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SAKANAYA

Thursday, May 9, 2013

[Photographs: David Straight] The rain starts falling and we find ourselves drawn to this little shop on a windswept stretch of Symonds Street. We go there in summer and it is good then too, but there is something about this joint that just suits the winter. Part surf shack, part fish restaurant – “sakanaya” actually [...]

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KAZUYA

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

  [Photographs: David Straight] The food is nothing short of extraordinary, wave upon wave of it, coming out in tiny servings and brought to you by deferential waiters wearing white gloves. The place is tiny and dark, though the outside is completely white, and there are large booths so you can’t hear anyone else’s conversation. [...]

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SALAM

Friday, June 8, 2012

[Photograph: David Straight] Remember Ahmed Zaoui? The Algerian refugee who New Zealand so shamefully locked up for supposedly being a security risk? Well these days, he and his sons are running Salam, a very fine North African stall in the Lim Chour Foodhall. All of which would be irrelevant, were it not for the fact [...]

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RAMEN DO

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] Some nights, and the odd lunchtime too, we just want to eat ramen. We want a big bowl of noodles where the stock is slightly too hot and burns your mouth, and we want a piece of roast pork and noodles that are still just slightly firm. When we want this, we [...]

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THE FRENCH CAFE

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The French Cafe is a special occasion sort of place, for most of us at least. There are crisp white tablecloths, a hushed (but not stuffy) room, the gentle clink of silver on porcelain, crystal glints and well-mannered wait staff. It is, in short, seamless. Our six-course tasting menu ($100 per person, matching wines $60) [...]

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