Believe the hype. Happy Boy, the latest venture by the industrious team behind some of Auckland hospo’s best including Chinoiserie and Kiss Kiss, delivers both in concept and in execution. Happy Boy is the newest brainchild of Jasper and Ludo Maignot and Celeste Thornley, a vision in neon blue and...
The closest thing I can liken Satya Spice and Chai Shop to, is a dive bar, of the sort you’d find nestled down the laneways of Budapest. The Spice and Chai Shop itself is in fact an alleyway that adjoins to a small Indian supplies store run by the good...
Nestled in amongst the clusters of Asian restaurants on the Dominion Road strip is Ras Vatika, a long-established Indian vegetarian restaurant specialising in Gujarati South Indian food and North Indian food. If you are looking for a homely Indian food experience, then you will be welcome here. Colleague Kate and...
At street level punters may be disheartened to see the darkened window-front of a shut-up and empty shop, like I did the night I visited Go Go Music Café with my Cheapeats colleagues Lynn and Kate. But look a little towards your right and you’ll see a narrow stairwell...
Located at the south end of the Asian restaurant strip on Dominion Road, Stumpy’s has a loyal following for its thin-crust, wood-fired pizzas. Returning from a weekend away, a Sunday night seemed the perfect opportunity to try their offerings. We must have hit a quiet night, because when we phoned...
Looking for new recommendations, I asked fellow food writer Anna King Shahab what her latest favourites were. She mentioned three places, but since we were really hungry we decided to go with Spicy Cuisine because she said it’s not as busy as some of the other places on Dominion Road....
Central Auckland / Dominion Road / Indian / Vegetarian
Ras Vatika Indian Vegetarian Cafe
6 Jul, 2017
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