Day 18 & 19: Auckland
2 days of work successfully complete so I’m off to explore Auckland just a bit more. For this evening...a nice dinner at Soul Bar & Bistro at Viaduct Harbour.
Giapo
My walk back through Auckland was fun and then I ended the day at Giapo’s. It is right next door to the place I am staying. I had not heard of it before but became curious when I say the line. All I can say is WOW!! I am not a dessert girl but this is not to be missed!!
“If you’re like me and most of my customers, you’re an imaginative ice cream lover. During these years running the kitchen at Giapo I saw that Ice Cream had the potential to be more expressive and gastronomical than what it had been so far. In my mind ice cream had to carry a different narrative. It goes without saying that ice cream is the most popular dessert food in the world and it did not sound right that ice cream had always been looking pretty much the same on cones, cups and sticks.”
— The Founder
"Giapo makes ice cream that is the most innovative and delicious I have ever encountered."
— Lauraine Jacobs, Food writer.
Views of Auckland City and Waitemata Harbour From my high rise apartment at Oaks Auckland Harbour
