Monday, February 21, 2011
Thymes Tables has closed, but the same owners have opened the Island Thyme Eating House downstairs. We’ll get around to reviewing it shortly. [Pictures: David Straight] We’ll go out on a limb and say Thymes Tables is simply the best place for dinner on Waiheke. It’s not immediately obvious as this: it isn’t on a [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, December 9, 2010
[Pictures: David Straight] Industry Zen has such promise. It used to be Rikka at Victoria Park Market: now, it’s moved to Customs Street West in the Viaduct, where the fitout is all industrial punk Japanese and dark wood. It may be the most glamorous Japanese restaurant in Auckland. But it has a floor show. [...]
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
[Pictures: Todd Eyre] Be prepared to leave full. “Ima” means “mother” in Hebrew, and owner Yael Shochat – ever the good Jewish mama – likes to feed her patrons well. She came to Auckland a decade ago from Israel via Britain, and started the Lunchbox, which became Ima, on Shortland Street. There, her shakshuka – [...]
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
[Pictures: Todd Eyre] We were greeted with a cocktail menu, a good one. There was a Rhubarb Sour and a Mellow Yellow, a delicious fuzzy confection with tequila and limoncello and gin. The Engine Room is light and bright and airy. There are no table cloths, the service is relaxed but responsive. In fact, the [...]
