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TASTY NOODLES

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Photographs: David Straight We went to Tasty Noodles, oh, about a year or so ago and we didn’t really like it. We had a plate of noodles in a bland sesame sauce and an insipid bowl of spicy beef noodles and the place felt forlorn. A year on, everything at this northern-Chinese diner is different. […]

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CHINESE DUMPLING KING

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Photographs: David Straight The hilarious name, a badly translated menu (some of it’s in German?), the picture of Helen Clark circa 1996, and a chance to meet the owner – Grumpy Dumpling Lady – are reasons enough to visit Chinese Dumpling King. Situated next door to the fish market in the Lim Supermarket complex on […]

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WANG WANG

Friday, August 28, 2015

Photographs: David Straight Its very brilliant moniker aside, Wang Wang Spring Pancake – to use its full name – is a small, spotlessly clean little shopfront on Dominion Road – the service is friendly, and they will happily tell you what to eat and how much. They serve many things here, but they’re side shows […]

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DUMPLING ACE

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Photographs: David Straight We’re not quite sure why they called it Dumpling Ace. Don’t get us wrong, the dumplings here are very good indeed – we’ll get to them in a moment – but they’re not quite the star attraction. Dumpling Ace is a simple little restaurant in the Northcote Town Centre: bare timber-veneer tables, […]

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SECOND HELPINGS: BLUE BREEZE INN

Thursday, June 4, 2015

  Photographs: David Straight When the Blue Breeze Inn opened a couple of years back, we had mixed feelings. We loved the fitout, that glorious rococo combination of shipwreck and Balinese resort. More than anything, we loved the service and the idea of the place: Auckland has a lot of very good Chinese food, but […]

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