Tuesday, October 11, 2011
[Pictures: David Straight] Such is the pace of development at Britomart – where, lucky you, half a dozen restaurants have opened in the past year or so – that Ebisu is already something of a classic. When it first opened in March, we liked it, a lot. Though if we’re honest, we did wonder quite [...]
[Pictures: The very wonderful David Straight] Somewhat disingenuously, Cocoro describes its dinner menu as “izakaya-style”. Cocoro could not be further from the bustling, steamy izakayas of Tokyo or even Auckland. It’s in a back street in Ponsonby, a beautiful bricky space with timber battens and touches of exposed concrete. There is one large table in [...]
[Pictures: David Straight] They say if you want to eat the best French food in the world, go to Tokyo. Now we can see why. Morita is a Japanese-French restaurant. Yes. It’s not for everyone, in an unprepossessing basement on Mills Lane that is painted black and has neoclassical white columns. It’s formal – there [...]
Thursday, December 9, 2010
[Pictures: David Straight] Industry Zen has such promise. It used to be Rikka at Victoria Park Market: now, it’s moved to Customs Street West in the Viaduct, where the fitout is all industrial punk Japanese and dark wood. It may be the most glamorous Japanese restaurant in Auckland. But it has a floor show. Come [...]
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
In the past few years, quite a few yakitori restaurants have opened in Auckland – casual joints where you can get Japanese tapas, drink a couple of Sapporo and come out on the lighter side of $30. Nishiki is, in our view, the best of them. It’s in a sort of restaurant dead zone, an [...]