Without a doubt, the restaurant I return to most in the world is Mr. Hao on Dominion Rd. It’s not exactly a habit I’m proud of, but it’s not one I’m ashamed of either. It just is. My first experience ...

It’s been a mighty week for wine at the Metro offices, centered around our annual tasting – a two-day grape-scented marathon administered by head judge Oliver Styles and a panel of eight fellow ...

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Metro N°443 is Out Now. Welcome to the new issue of Metro! Our annual Auckland Schools report card! Twenty-four great Aucklanders on how to fix greater Auckland! The best sweet treats in Tāmaki! The ...

Metro has previously done deep dives into Auckland’s best chocolate desserts and the glories of panipopo; always considers cakes and pastries as part of our assessment of cafes; and usually devotes ...

My grandma had all the hallmarks of a person who could bake a cake sans recipe or whip up some elaborate, intergenerationally handed-down pudding: petite, English, curly grey hair, and, after a ...

Hummus, a staple of Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean culinary traditions, has long been a dish tied to political tensions – particularly when it comes to questions of national identity, ...

Moving houses is a familiar routine. This weekend, I’m moving for the second time this year. The difference this time is that instead of another rental, I’m moving into a house that I (well, my ...

It’s been about five, maybe six months since my mother died. Maybe longer. It’s hard to tell exactly. I’ve been so busy with the shop. What follows is a quick but thoughtful exploration of the life of ...

Funding decisions by government bodies aren’t usually a public talking point. When they become one, it tends to be because a government department has made an easy-to-ridicule spending choice or plans ...

I met my landlord at work. He was trying to move on after a bad separation, while I was on probation. After a Friday night we spent bitching to each other about how bad our lives were, he suggested I ...

This year Negroni Week is celebrating its 12th birthday. After a decade of dedicating a single drink to raising money for charity, this year is focused on the timeless bonds that exist around this ...