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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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Fig leaf panna cotta
/in Aaron Ballantyne, Nelson, Recipes /by Aaron BallantyneFigs grow incredibly well in Nelson and are abundant at this time of the year but something that is often overlooked as an ingredient is the leaf from the tree. This panna cotta is a delicious seasonal treat made using fig leaves as a flavouring. Makes 8 individual servings INGREDIENTS 400ml cream 200g caster sugar […]
Lock down recipe – left overs and pantry items
/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Recipes, Wine Articles /by Neil HodgsonOne of the benefits of spending so much time at home, and not being able to just pop down to the shop whenever we want to, is having time to cook tasty dishes from things we find in the pantry, fridge or freezer. And in our case spending some time searching through the wine cellar […]