WHERE TO EAT

Food is central to Expo’s multicultural experience, giving visitors a taste of cuisine from around the world. With more than 200 food outlets on site, you can try everything from authentic street food to a three-course meal prepared by top international chefs.

Expo has designed several bespoke food concepts including Alkebulan, the African Dining Hall; Tastes of the Gulf; and the two-storey Talabat Kitchen food hall, which uses the latest technology, including robots, to order and deliver your meal.

The event’s three major themed pavilions offer dining options too. For instance, in Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion, you can explore a menu designed around the planetary health diet, which is one way to manage the world’s food resources.

For something completely different, The Future of Food: Epochal Banquet, is a two-hour foodie experience like no other. Inspired by space travel, microbiology and AI, this three-course multi-sensory meal introduces you to restaurants of the future.

Many of the international participants are serving local delicacies at their pavilions to give you a real flavour of their culture. They include New Zealand, which is serving contemporary cuisine made from sustainably sourced products ranging from hoki fish, grass-fed beef and free-range chicken to an exceptional selection of cheeses and honey at its permanent pavilion restaurant Tiaki.

Choose from horopito marinated salmon, greenshell mussels and a Kāpiti Akatea traditional baked brie to start; dishes such as seared Canterbury lamb cutlets, crumbed sustainably caught hoki fillet, slowcooked pasture-raised venison, and a succulent Kiwiburger made with beef or a mushroom vegetarian option for mains; and round off your meal with mouth-watering dessert options including honey cake and an Anzac biscuit ice-cream sandwich – both made with Comvita Mānuka honey – as well as New Zealand’s signature Pavlova and a fresh fruit carpaccio made with Zespri Kiwifruit.

Tiaki is one of only a few fully licensed pavilion restaurants open to the public throughout Expo 2020.