Jones the Grocer, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand

It was a cold wet morning and I had my eldest daughter and my baby son with me, we had just left my youngest daughter and wife at the Children's hospital where my daughter was to have her tonsils removed.

I've been up Newmarket plenty of times on lunch breaks when I worked in the city briefly but had never seen this place which is quite surprising as its in no way an inconspicuous place, its huge and shinny and to be honest not a sort of place I find inviting, never the less it looked interesting with the rows of interesting gourmet produce on shiny shelves.

We ducked in and found a table quite easy I ordered a Soy latte Bowl for myself, a fluffy for my son and a hot chocolate for my daughter and a couple of little cakes, they all went down with great enthusiasm with the exception of my Soy Latte for me it tasted a little peppery and the milk had a slight 'off' taste, I'm fairly confident that it wasn't and it was probably just a brand of Soy milk I was unfamiliar with but it wasn't that nice to be honest.

After we finished we had a quick look around the store and a chat to what I presume where the owners, I was struck by what a nice enthusiastic and friendly couple they where. I left with a fine Browne to take to my wife on guard duty in the hospital.



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