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Category Archives: Tapas

BASQUE KITCHEN

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] There doesn’t appear to be any Basque food, but we don’t care. Basque is in the back streets of Newmarket – just there, behind the movies and near the little park. It’s small and noisy, and it’s hard to get a table. The menu is short, Spanish tapas, rustic, casually presented and [...]

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THE TASTING SHED

Friday, March 2, 2012

[Pictures: David Straight] One of the really good things about Auckland is that you can drive for half an hour out into the countryside, sit in a decent restaurant and drink some decent wine. Now, we have a new favourite place to do this. The Tasting Shed opened late last year in a beautifully converted [...]

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COCORO

Friday, June 10, 2011

[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 [...]

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CASITA MIRO

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] This is not a city restaurant, nor does it try to be. And that’s why it works. You’ll find Casita Miro down a gravel driveway in the hills above Onetangi Beach on Waiheke Island. It’s owned by Cat Vosper and Barnett Bond, who have been developing their vineyard, Miro, for 20-odd years. [...]

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