […]