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TOP CAFE

Friday, February 22, 2013

[Photographs: David Straight] A couple of years ago, we reviewed what was then known as the Ti Xiang Dumpling House, in a tiny storefront on a blustery stretch of Upper Queen Street. Then, it closed for a year – much to our dismay. Now, it’s re-opened, only it calls itself Top Cafe. Nothing has changed, [...]

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EMPRESS GARDEN

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] This is the kind of place you might not know about until you’ve lived in Auckland for a few years. It’s in a pretty old villa and it looks like the kind of “Chinese” restaurant that you went to in the 16980s, and which just happens to serve the best Peking duck [...]

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JOLIN

Monday, May 14, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] We went to Jolin for lunch recently, and rolled out very full. It cost $41. Jolin is one of the few Shanghainese restaurants in Auckland and so it is here that you will find xiao long bao, the little dumpling that could. These are the classic Shanghainese dumpling – technically they’re a [...]

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LITTLE FATTY

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

[Pictures: David Straight] We’ve taken some artistic licence with the name of this place. In English it’s called “Tasty Takeaway” which dates from when this really was some low-level takeout joint. But Chinese friends assure us the Mandarin sign in the window means Little Fatty: shengjian mantou, pot-sticker buns native to Shanghai. We discovered them [...]

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BARILLA

Saturday, November 19, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] There isn’t much to look at here. There are plastic-covered tables, cheap crockery and some very badly photoshopped images of dumplings. The lighting is too bright and the place is family run; service is well-meaning but very patchy and once there was a voluble argument in the kitchen. We can’t work out why [...]

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