When planning a night out at a concert, it is important to consider not only your transport options, but your eating options too. Especially when you are a Hungry Mum. I’d been really excited about two upcoming concerts this summer – Adam Lambert & Queen (so amazing I didn’t ever want it to end), and …
We took a tour of duty around some of Auckland’s best Chinese eateries and the upshot is Two Hungry Mums quite enjoy a walking degustation of dumplings and noodles. There’s been some discussion about how restaurants specialising in Asian cuisines are bracing for a slowdown due to the Coronavirus outbreak overseas. As far as we …
On a cold and windy Friday night, Hungry Mum took Hangry Dad out for his birthday. Marco Pierre White was in town you see, and both parents had read his autobiography ‘White Slave’ years ago and were huge fans. Marco was the chef of honour at the annual foodie event, Taste of Auckland. Held at …
Since Two Hungry Mums published this, Monzu has closed shop. We keep this here as an ode to a fabulous restaurant. I like perusing a menu because it tells you a lot about a restaurant but for the second time in a month we ate at a restaurant with no such catalogue. Auckland, is this …
For as long as I can remember, roasted peanuts have been my ultimate comfort food. When I was little my mum used to roast peanuts with their skins on and we’d eat them warm and salted, fresh from the oven. It’s no coincidence the word ‘peanut’ is an anagram of ‘delectable’ when you add some …
On a recent Wednesday night at one of Auckland’s top restaurants, diners were served half the courses they were promised and no one mentioned it. Until we turned up. We were locked outside on arrival, given a leaf as a first course, and ushered out the door without dessert – but let us start at …
