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Category Archives: Japanese

INDUSTRY ZEN

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. [...]

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NISHIKI

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 [...]

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DAIKOKU

Thursday, August 12, 2010

There may be fewer things more pleasing than a bowl of ramen. Especially if it comes from Daikoku, where the servings are large and the prices are very, very low. The difference between Daikoku and other, grungier noodle houses, however, is that Daikoku is beautifully designed, so you don’t feel like you might catch something. [...]

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