Everyday WORDS DENISE IRVINE | IMAGES ASHLEE DECAIRES
Breakfast this morning is at Everyday Eatery, and it is a beautiful plate of guacamole, fried mushrooms, truffle mushroom puree, poached egg and lots of herbs, layered on sourdough: happily eaten in the brand new café at Hamilton Zoo, at Rotokauri. Everyday is in the zoo’s recently opened entry precinct; the low-slung building, designed by local architects Edwards White, serves the zoo’s retail store and ticket office as well as the café and its adjacent kiosk. The precinct is a shared entry with nearby Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park, the city’s unique ecological restoration project. Everyday Eatery sits comfortably in a contemporary, light-filled space. It is the work of the Hamilton hospitality team of Mat Pedley and Maurice Montero (Mr Pickles and Bearded Weasel), Alex Hudson (Wonder Horse), and John Moughan, ex-Mizzoni Pizza. The café’s general manager is Hannah Cho and, keeping things in the hospo family, Hannah’s husband JK Baek is a chef at Mr Pickles.
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