Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://gographicsoutput.com/video/I6vASgAstvu.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Is this NZs cheapest lunch? | Stuff.co.nz [ipnSruaV29a] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT A hearty lunch for $2? Around 250g of rice, cooked with veggies and eggs, topped with a generous splash of gravy made from a meat marinade? It’s a price that would have seemed improbable a generation ago, let alone amid a cost of living crisis. But Christchurch café Dumplings on Riccarton continues to serve the customer favourite for pocket change, as it has for 36 years. | Subscribe: Read more: For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok: Twitter: 7Snj3gEHJks fovzh1GRMJk sBEIzZKBHtf N2uRJNK9fd7 YGXnYCSNr4x ETNnu1rYs8P
A hearty lunch for $2? Around 250g of rice, cooked with veggies and eggs, topped with a generous splash of gravy made from a meat marinade? It’s a price that would have seemed improbable a generation ago, let alone amid a cost of living crisis. But Christchurch café Dumplings on Riccarton continues to serve the customer favourite for pocket change, as it has for 36 years. | Subscribe: Read more: For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok: Twitter: 7Snj3gEHJks fovzh1GRMJk sBEIzZKBHtf N2uRJNK9fd7 YGXnYCSNr4x ETNnu1rYs8P