22 Apr 2025

A whole, deep fried feijoa

From Nights, 9:25 pm on 22 April 2025

Feijoa expert Kate Evans joins Emile Donovan to review Auckland fine-dining restaurant Forest's feijoa dessert, described as "fried whole like a donut and rolled in sherbet made from its skins, with sticky ginger cake and earl grey custard."

A bowl containing a sugary, deep fried feijoa on a bed of custard.

For the feijoa fiends, Forest's deep-fried feijoa. Photo: Forest Restaurant