The food here is amazing. We live in Hawke's Bay, the fruit basket of New Zealand, and have access to really fresh produce all year long. Kiwis are in to eating seasonally; you can get foreign produce in the grocery stores, but I've seen almost no one actually buying it, with the exception of bananas. Admittedly, there isn't an abundance of great restaurants, but cooking at home is more rewarding than I ever found it in the U.S. My list of the BEST Kiwi food:
1. Pies. (the kind with meat and/veggies, not sweet!)
2. Butter (the richest, freshest stuff you've ever tasted)
3. Milk (the skim doesn't taste like water, and the full doesn't taste like pure fat!)
4. Eggs - if you've never had fresh eggs, you're missing out
5. Kiwifruit - we eat it almost every day
6. Pumpkins (the Kiwi generic for squash)
6. Whatever fruit is in season - right now, pretty much Kiwifruit and apples.
