Hi Toastie

I highly recommend Hi Toastie, whether you’re after an interesting tea to drink while you dish the tea to your friends or for a novel take to on the humble toastie.

Hi Toastie’s Newmarket outpost on Carlton Gore Road is a stark white space with vibes that echo of slick coffee houses in Korea (you’ve seen the pictures, you know what I’m talking about) with drinks that not only taste good but are visually swoon-worthy.

I ordered the butterfly pea lemonade (because I love a good magic/science trick) and yes, it was served in clear, uncoloured glass. Wow! My colleagues ordered drinks of increasing impressiveness: a black coffee with sea salt cream on top, the white foam seeping into the rich brown creating a beautiful ombre effect. A strawberry matcha with a similar albeit green tone to it. And even a coffee topped with a torched creme brulee shell. 

Their namesake toasties are big fluffy blocks of milk bread, all buttery and golden on the outside, filled with all kinds of Asian-inspired deliciousness. I ordered one filled with thinly sliced sweet soy bulgogi beef, cabbage and a fried egg. The beef is super umami and juicy. They’ve ingeniously cut the bread just shy of all the way through so that your toastie is almost pie like with a leak-proof bottom making for a low stress, tidy eating experience. Those of you triggered by leaking kebab bottoms are safe to proceed here. They also have a unique menu of soufflé French toasties and I’m coming back to try the intriguing Hong Kong cheese version which features caramel coated cheese and egg. Yup.

Hi Toastie
106 Carlton Gore Road
Newmarket
Auckland 1023
Ph. 09 217 1777

Also at Elliott Street
Auckland CBD 1010

@hi.toastie