February 6th, 2010
The Little Grocer
311 Richmond Road
Grey Lynn, Auckland
Tel. (09) 962 6711
Yummy yum yum yum.
Today from The Little Grocer we had two cinnamon buns, two lattes, one handmade plum iceblock, two delicious homegrown lemons and a rage against the machine badge that Astrid decided she wanted.
We have been very excited about The Little Grocer ever since we discovered it on our return to Auckland. The first day we went was a Sunday before Summer and there was a most delightful table setting just brimming with super sweet deliciousness which we swore we’d return to photograph. One day we will.
But today’s treat, apart from the rage against the machine badge for a dollar, was Astrid’s amazing organic coromandel plum iceblock. Oh! It was a new experience, pulverised perfect plums, frozen. We’ll be back tomorrow for more we will.
And the cinnamon buns were delicious, two shared between the four of us. And the cheapest sweet option at $3.50. Lots of lovely things to look at while we waited for our lattes; little paper masks for a dollar each (but Astrid definitely wanted the rage against the machine badge more than a zebra mask, even more than a tiger mask), a big stack of the Ponsonby News, yummy cinnamon bread and butter pudding (oh!), pesto, a selection of old fashioned sweets, and urns for putting in your predictions, sage pieces of advice, or random scribblings.
The word of the week began with an ‘f’ and was about twenty letters long. I forgot to write my prediction, even though I meant to write, “look under the carpet for the missing DVDs”. Sound advice that is.
Sound, like The Little Grocer. A little piece of magic well and truly. We love you The Little Grocer. Oh yes indeed we do.
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February 4th, 2010
Freya’s par-baked artisan bread
We’re about to try this out, but $6.15 for a loaf, when if I’d been ten minutes earlier I could have bought the real thing from the Pyrenees for $3.50 I am feeling like this is going to be a lot more expensive than it’s going to taste.
– The verdict –
Absolutely delicious and well worth paying the ‘after hours’ fee for buying from Alberton Fine Foods.
Edith, our one year old, chomped her way through four chunks of it with avocado, and we used the rest for steak sandwiches with caramelised onion, tomato and mayo. Yum Yum Yum!
The steak was from Nosh Dominion Road – and dinner was utterly delicious and more-ish. Much much better than the working late alternative of takeaways.
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January 22nd, 2010
J. Friend and Co Honey
Mmmmm. These beautiful little jars of honey have been appearing in all sorts of places of late so without hesitation we bought Viper’s Bugloss – a plant we know from France where it’s called Viperine.
Gorgeous gorgeous honey, a delightful treat for us and even more so for the children. There’s site’s chock full of information including info on the different honeys, their philosophy, their organic certification and tracing your jar.
January 22nd, 2010
franz tormers
16 Bedford Row,
Christchurch
Designers sarah, manolis and jo are so cool. Look at their beautifully sweet website. And the ever so lovely things they sell. Now if only we could buy online…
According to them ChCh is the new Berlin.
From their little corner it certainly looks that way.
January 22nd, 2010
li’l magoolie
Beautifully curated style blog for yummy mummies and baby love
January 22nd, 2010
Adventures in Food
Lovely new food blog by Christine – who even found free quinces on the side of the road in Remuera. And even better, info on upcoming cheesemaking classes. Great reading.
December 15th, 2009
we love pies!
Oh my goodness, do we ever. We love I love pies.
We tried three I love pies pies; Angus Beef Mince and Mozzarella Cheese,Smoked Fish in a Creamy Béchamel Sauce and Free Range Chicken Leek & Mustard.
My absolute favourite that was the best ever pie I have ever ever ever eaten was the Chicken and Leek. Oh! It was dusted with semolina and oh so crispy and perfect. We could taste the vegetables, each and every last one.
Kevin’s favourite was of course the Angus Beef Mince. And Astrid was pretty keen on that too. It tasted beautifully handmade, home made, hand crafted. And it really was made with love, not just made up love.
The smoked fish pie froze well and we had that when we came back from Rarotonga. And it tasted very very good. Now that’s saying a lot because we ate fresh mahi mahi every day in Rarotonga and I can’t eat fish now. Except for the Smoked Fish pie. And fresh Rarotongan mahi mahi. So it was excellent fish and it lasted us three meals. And it even had little delicious surprise capers inside. Yum!
Overall we just adored I love Pies. They’re proper quality pies. Proper, real food. Because they are so beautifully made, with all the right ingredients they’re around $18.99. So while we won’t be eating them every day (we probably could if we were still in London), we know they’ll be a very reliable, delicious and welcome treat.
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October 30th, 2009
Peter Chaplin’s new café
Just found out about Peter Chaplin’s new café in Carr Road of all places. Given he’s a local though it seems as good a location as any.
So this weekend we’ll be: going to Ruby Square Market in Mt Eden, receiving and sampling pies from I Love Pies and hoping to head over to Rock Café for a free Gravity coffee which we won at Coffee Cupid and to discover what is bound to be a sensational place to eat brilliant healthy, proper food.
Hopefully getting some fruit trees and herbs into the garden too.
October 30th, 2009
Ruby Square Market
Tomorrow, Saturday October 31st is the first ever Ruby Square Market in Mt Eden!
Make sure you and your gang turn up – it’s:
9am till 1pm
at Greyfriars Hall
544 Mt Eden Rd
(opposite Salvage)
An amazing lineup of sellers including phoenix trading, holly chic, bllume, todocecilia, i am, colestown, pipi child, savoie, jo muir, 2′9″ handcrafted toys, designline collections and lily’s make believe.
The next markets planned are for the 14th November, 5th & 12th December.
More info at www.rubysquare.co.nz
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