TAMA eatery and bar is tucked away on Upper Queen Street, and one dark and wintery evening, the Cheapeats team gathered there to discover Nepalese cuisine. TAMA is located in the seemingly “no man zone” of Upper Queen Street, not far from K’Road. Many of us would have driven past and...
Lake Dumplings is a small unassuming restaurant in Takapuna, but it’s a place that all the locals know about. Tucked away in a row of restaurants, Lake Dumplings has a simple entrance with pictures of their dishes posted on their sliding glass door entrance. Depending on the time, you might...
More Asian kitschy-cool, more squint inducing fluorescent lighting, more melamine and acrylic tableware – at Love Exposure. The family of restaurants by the Maignot/Thornley hospitality team, now includes their newest member Love Exposure. Bathed in green and purple light, it sticks out like a sore thumb on the corner of...
As fans of Blue Breeze Inn, Chop Chop Noodle and Woodpecker Hill we knew we would likely enjoy the new opening, Go Go Daddy Thai Canteen. After our visit we think this latest addition to Mark Wallbank and Che Barrington’s empire will be a winner with Ponsonby Central patrons. Go...
Since I stumbled on Kara Cafe in Milford – it has become my favourite breakfast spot on the Shore. It has taken me a while to do a review on Kara Cafe because I didn’t want too many people to know about it. It’s selfish I know, but I didn’t...
Hot Hot is the hot new modern Asian fusion eatery in town. Seems that everyone is talking about it and going there. So my Cheapeats colleague Kate, her partner and I ventured out one mid-week evening to check it out. I arrived early at 5:30pm and snagged a table upstairs...
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