In February, Qantas-backed travel guide AWOL writer Caterina Hrysomallis named Cheesy Weezies on her list of must-try Kiwi food. Last year, former The Chip Group industry training manager Kate Underwood wrote about the rise of loaded fries and name-dropped Cheesy Weezies as New Zealand's big contribution. She puts Cheesy Weezies alongside America's cheesy fries and Canada's curds-and-gravy poutine as a cuisine highlight. EWAN SARGENT/STUFF The famous Cheesy Weezie - New Zealand's great contribution to the loaded fries genre. She opened her takeaway shop 15 years ago and says it was the first to sell Cheesy Weezies in Auckland.

Source: Stuff March 28, 2019 00:33 UTC