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Posted by: Michelle Berridge – Editor - 13 March 2008

Filed under: Bay of Islands, North Island

hspace="10" vspace="10" width="150" height="226" align="left" />Do you like good coffee? Do you like fantastic food? What if I said you could have both of these and the feel-good factor that comes from eating organic vegetarian fare? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a full-time vegetarian, but I happily forgo bacon and steak whenever I visit my favourite little café at Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands. Café Zest is easy to find – look for the splash of zesty orange on the main street. It’s always buzzing with a mix of visitors and local shop assistants out on their lunch break, which has got to be a good sign. Make your selection from the blackboard menu or the oh-so-tempting cabinet and settle in, reading a magazine or flicking through brochures advertising ‘aura therapy’ and Buddhist retreats until your lunch arrives. This time I’ve fallen for the vegetarian lasagne and it’s delicious – it looked huge, but I polished it off, no sweat! The worst thing is that at the end I can never resist buying a piece of cake or a slice to go – they’re scrumptious! Well, at least you can convince yourself to indulge guilt-free, feeling like you’ve balanced it out with your gluten-free vegetarian lasagne and your soy flat white. I do.</div> <div id="nzblog-about-author"><img src=

Michelle Berridge – Editor

Michelle Berridge is our on-the-road correspondent. Passionate about travel and insatiably curious, some would say she’s a typical Sagittarius. She’d say she’s a somewhat philosophical hedonist in search of truth, beauty and a sublime glass of wine.

 

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