Our annual trip with Darryl & Alistair to Taste of Auckland held at Victoria Park. Fortunately the rain held off for us today after the rain that greeted the crowds yesterday.
As always there were lots of fantastic dishes to sample - firstly razor back pig belly with apple, celery and toasted farro from Clooney restaurant.
Our favourite dish of the day was duck leg, penang custard, coconut, micro herbs, peanut and lychee from a new restaurant The Commons based in Takapuna - a must visit now.
Another interesting and tasty dish was wild deer, earth baked kowiniwini, fern curd, blackberry and malt soil from Kermadec Fine, normally famed for their fish dishes they can also do meat just as well.
There were some kiwi celebrity chefs around, including Josh Emett, a Masterchef New Zealand judge and Gordon Ramsey protege, who was doing a cooking presentation.
Alistair participated in a cocktail making masterclass, learning how to make mojitos, so we will be getting him to put his learnings into practice when we are away at New Year.
There were also several craft beer stalls there as this market grows ever bigger, Royston had to sample some to make sure they were up to scratch.
Our annual trip with Darryl & Alistair to Taste of Auckland held at Victoria Park. Fortunately the rain held off for us today after the rain that greeted the crowds yesterday.
As always there were lots of fantastic dishes to sample - firstly razor back pig belly with apple, celery and toasted farro from Clooney restaurant.
Our favourite dish of the day was duck leg, penang custard, coconut, micro herbs, peanut and lychee from a new restaurant The Commons based in Takapuna - a must visit now.
Another interesting and tasty dish was wild deer, earth baked kowiniwini, fern curd, blackberry and malt soil from Kermadec Fine, normally famed for their fish dishes they can also do meat just as well. 
There were some kiwi celebrity chefs around, including Josh Emett, a Masterchef New Zealand judge and Gordon Ramsey protege, who was doing a cooking presentation.
Alistair participated in a cocktail making masterclass, learning how to make mojitos, so we will be getting him to put his learnings into practice when we are away at New Year.
There were also several craft beer stalls there as this market grows ever bigger, Royston had to sample some to make sure they were up to scratch.
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