*AUTHENTIC HAND-HELD KIWI PIES

THANK YOU, installed

Still plenty of bad espresso around these parts too! The foamed milk covers a multitude of coffee sins

Well, I mean if you wanted a coffee with milk in it, and *didn’t* order a flat white or a latte, you’d most likely still get a flat white or a latte.

Flat white is the default, but it tastes stronger than a latte, so I expect most baristas would clock the foreigner and give them the latte 😆

This is accurate. Almost every cafe and bakery in every city/town/tiny rural area (I’m in Ao/NZ) has an espresso machine. If you asked for white coffee, they’d either just offer you a latte, or they’d have a bunch of follow-up questions

This is right up my alley

No, but why was I trying to work out what album cover this was

Was thinking the same thing!

The comments are gold

What the

I made the same mistake with Iain M Banks' "state of the art"

I don't think it's you that needs to rethink life

I see a lot of hand wringing about the poor state of "central Auckland" but every time I've been there it seems pretty great, outside of the bottom of queen street & the railworks area

I'm super glad you admitted up front that these are bad. Now I can laugh at them

Other fashion icons on the list: Rich Fulcher's alter-ego Eleanor (no, seriously), Miss Piggy