12 signature dishes found across every New Zealand city we cover on TableJourney. Click through to see where to eat and what to order in each city. Want the global picture? Browse all dishes.
Anzac BiscuitAuckland · The Anzac biscuit is a buttery oat biscuit made with golden syrup, desiccated coconut and baking soda.
Bluff OysterAuckland · Bluff oysters (Ostrea chilensis) are New Zealand's wild flat oyster, fished from Foveaux Strait off Bluff at the South Island's bottom.
FeijoaAuckland · Feijoa (Acca sellowiana) is the tart green-fleshed fruit that grows in nearly every Auckland backyard in autumn.
Fish and chipsAuckland · Fish and chips, the British settler legacy plate, is fillet of snapper or hoki in beer batter with hand-cut chips.
HangiAuckland · Hangi is the Maori earth oven, cooking meat and root vegetables in a pit of stone-heated coals under wet sacks for 2 to 4 hours.
Hokey Pokey Ice CreamAuckland · Hokey pokey ice cream is vanilla ice cream studded with small balls of golden honeycomb toffee.
Lemon & Paeroa (L&P)Auckland · L&P is the New Zealand-invented lemon soft drink combining mineral spring water from Paeroa (Coromandel) with lemon flavouring.
Manuka HoneyAuckland · Manuka honey is the New Zealand monofloral honey from the manuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium).
New Zealand Lamb RoastAuckland · Roast lamb shoulder or leg is the canonical NZ Sunday meal.
PavlovaAuckland · Pavlova is the meringue dessert with a crisp shell and a marshmallow centre, topped with whipped cream and seasonal fruit.
Whitebait FritterAuckland · The whitebait fritter is an egg-bound omelette holding tiny juvenile galaxiid fish from West Coast rivers.Kumara FriesAuckland · Kumara fries are the New Zealand sweet potato cut into thick wedges, roasted with rosemary salt and served with aioli.