Places to eat on the road

[Fatt Max]

Now, this is my kind of thread.

In my travels I have found far too many places to pull over and eat (and have the waistline to prove it)

My reccomendation is for anyone heading through Tirau in need of a brekkie / brunch. Opposite the big dog is a bright Orange cafe (sorry, name escapes me) that does the best bacon, eggs, hash browns and other brekkie essentials that (very little) money can buy.

Usually make this a stop if I'm caging it to Taupo, Rotorua or Napier

Right, I'm off to have a pie the size of Rangitoto.....

[pritch]

Personnel access covers are my favourite places to eat on the road.

Out here on the rural rump we ain't got no poofta "personnel access covers".
Those things are called manhole covers.

What some people do to the English language!

There are/were great fish shops at Tynwald and Akaroa, although you have to allow for the funny fish the South Islanders eat...

Kaiawa has a justly renowned hash foundry.

A personal favourite (not fish and chips) is the Kaieto Cafe on SH43. The owners are bikers, married in leathers on the InterIsland ferry no less.

In recent years a new cafe appeared on SH39 which was very nice. I can't remember if it's at Pirongia or Whatawhata but it's opposite the Memorial Hall.

[FJRider]

The "Old Library Cafe" ... in Fairlie...

But the CHATTO CREEK TAVERN is better...

[Delphinus]

Filadelfios in Oamaru. In the old town area. Went there one evening and great food, friendly staff, and they even bought out some cloths and cleaning fluid for us to clean our visors!

[Bonez]

I hear tell freshly bowled possum is good. Available on most country roads with a side dish of pukeko and puha.

[Naki Rat]

Good choice for a coffee and food on the "back road" from Ngaruawahia to Otorohanga is the Persimmon Tree Cafe at Pirongia.

Outside seating, views of Mt. Pirongia, nice!