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MORITA

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] They say if you want to eat the best French food in the world, go to Tokyo. Now we can see why. Morita is a Japanese-French restaurant. Yes. It’s not for everyone, in an unprepossessing basement on Mills Lane that is painted black and has neoclassical white columns. It’s formal – there [...]

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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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EL SIZZLING CHORIZO

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

[Pictures: David Straight] El Sizzling Chorizo is a gourmet foodcart, the kind of thing you find on the streets of New York and Portland, not Waiheke Island. Owner Corra Anselmi sells three types of barbecued sausage (all $9) from the side of his converted trailer. There’s choripan – Argentinian chorizo, which has a thicker grind [...]

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MEXICAN SPECIALITIES

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

[Pictures: David Straight] At Mexican Specialities, you might have to share your table with a wooden skeleton, or you may have to sit below a wall of crucifixes. The restaurant is very small and it is in a forlorn shopping centre in suburban Ellerslie. It’s only open three days a week, for lunch, and it [...]

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