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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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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