King of the Hill - Meet Ricky Nguyen, the new owner of Forage Hill Cafe
Tucked at the top end of Mclaughlins Road near Matukutūreia (McLaughlins Mountain), is hidden gem Forage Hill Café. Bright and modern, Forage Hill Café opened back in May 2021, but has recently changed hands. Ricky and his family are now the proud new owners and looking forward to meeting more Wiri people.
‘We’re excited to be based in the Wiri area, there’s a lot of good neighbours around here’ says Ricky.
Ricky and his family have operated small businesses for over 10 years and moved into the café scene around four years ago. Impressed with the building and location, they brought Forage Hill Café in August 2023 and have started bringing their own flavour to the café.
‘We still have the same chef however we have made a few small changes to cabinet food and the menu. We have also introduced bubble teas to help customers cool down over the summer months’.
Forage Café is a great place to get your coffee fix or have a casual catch up – indoors or outdoors. There is a sumptuous selection of cabinet food, however if the donuts and scones can’t tempt you, there’s always the blackboard menu with delicious offerings.
‘If you can’t decide, give the Bacon Beef Burger a try. It’s our chef’s special recipe that he has come up with. Otherwise, you can’t go wrong with a cheese scone!’.
With an extensive catering menu to suit all budgets and tastes, we hope Wiri businesses and their staff get behind Forage Hill Café.
We’re pleased to be supporting Forage Hill Café on 13 December for a Meet Your Neighbours Coffee and Treats event on 13 December, from 6.30 to 9.30am. Wiri Business Association hope to see you there!
