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HARVEST LUNCH

Thursday, March 14, 2013

It’s hard to believe, but March 24 is our last lunch with The Golden Dawn. We’ve done seafood, we’ve done vegetarian and last month, we went slightly overboard with a meaty feast that had everybody raving, even visitors from Wellington. So while we’re sad to say this is the end of the series – for this year, at [...]

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SUNDAY LUNCH

Monday, February 11, 2013

  Our third lunch with The Golden Dawn takes a meaty turn – last month, we went all vegetarian, which means there’s every excuse for a bit of excess to celebrate the last days of summer. But this is no mere backyard barbecue. As usual, it’s a multi-course, shared feast with some particularly special touches including Brussels [...]

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SIX FAVOURITE THINGS FROM 2012

Friday, December 21, 2012

Discovery: Café Abyssinia In October, we heard murmurings of an Ethiopian restaurant in deepest Mt Roskill. After a bit of hunting, we tracked it down – and it was extraordinary. Light, flavourful stews and curries, all served with enjera. There is friendly service and brightly painted walls. It blew us away, and we went back [...]

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FRIENDS: BYRON HENRY

Friday, December 14, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] If we have a favourite man about town, it’s Byron Henry. The owner of the Revolution Wine Co. has brought wine – good wine – on tap to Auckland, and we like it a lot: back in September we had a keg of sauvignon blanc at our oyster party and it went [...]

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SUNDAY LUNCH

Friday, November 16, 2012

You might remember that every now and then we do supper clubs and a while back, we had an oyster afternoon. We were just starting to work out when to do another one when The Golden Dawn approached us to collaborate on a series of long lunches in their courtyard. We like to drink there, [...]

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