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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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JIMMY THE FISH

Thursday, January 31, 2013

[Photographs: David Straight] Finally, Auckland has a seafood joint that matches the quality of our fish. But that comes as no surprise: owner Jimmy “The Fish” Gerard is something of an Auckland seafood legend. Until recently he was one of the owners of Harbourside, he buys fish for a bunch of restaurants around Auckland, and [...]

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THE COMMONS

Thursday, November 15, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight]  You’ll find The Commons in a stripped-out 1950s department store, all brick and concrete and metal and wood. It’s owned by Pack & Company, self-described “Social Architects” and a company that owns a lot of restaurants around Auckland. Usually, they’re beautiful and they often have a good chef, but they’re not perfect, [...]

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ILE DE FRANCE

Thursday, October 4, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] Further evidence of life in Newmarket. For years, we never ate here and then, a few months ago, we started coming over more and more – there’s Basque Kitchen of course, and then friends introduced us to Ile de France. From the outside, it looks like one of those classically clichéd French [...]

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SECOND HELPINGS: SUNDAY PAINTERS

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

[Photographs: Todd Eyre] It started as a popup restaurant run by, yes, a group of friends who painted on Sundays. I liked it from the start – the murals on the walls, the hand-written menus, the hand-cut chips. It was one of a wave of post-recession bistros that popped up all over the city. It [...]

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