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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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Gothenburg, the Pride of Hamilton
/in Bev Wood, Restaurants, Reviews /by Bev WoodIf you think Hamilton has turned its back on the mighty Waikato River, it’s time you came and visited. At the southern end of the CBD, at 17 Grantham Street, is an imposing office building , the ANZ Centre. As you step into the foyer at street level, stairs or a lift, take you down […]
Wines of the week… Doctors’ wines and beautiful stones
/in Central Otago, Hawkes Bay, Joelle Thomson, Marlborough, Uncategorized, WIne Tastings /by Joelle ThomsonIt’s been a wine kind of a week. What other sort is there when wine is work and duty calls. This week that duty included a day with mountain biker and winemaker Steve Davies, who headed up north from his home in Central Otago for a day of show and tell in the windy city. […]