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LAKSA HOUSE

Thursday, May 16, 2013

[Photographs: David Straight] There are times – a rainy Tuesday, say, or maybe Friday – when nothing but Malaysian hawker food will do. And when that happens, we head straight to Laksa House in the Newmarket Plaza Food Court. The environs are nothing special: it’s in a narrow covered street under the Rialto carpark affectionately known [...]

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XI’AN FOOD BAR

Thursday, October 25, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] Such a prosaic name: such wondrous food. Xi’an is down the bottom of Anzac Avenue. It is small and plain, and about the only defining feature is the hilariously 80s ordering system, which involves pushing numbers into something that looks like an early eftpos terminal. It’s food from Xi’an, the province (better [...]

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MY KITCHEN

Thursday, September 13, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] A very long time ago, I came to look at what is now My Kitchen, back when it was a dirgy flat above a shop. It looks much better now, slightly mod and very clean. We like the white walls, the red vinyl seats, the timber. We also like the terrific sign [...]

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SHAOLIN KUNG FU NOODLES

Thursday, August 2, 2012

[Photographs: David Straight] We just call it Kung Fu, and we’re pretty sure half the initial attraction was in the name. But there is much more to this noodle joint on Dominion Road – directly across from Barilla – than that: the food comes from Henan in the north of China, heavily influenced by the [...]

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SELERA

Thursday, June 21, 2012

We’re going to call it: this may be the best beef rendang in Auckland. It is slow cooked for hours, redolent with lemon grass and spices, falling apart on your fork. It costs $13.50, or $14 if you splash out on the nasi lemak, when it comes with a boiled egg and sambal. It is [...]

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