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SPICY HOUSE

Thursday, October 16, 2014

 Photographs: David Straight  Spicy House calls itself the “spice expert” and, possibly more importantly, it is open late, so if you really need chilli at midnight – coming back from the airport, say – this is the place to go: on a recent visit the place was pleasantly full just before midnight. The walls are […]

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SAN BAO

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

  Photographs: David Straight San Bao is just far enough from the Dominion Road Dumpling Triangle that it doesn’t often get much of a mention. Which, for you at least, is a good thing: by night, it’s full of families and by day it’s quiet. There are jaunty red chairs and green tablecloths and a […]

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EDEN NOODLES

Friday, May 9, 2014

  Photographs: David Straight There is no pissing about here. Eden Noodles sits on a windswept stretch of Dominion Road where it is virtually a motorway, near the Target and the Chinese supermarket. It is small and narrow – a handful of tables, an open kitchen with a couple of short-order cooks, baskets of noodles […]

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MR ZHOU’S DUMPLINGS

Friday, February 14, 2014

  Photographs: David Straight You’ll recognise the menu. Last year, the owners of New Flavour – that of the rustic dumplings and the terrible service – sold the legendary restaurant to new owners and frankly, it’s never been the same since. Then word came by email from a kind reader. Mr Zhou, the former owner of New […]

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BUN HUT

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Photographs: David Straight Quite often, we get asked where to go to brunch in this town. Not being fans of over-priced eggs, we can now say: Bun Hut. The interior is classic Balmoral Cheap Eat – vinyl, chrome, flat light. The service is actually quite friendly. It’s spotless – the other day, a waitress worked her way […]

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